Yoga Talk and Tips

I found this wonderful quote which speaks directly to the Envision Yoga Course - Beyond the Asanas, The Ten Principles of Yoga.

YOUR TIME IS NOW
"If you desire a glorious future, transform the present, there is actually no other choice"
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras (300 - 200 BCE), India

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Fasting and Yoga - from health and yoga.com

In nature cure, one of the very important tools for health and disease cure is fasting. Many people are learning the trick of curing their colds, headaches, nervous spells and other acute troubles by missing a few meals or taking a short fast. It is the simplest and the most efficient way of relieving the overloaded and "food-poisoned" system. You would be surprised to know how little food is actually required to keep the individual healthy. One of the commonest complaints of the sick is that they have "lost their appetite". In fact, the greatest blessing to them would be to lose their appetite long enough to find their hunger. Loss of appetite is an indication that the system is overcharged with toxins and nature is trying to correct this by giving a chance to the waste accumulation in the organs to escape from the system. Fasting as a remedy is fully in harmony with the "nature-cure" philosophy of the cause of disease. If the disease is created by an abnormal accumulation of toxins in the system, it stands to reason that fasting will help in their elimination from the system. The membranous linings of the stomach and intestine which act as a "sponge" to absorb food materials are now "squeezed" to throw out the waste matter from the system.

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I like to bang out this pose first thing in the morning while drinking my coffee.....

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One of the fundamentals of leading a life of passion, joy, and freedom is practicing "completion", completing what is incomplete in your life. In fact, of the 10 Fundamentals of Yoga we study in the Envision Yoga course,  five of them correlate with the act of completion and its importance and indeed, a foundation for truly being free. Incompletions show up everywhere in our lives from simple tasks such as not doing the dishes, avoiding your taxes etc. to the "bigger" ones such as not being complete with past experiences, family,  history, and relationships. 

Our in-completions are the source for repeating cycles of behavior, of frustration, of being stuck in areas of your life, and even sadness and depression.

When you get practiced in completion an amazing feeling comes over you and you begin to feel lighter, you become more effective in your life and any guilt you might have dissolves. The bigger the completion the more this feeling invades you. In fact my experiences of "big" completions literally made me feel lighter than air and at total peace. At first I felt uncomfortable not being used to feeling that good! Soon you realize that is our natural state and you understand the cost you pay by not being complete and choosing to carry the immense weight of your life's in-completions with you.

Love to hear your experiences/thoughts...

Namaste!

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I was doing some research (which is ongoing) for the Envision Yoga Course and came upon this quote. It is about yoga, creation and being responsible for you and your life. Enjoy!

" We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we have now has been the result of past actions, it certainly follows that whtatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions: so we have to know how to act"

       - Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) India

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