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Friday Morning Yoga Philosophy Talk - 27.09.

27/9/2019

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Every Friday morning after our Led class I give a short but sweet yoga philosophy talk on various aspects around practice. I used to e-mail all practitioners about what we talked about but will from now on put it here.

With posting this here I will not in great detail talk about these aspects (my talking and explaining happens during the actual talk on Friday), here I rather inform about what we talked about so that practitioners who attended the talk have a reference to what we talked about and those who could not attend also have a reference to potentially do their own reading / research on those aspects. Hope this is helpful to all of you at the shala!

TODAY:
I originally had mapped out to talk about one of the niyamas today. Yet, through obsevations of the last week's practice and also since we have some newcomers I found it useful to talk about why are we are practicing yoga (what is the purpose of yoga) and the essential aspects a practice should be rooted in to bring about that purpose  - as stated in the yoga sutras.

Herein I explained and discussed:

  • the opening of the yoga sutras and what it means; yoga sutra 1.1 - atha yoganusasanam
  • the purpose of yoga; yoga sutra 1.2 - yogas citta-vrtti-nirodhah
  • (some of the) aspects of a practice that are essentail to be able to attain this purpose:
    • ​1.12 - abhyasa-vairagyabhyam tan-nirodah
    • 1.14 - sa tu dirgha-kala-nairantarya-satkarasevito drdha-bhumih
    • 2.46 sthira-sukham asanam

I also talked about the importance of the breath and not analyzing during practice, that yoga (when we step onto the mat for asana practice) is not thinking and analyzing in a pose, it's being in a pose. Don't judge it while you're doing it.
And I also talked about that the only constant in life is change, and how we bring about great suffering to ourselves resisting change.
Video from my evening walk yesterday. I love living in Groningen, some aspects are similar to being in India.  Love walking a bit at the edges of Groningen, or even further away. Being outsides, witnessing the plants and trees, makes you realize that everything changes all the time, nature never stays the same. The fall season is in full embrace.
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A regular morning at our yoga school

26/9/2019

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Don't push
Don't analyze
Just deep breathing - 
very simple.
Practicing yoga in the Mysore-style is very powerful, a movement meditation where you practice to your capacity under one-on-one guidance of a teacher. With the teacher you build up your practice step-by-step allowing your nervous system - and all bodily systems - to integrate all information without overwhelm or exhaustion. 

It's a deeply rooting practice that leaves you with good energy and benefits you much to meet all the demands of your day. And yes, the wonderful side effects of this practice are - among others - that you will develop more strength and flexibility in body as in mind, become more conscious about your inner roadmap and automatic reactions, your intuition muscle grows as well as your compassion .... all over time helping you make more favorable decisions for your life.

Our school welcomes and is shaped of pracitioners of all walks of life, age, gender, body-type, nationality and capacity. Everyone who wants to practice can practice, no fancy clothes required, no need to be flexible or strong; the only requirement is to show up regularly. The yoga works, the big benefits will reveal themselves to you, when you practice regularly, towards daily.

Curious about our school and what a regular Mysore practice can do for you? Email me to learn how to get started.

We love welcoming newcomers to our community and practice!

The time lapse is from a typical morning at our school. I start my self-practice at 5.20h, and we chant the opening chant at 7.00h.  Slowly people arrive rolling out their mats a bit before or after 07.00h. In this video four hours are compressed into 51 seconds.

Love our yoga community!
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