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Perceptions & the Mirror That Yoga provides
If it’s obvious that you’re not trying to offend anyone your conscience is clear, and yes you may have some sticky filters of your own, but so may they, this is where Yoga slots into place delicately giving you a mirror to see whether you are indeed living your dream or someone else’s.
Simple ordinary everyday magic
Cycling up a hill, gazing down at the pedals, not at the never-ending-road. Seeing the blackberries in the hedges, relishing the moments in the shade, being in the moment… the hill vanishes.
I think this is magical everyday ordinary yoga.
Values & Rituals
Rituals and values, what distracts us from our moments of clarity? can we watch the flow of “hindrances” in the screen of our minds?
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.