Better not to confuse:
– Bodywork with Āsana.
– Energywork with Mudrā.
– Breathwork with Prāṇāyāma.
– Mindwork with Dhyānam.
– Voicework with Mantra.
– Soulwork with Puruṣa.

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Don’t let Meditation become
just another form of security,
rather than an inquiry
into the nature of insecurity.

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Don’t let Āsana become just
another form of security,
rather than an inquiry
into the nature of insecurity.

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Containing the Body,
or Kāya Nirodha
doesn’t always imply that…
you can contain the Breath.
Containing the Breath,
or Prāṇa Nirodha
doesn’t always imply that…
you can contain the Mind.
Containing the Mind
or Mano Vṛtti Nirodha.
doesn’t always imply that…
you can contain the Psyche.
Containing the Psyche,
or Citta Vṛtti Nirodha
doesn’t always imply that…

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The art of Viniyoga is about
how you bring life to the Yoga Sūtra
rather than expecting the Yoga Sūtra
to bring life to you.

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The heart of Yoga lies in cultivating
a connection strategy rather than
cultivating just a coping strategy.

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Is the direction of our practice
more concerned with self-interest or is
it more concerned with an interest in the Self?

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Rakṣaṇa Krama is  a proactive process
in the intention to engage in how you
you support an absence of symptoms.

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A key to unlocking the mystery of Yoga is the breath.

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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 also be said for Yoga Practice.

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

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