108 Yoga Study Path Pointers – 31 – The art of Viniyoga is about how you bring life to the Yoga Sūtra…

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.

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.
The heart of Yoga lies in cultivating
a connection strategy rather than
cultivating just a coping strategy.
Is the direction of our practice
more concerned with self-interest or is
it more concerned with an interest in the Self?
As in the learning of the art of gardening,
an attentive and constant Yoga Practice
turns and prepares the soil of our being,
making it easier for any new seeds to root.
An attentive inquiry into Yoga Teachings
offers us a choice of seeds for planting.
We may need advice how integrate the two.
This synergy of soil and seed unfolds
as Sādhana from the fusion of both
Yoga Practice and Yoga Teachings.
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.
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.

It feels as if ‘Modern Postural Yoga’
is increasingly concerned with the
Movement of the Silhouette rather
than the Stillness of the Source.
The irony of seeking well being,
is that our being is always well.

“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

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

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