✓ INTRODUCTION
Translation: Union or yoga arises when the fluctuations /waves of thoughts in the mind
/consciousness cease. - From Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras)
✓ What Is Yoga?
The word yoga literally means “to yoke” or “union”. More than just a practice of physical exercises,
Yoga is the coming together of the individual self or consciousness, with the infinite universal
consciousness or spirit. Yoga is a method of inquiry in to the nature of the mind, which emphasizes
practice and direct experience.
✓ THE “GOAL” OF YOGA:
The “goal” of yoga is to align to the universal consciousness in order to experience joy, freedom and the
stillness of full consciousness. Alignment, is related to mind and body, and refers to how various parts
of us are integrated and interconnected. The world is what think and believe it to be. It is subjective
in essence - a projection of what we feel it is, based on past experiences and conditionings. What we see
in others is what we have inside, like a mirror that is only projecting what is inside. We have the
potential, using conscious intentions, thoughts and words, to co-create the life we want, to go beyond
our limitations and fears, to surrender and open, to choose the type of person we want to be, to flow
with the divine grace, to see the beauty in and all around us.
✓ OUR SPIRITUAL IDENTITY:
The practice of yoga is based on the idea that we are eternal spiritual souls or atman, traveling within
the vessel of this physical/emotional body. The physical body is considered the temple of the soul, an instrument through which we can access the internal divinity, our true self, and to align, connect and serve the divine wisdom.
As manifestations of the supreme divine consciousness in the material universe, we have the
opportunity to awaken to our true nature of sat chit ananda – being consciousness bliss, through the mainpractices of asana, pranayama, meditation, and chanting. Yoga asana, the
physical postures or exercises that have come to be known as Yoga are really only the most superficial
aspect of this profound science.
✓ Main Practices Of Yoga
✓ ASANA
Helps creates
lightness in the physical body and correct imbalances in the physiological body
✓ Meditation
Inspires the intellect,
and engages the mind
✓ Pranayama
Focuses the mind, regulates the movement of prana, life force energy
. ✓ Chanting
Penetrates all the
bodies and sheaths, koshas, illuminates every part of our being, creating transparency so the light of the soul, atman, can shine brightly though
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