Yoga gradually draws our lower self, the ego, in alignment or in harmony with our higher Self, and there is union.
Yoga is the process or means by which we achieve yoga, union.
We do poses, mediate, do pranayama or work with the breath, and practice the yamas and the niyamas to draw into greater alignment–to “yoke” the self to the Self.
It is the means by which we keep our lives in this proximal zone of harmony.
Yoga is for lovers…
of all humanity with utmost respect.
Yoga is for doing no harm, ahimsa…
upholding the dignity of all.
Yoga is for being welcoming…
to the infinite array of personalities and persons of varying convictions and viewpoints, and genders, and religions.
Yoga is for action…
bringing what we know on the mat and meditation cushion into the world.
Right now, the world needs yoga!
Now always needs our attention and care, but, at least in America, right now, it seems more than ever!…
Uniting practice with action,
yoga in action!
I have something terribly serious to tell you….
You are on the trip of a lifetime.
And don’t you forget it!
Resisting our bliss, the bliss of the Self,
is a bit like the Dutch boy with this finger in the dike….
Ultimately futile!
Thank goodness, in this case, that’s a good thing.
Let it flow, let it flow!
Like a candle flame, we waver….
Watch the breath.
As the breath grows slower,
our flame grows stiller.
Sometimes the amount of pain we will go through to avoid pain is a real pain.
When things get topsy-turvy and seem all upside down, there’s the need to restore–to slow things down a bit, to regroup, to make space and regather our resources for what lies ahead.
As you embody your intention, you true up to it.
You make it real.
Intentions that benefit yourself, those around you, and the world are balanced and sustainable. Benefiting everyone, there are filled with love!
Tolerance involves not taking what others say and do personally, but as their way of being and thinking and doing that is unique to them.
Respecting others comes from respecting ourselves–each of us a unique variation on this human theme!
When we give to that which has given to, helped, or uplifted us, we align ourselves to the power of giving and receiving.
Like an open conduit, the good and beneficial energy can flow–to us, through us, to others.
We can gratefully pay it forward to give back and share our good fortune!
