Having learned to withdraw one’s senses, to allow the dust in one’s minds to settle, it is time to practice dharana. In pratyahara one becomes entirely passive, allowing thoughts and feelings to simply pass through without becoming attached to these sensations; rather, one acknowledges them and allows them to leave. The goal is [...]
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Pratyahara, what is it? What does it mean? Pratyahara is learning to disengage from the environment around us and from the noise within us. The original concept was that as we sense an object be it through sight, sound, taste, smell, touch or even just thinking about an object; that as we do [...] If you fail the Awareness Test as most people do, then it’s also possible that you missed the addition to the calendar on the right. The calendar now tracks my current weight in pounds as well. I’ve been doing this on my board at work and having moderate success at maintaining my general [...] When was the last time that you heard silence? As I thought about this yesterday, I stopped to listen. No one else was in the house but me and the dogs and they were both asleep, surely I would be able to hear silence. I heard the gurgling of the fish tank, the [...] Moving slowly from pose to pose can prove to be a challenge on a number of fronts. How long do you hold each pose? Five seconds? Ten? Twenty or even thirty? Before I took my trip through the Dark Side, I was holding my poses for about 20 seconds each. Now, I am [...] I’ll be honest, when an email from Brooke Maran hit my mailbox last Thursday to tell me about “our new Yoga book that we have made available online,” I was quite sure that it was SPAM but I quickly realized that the link really did go to an online book and that I [...] What happened the first time you tried vrksasana? I’ll bet you fell out of the pose didn’t you? That’s great! All trees fall eventually. Did you, however, stop practicing vrksasana? Failure is a great teacher and it is no different in Yoga. In fact, I would say that there is no such thing [...] What is the Dark Side? It is the urge to hold that pose a little longer, bend a little deeper, twist a little further. Resist that urge. Wait, isn’t that what we’re striving to achieve? In all honesty, no we are not trying to achieve the perfect pose, we are trying to unite [...] Life is full of learning if we simply look to find it. I was exceptionally disappointed Saturday due to the exceptionally poor attendance at Saturday’s session. Immediately self-doubt crept into my mind, What if the reason the ONLY repeat people were my wife and daughter was because they were only there to give [...] At first glance, tonight’s class was a dismal failure. SegoLilly and MO were the only ones that came to class. The only reason I suggested an evening class was so more people could actually attend. Clearly that backfired. Honestly, teaching an evening class really fouls up the rest of the day which is [...] |
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