Āsana and Prāṇāyāma  are more than
just Muscular and Skeletal. They deal
with the force behind the movement.
The intelligence which can be as if
blinded by Duḥkha and Avidyā.

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What is important is the refinement of one’s
practice and study repertoire, rather than
just the enlargement of one’s repertoire,
whether it’s more Āsana, Chants or Texts.
Plus, the more time you spend on enlarging,
the less time you have to spend on refining.

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The irony of seeking well being,
is that our being is always well.

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Yoga Practice turns and prepares the soil.
Yoga Study offers a range of seeds for planting.
We may need advice on how to integrate the two.
This integration of soil and seed unfolds into Sādhana.

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Ere to our Yoga Sādhana turning inwards towards engaging
the Antar Aṅga and the Ātma–Buddhi relationship,
we are advised to first turn outwards towards engaging
the Bahya Aṅga and the Manas–Indriya relationship.

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The tendency is to measure a persons ‘progress’ by a
perceived comparison to some mythical finishing point,
rather than accepting that we cannot really appreciate
the reality of what was their actual starting point,
nor can we truly evaluate the effort they are putting
into developing and refining their personal Sādhana.

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The primary purpose for Āsana is to take us towards Yoga,
rather than just taking us towards more and more Āsana.

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It’s not until I understand how to
cultivate a space within My self
can I begin to experience that
which is the essence of the Self.

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There was a time when folks were confused as to what is Yoga.
Now I wonder if folks are more confused as to what isn’t Yoga?

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It feels as if ‘Modern Postural Yoga’
is increasingly concerned with the
Movement of the Silhouette rather
than the Stillness of the Source.

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“Before there can be Yoga or linking there must be Viyoga or unlinking.
What are we prepared to unlink from in order to link?

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Our relationship with Food can be too little, too much, or wrong.
According to Āyurveda, even the best food eaten in the wrong amount,
or at the wrong time, or with the wrong attitude
will fail to nourish and even disturb the system.
The same could be said for Yoga Practice.

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One of the purposes of Yoga is to help us with the challenge of
discerning between what is our Dharma and what is our Karma.

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Initially our Yoga Journey is towards our relationship with living.
Ultimately our Yoga Journey is towards our relationship with dying.

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“What’s important is not to find the solution itself,
but to identify the mystery,
and to continuously touch it and draw strength from it.”
– Paul Harvey Interview Israel 2006

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Yoga offers me an intelligent way to come out of my mistakes.

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The greatest gift in old age is the ability to be in the present.
The greatest forfeit in old age is the tendency to be in the past or the future.

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Yesterdays Smṛti can become Todays Saṃskāra,
without Tomorrows Saṃkalpa being re-affirmed,
through Todays Sādhana each and every day.
– Reflection on Saṃkalpa – The Art of Volition

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