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Category: yoga
in a nutshell, from Anastasia [book] “The Space of Love” by Vladimir Megre
“So everything starts with a clean-up, eh? And how do you suppose that’s all going to happen?” “Conscious awareness is the point of departure for any venture. The aspiration of one’s thought finds the most effective path, just like a stream in Nature.” chapter 21 – Should we all go to the forest? “And just…
[book] Why I sit – Paul Fleischman (excerpt I)
I heard about Paul Fleischman for some time now… again just before the 10-day retreat in Dhamma Dvara, then after I come out of noble silence I found his books on the library shelves in the center’s Lobby. I took and start reading this small booklet curious about his writings… cause it came to my…
embraced by softness
today I didn’t know if I want to be on the mat in the last days, weeks, I haven’t been… (since 3.09). I came anyway… as I did some other times, trusting the “I don’t know” and being with the … let’s see what’s coming… unfolding, being informed… there was a softness, embracing me the…
reverence of approach
An apprenticeship with sorrow invites us to learn the rites of grief and to practice a reverence of approach, as Irish poet/philosopher John O’Donohue suggests. He writes, “What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach… When we approach with reverence, great things decide to approach us.”…
impermanence and an instant
The realization that everything is subject to change may be the greatest obstacle to happiness. We welcome those changes that bring moments of delight and satisfaction – the birth of a child, the recovery from illness, financial gain. Yet, even in these moments, we sense movement. Change takes away the beauty and energy of youth.…
poem by Krishnamacharya
OH, sleep mind, Praise Lord Krishna, remember the God of Knowledge. Pray to the Teacher, For, when the body becomes weak and depleted, Your education will not save you. Knowing for sure that all the objects you come into contact with are impermanent. Do not get lost in them, instead, Again and again resolve…
Krishnamacharya and all the humble spirits
last night around 4 am I woke up with Krishnamacharya in my mind and heart. I am reading these days “Yoga and the Living Tradition of KRISHNAMACHARYA”, written by his son T.K. V. Desikachar with R.H. Craven… and feeling so grateful to further discover the humbleness of this… man. last night I had this deep…
moments around the mat
there are moments when I want to go on the mat and moments when I don’t have the wanting yet I have the doing of going to the mat… when I feel driven… there are moments of preparing the mat… each of the candle lightning, setting the polystyrene, mat, block, taking off my accessories… in…
solutions that help to overcome the problems
“solutions that help us to overcome the problems[…] adopting a more positive attitude towards others; correctly taught techniques of breathing; regular and far-reaching inquiry into the role of senses*; inquiry into the mysteries of life itself; recourse to the counselor of someone who has mastered similar problems; inquiry into our dreams, our sleep.” [1] Health,…
the essential purpose of Yoga practice
The essential purpose of yoga practice is to reduce avidya so that understanding can gradually come to surface. But how can we know whether we have seen and understood things clearly? When we see the truth, when we reach a level that is higher than our normal everyday understanding, something deep within us is very…
observing the breath
Even though it seams like such an easy thing, it is actually very difficult simply to follow the movement of the breath. In the moment when we concentrate on the breath it has a tendency to change; we are inclined to control the natural breathing ratio, to disturb it. When we follow the breath we…
the breath is my teacher
“The feeling of the breath” refers to the feeling of energy or prana moving in the body. The principles underlying each classic asana has a particular implication to the movement of prana in the body. A teacher who understands asana from the point of view of whole-body feeling and the movement of prana can adopt…
despre… cum?
am primit textul de mai jos de la zana noastra Nora. l-am cautat pe net, nu am gasit, sursa, autorul, dar vreau sa il postez aici… sa ramana… “Daca un tren nu s-a oprit in statia ta, inseamna ca acel tren nu este pentru tine. Un alt tren incearca sa ajunga la tine, dar nu…
my first unattended yoga practice
Yesterday morning I did my first unattended tailored session of yoga. My life it’s full of firsts at these times! Me and yoga, we have a special relationship which starts somewhere back in… 1994. Coming back sometime soon to write about that story too. A story that brought me into my life and resuscitated me…