What
is Yoga?
If the foundation is firm, the building can withstand disaster. The practice of Yoga is the foundation, so that the self is not shaken under any situations.
Purpose
of Yoga?
The purpose or goal of asana
is to align and coordinate the physical body and all the layers, of the subtle
emotional, mental, and spiritual body.
We think of intelligence as
taking place exclusively in our brains, but yoga teaches us that awareness and
intelligence must fill the body. Each part of the body literally has to be wash
out by the intelligence. We must create a marriage between the awareness of the
body and that of the mind.
When the two parties do not
cooperate, it leads to a sense of fragmentation and "disease." For
example, we should only eat when our mouth spontaneously salivates, as it is
the body's intelligence telling us that we are truly hungry. If not, we are
force-feeding ourselves and "disease" will surely follow.
Asana can begin to
teach us. We develop such an intense sensitivity that each pore of the skin
acts as an inner eye.
We become sensitive to the
interface between skin and flesh. In this way our awareness is diffused
throughout the margin of our body and is able to sense whether in a particular
asana our body is in alignment. We can adjust and balance the body gently from
within with the help of these eyes.
This is different from
seeing with our normal two eyes. Instead we are "sensing" the
position of our body.
Very motivational
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