Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom

Natarajasana Chapter 2 STABILITY The Physical Body (Asana) t is here that the yogi embarks on the inward journey toward the core ...

in body but attention and awareness in mind. The yogi knows that the physical body is not only the temple for our soul but the m ...

abilities, emotional disturbances, and mental distractions, we open the gates to our soul (atma). To understand this, one must g ...

Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. It has to be ear ...

The keys to unlocking our potential are the qualities of purity and sensitivity. The point about purity, or simply cleanliness a ...

the family. It is an emotional upheaval too. But if you are in balance, if there is an energetic osmosis between you and the out ...

competing with all other bodies in speed and strength. There are today in India yoga "Olympics" where yoga practitioners can com ...

this integration? How do we find such profound transformation in what from the outside may look simply like stretching or twisti ...

learn to turn our movement into action? Asana can begin to teach us. We are developing such an intense sensitivity that each por ...

Your brain may say, "We can do it." But the knee may say, "Who are you to dictate 1:0 me? It is for me to say whether I can do i ...

the intelligence of the brain. Let the body be the doer, the brain the ob- server. After acting, reflect on what you have done. ...

still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go ...

mind. Awareness brings life. Life is dynamic, and so therefore the asanas should also be. Dynamic Extension: From the Core of Yo ...

whole chest move with it? Now try to stay centered and extend out your arm to your fingertips. Did you notice the difference? Di ...

tainly, stiffness and rigidity in the body is like wearing a straightjacket or living one's life in a prison. The movement of th ...

tures it is important to study how far our awareness is extending from the center, how far it penetrates. As the river flows to ...

brain into a witness. This involves keeping the brain passive and the cells of the body active without gripping the muscles. Whe ...

relax the tongue and throat, you know how to relax the brain, because there is also a connection between the tongue and the thro ...

blossoming. Feeling is looking; looking is feeling. You have to feel with your eyes open. If the eyes are outward rather than in ...

to mastery of the art of relaxation. One who knows the art of relax­ ation also knows the art of meditation. Whether one lives i ...