I spend most of my waking hours practicing, teaching or thinking about yoga. Yet there remains so much to learn.
‘You are still a baby!’ -B. Choudhury
This photo exhibit, on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Fransisco, reminded me that I have an obligation to do so, as did the experts I met with this weekend at the Yoga Service Council’s conference at Omega.
Yoga is much more than physical asana practice, though that’s a good place to start.
‘Maybe you came to yoga to lower your blood pressure. Or to lose weight. Or to get a nice round yoga butt. Let the yoga be bigger than your ass.’ -Leo Eisenstein
Raja yoga (royal yoga or royal union) aims at the cultivation of the mind using a succession of steps, culminating in samadhi (higher awareness) and kaivalya (freedom).
This is a massive undertaking…and a very personal one. Even though I admire my friends who do so, I probably won’t be waking up at 4am to practice on a daily basis. I probably won’t start my day with a cold shower any time soon, at least not intentionally. But that are a lot of things that I am doing, and so can you.
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Megan LvR 