by
Paul
Benhaim'You can't do a thing you don't know, if you keep on doing what
you do know.' FM Alexander
Yoga
Come back to earth, back to a sense of space, time and earth.
Back from the flower to the plant, back to the individual struggling
to grow. As the plant needs food, it also needs many other things;
wind, rain, sunshine, manure, pruning and a host of other factors
to produce favourable growth. We also need to establish growth
within a wider context, including the concept of at least some form
of physical, meditational exercise such as yoga.
The body is the bow, the asanas the arrows and the Self
the target.' BKS lyengar
Look after the bow so you can aim the arrow before
shooting the target.
Yoga means union. One form of yoga is the physical
asanas or poses. These are not just a set of exercises but part of
a holistic lifestyle that includes more than the hemp diet. To assist
with exercises such as yoga you will find many books and
teachers, both of which are useful when starting to practice. A
class offers a group energy that works more strongly against the
objections of the mind that are found when attempting to practice
alone. The benefits of yoga, include a greater awareness of the
body, self internal massage to the organs, and the ability to eat
more instinctively.
The purpose of yoga and meditation is not to destroy the
ego but to transcend it by realising oneself is not separate from