Yoga Adventures

In a more intense class this past Friday my main teacher Tracy Mann stated something along the lines of, "Take this opportunity to see how you react when faced with having to put in a lot of effort into your yoga. Yoga is a reflection of the way you deal with life, hard yoga is much easier than the hard moments of life."

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तपःस्वाध्यायेश्वरप्रणिधानानि क्रियायोगः॥१॥
tapaHsvaadhyaayeshvarapraNidhaanaani kRuyaayogaH
Sutra II.1
Accepting pain as help for purification, study of spiritual books, and surrender to the Supreme Being constitute Yoga in practice.
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Sometimes we can forget that yoga is far more than just an action on the mat but it is something that should permeate the whole of our life and influence all our actions.

Yoga to me is about a state of being, a tuning into the authentic self. That untainted self that is beyond all the labels that we might attach to something. Yoga is not about removing the labels, it is all about being that true self.  By tuning into that portion of our being we are better able to handle the labels and all that comes with having those labels.

Clarity & inner calmness happens from having tuned in to the authentic and it should move beyond the mat into your life.

Yoga is often used as a retreat. There is a reason we call it a practice. Real yoga is the life we live, we practice yoga by doing asana, or meditating or the many other elements that are known as rungs/limbs/aspects of yoga.

Do what you need to in order to remind yourself that you have the knowledge and strength to journey through even the most difficult times in life.

Allow a strong and easy practice.

Know your authentic self

Namaskara & Namaste!
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