After we set aside our unconscious restrictions, we make the choice to engage.
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Ganesh stands in the doorway
There is a place within each transition—though still part of the pulse—where we can find stillness.
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Let you be you
Being yourself is a task everyone needs help with. Yoga presents us with tools, and opportunities to practice with them, that let us be ourselves in the most challenging of circumstances.
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The mind is a horse…
…it can take you to the gate, but no further
To allow ourselves to be struck so powerfully that we do not require rational thought
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Refinements: Intermediate Handstand
Our yoga practice becomes more sophisticated as it lets us notice and experience the connection between things more acutely—to see the patterns and actions held in common.
Our lives can impinge on our peace of mind, our feeling of centeredness. The Sutras acknowledge this; it’s not a failure, it’s just life. Pick yourself up and continue.
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I’ve seen it all
The challenge of the practice is that we need to see so many small things in order to apprehend the full picture.
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I’ll see the light tonight
We learn to perceive more clearly the more we focus on our perception.
If we accept that we can like something that we hated when we were young, or vice versa, then we can know for certain that there is something to us beyond our likes and dislikes, our circumstance—otherwise, we would, quite literally be a different person. This is what we want to hug into.