So why write a post about yoga? Anyone who practices yoga knows why and anyone who hasn't practiced yoga may after reading this.
My time spent volunteering in Africa was a time to get outside of myself by giving to conservation projects that would inevitably end up giving me more than I could ever have imagined. The experience brought me to a place that I never knew existed.
But you don't have to go to the middle of Africa to get to this place within - yoga can take you there. Like the stillness that comes from an object moving so fast, at such high vibration that it appears to be still - that is where yoga leads: stillness. Stillness from the flow of energy so high and fast that it appears motionless. Erich Schiffmann says this is the place where God is allowed to flow freely within us.
Set your intention and come back to it when your mind begins to wander to non-purpose serving thoughts.
My time spent volunteering in Africa was a time to get outside of myself by giving to conservation projects that would inevitably end up giving me more than I could ever have imagined. The experience brought me to a place that I never knew existed.
But you don't have to go to the middle of Africa to get to this place within - yoga can take you there. Like the stillness that comes from an object moving so fast, at such high vibration that it appears to be still - that is where yoga leads: stillness. Stillness from the flow of energy so high and fast that it appears motionless. Erich Schiffmann says this is the place where God is allowed to flow freely within us.
Set your intention and come back to it when your mind begins to wander to non-purpose serving thoughts.
Be here now.
Focus on your drishti, your point of balance and all
distractions will melt away.
Do not strive for perfection; strive for acceptance instead.
Shine the light from your heart into your neighbor's heart,
it costs you nothing but is the most precious thing you can give away.
Share your breath with your neighbor.
When you reach a point of difficulty, breathe and your breath
will carry you through.
Trust your breath and follow it wholeheartedly, it will
never abandon you.
Be grateful to your body and see it for the miracle it is.
You already have all the pieces to be what you want to be. You just have to be willing to change your shape.
You already have all the pieces to be what you want to be. You just have to be willing to change your shape.
When you feel good, hold onto it.
Create a welcoming space and the universe will fill it.
It doesn't matter how you look in the mirror but how you
feel does.
Move into stillness. When you experience the stillness
within you, you are experiencing God within you.
Prayer is how we talk to God; meditation is God talking to
us.
Trust yourself for when you do, you will realize
fearlessness.
Surrender.
Surrender.
Erich Schiffmann on the Practice of Yoga -
The purpose of yoga is to facilitate the profound inner
relaxation that accompanies fearlessness. The release from fear is what finally
precipitates the full flowering of love. In this state you will love what you
see in others, and others will love you for having been seen. This is the
softened perception of the world that yoga promotes.
Therefore,
the apparently simple benefits that accrue from the regular practice of yoga
can change your life in very profound ways. Do not underestimate the value of
being balanced, centered, and coordinated, of being strong and light, of being
more flexible, without pain, experiencing the subsequent feelings of
invisibility or transparency, and of being more sensitive....
Yoga will
make you sensitive to the stillness, the presence, the hush, the peace of God.
This deep inner stillness is at the core of your being. It is the ground, the joy
of your being. The radiant peace you'll experience is what happens naturally
when the creative energy of God is allowed to flow through you unobstructed.
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