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When the summer break happens…
Thoughts on practice when the routine slips away… The cat picture is about prioritising what we value.
Yamas & Niyamas
A Recap on the Yamas & Niyamas; the guiding ethical principles of yoga, a few juicy quotes and a couple of ideas
Ishvara Pranidhana- Surrender & enjoy
Ishvara Pranidhana, the concept of
surrendering our conceptions and fantasies for balance and reality! enjoy the flow of life!
Svadyaya- Self reflection & inner learning
Svadyaya, the continuous practice of self reflection & inner learning…this is not psycho-analysis of our thoughts, feelings, associations & fantasies!
Tapasya- The “heat” of your efforts..
Tapasaya- Serves to burn away previous versions of yourself, obliterate judgement and humble you into a being of depth.
Saucha & the art of cleansing.
Saucha serves as a foundational practice for spiritual and physical wellbeing. It reminds us that Yoga is a spiritual practice, just like The Islamic call to prayer first thing, just like Church on Sundays for Christians, just like hugging trees for Totnesians (only kidding!… well..?.)
Santosha- Contentment, that elusive animal
“May the merit gained by my acting thus, go to the alleviation of the suffering of all beings”.
VII Sevenfold puja Mahayana Buddhism.
Contentment- Santosha.
Structure and chaos, decisions decisions!
There is structure everywhere, whether we like it or not, and it serves as a form of security for us as life chucks a seemingly never ending jobs list our way…
& Now I’m bringing in my old f
riends FOMO & JOMO!
Aparigraha- How can I become a better yogi by letting go?
“Comparison is the thief of joy.- Inspiration is the wind that sets our sails” C.S.Lewis
A little delve into the art of letting go- Aparigraha, the 5th and final Yama.
Brahmacharya, intimacy without loosing yourself!
Brahmacharya- “Walking with divinity” the fourth Yama of yoga philosophy, this asks us which of the inner wolves we are feeding, how is our sense of patience?