#yogapath

[kinoyoga]

Sometimes I think it’s easier to say what yoga is not more than I think it’s possible to truly explain what yoga really is. Yoga is not just a physical practice. Yoga is a mirror that guides you to the truth self. Yoga asana is not an exercise or a stretch. Fitness and stretching are the byproducts of the practice. Yoga is not entertainment, distraction or denial even though yoga can be fun and joyful. Yoga is a spiritual discipline that seeks your highest liberation. What is yoga to you? What isn’t yoga to you? In this age of everything goes, some people are afraid of setting some guidelines about what is and isn’t yoga. Giving everyone permission to do everything and call it whatever they want may not truly serve their spiritual path. Sometimes what we need is a clear light to shine on the path so we can discriminate between what is true and what is untrue. But then again, I am an Ashtanga Yoga practitioner and I can’t help it if I believe at least a few guidelines are good for the practitioners and teachers to follow. Keep practicing 🙏 Next workshops: Mysore week and Adjustment clinic in February @miamilifecenter and then Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Cincinnati. Photo @ifilmyoga #yoga #yogapath #yogi #ashtanga #ashtangayoga #ashtangi #nyc #nycyoga #yoganyc #kinoyoga #omstars 💕 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYJr5FuGZ7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[soulpathcoaching]

Yoga Nidra is a form of meditation that can be practiced by anyone. Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning "union with pure Consciousness". Nidra is a Sanskrit word meaning "deep sleep". Yoga Nidra is an ancient, deep meditation practice that originated in India over five thousand years ago and was designed to help people reach higher states of awareness and experience pure Consciousness. In our modern world, it is extremely helpful in reducing stress and preventing (and even healing) the results of stress on the mind and body. Stress is currently the number one cause of illness and disease in the United States.

Yoga Nidra is great for beginners, as it can be done lying down and requires no in-depth knowledge. There are many different styles of Yoga Nidra available, and they use a variety of meditation techniques, but the common thread is that all these practices start with conscious deep relaxation. One simply lays down and relaxes the body before allowing the mind to wander into a state of guided deep relaxation. This simple practice brings the individual's focus to the breath and the bodily sensations and creates a complete sense of well-being and peace. The body becomes so deeply relaxed in Yoga Nidra practice that it enters into what is known as “restful alertness.” While the body is still and deeply relaxed, the mind is awake and completely aware. Yoga Nidra may be used in conjunction with other forms of meditation or yoga practices, but it can also be done alone.

Besides stress relief, there are many other benefits to Yoga Nidra that have been experienced by people practicing this ancient technique. It may help reduce depression symptoms, anxiety, and/or insomnia. It has also helped with chronic pain management and addiction recovery. The healing benefits of Yoga Nidra are pretty amazing.

I hope you find this article both informative and helpful! If you would like to give Yoga Nidra a try, the best way to get started is to try the two guided practices included in my Relaxification mini Yoga Nidra course!

Click this link to learn more about Relaxification.

[abracadabraaakirtiaaaaaaa]

Tender loving chaturangas.........

[anya-moon]

I’m not enough - uncomfortable though, stiffness in your body - and it starts again, you run, searching for a medicine, only not to feel that not-enoughness. Maybe it’s worth to try new meditation, do new asanas or energy work, maybe new clothes or just spending the evening on your phone can ease the tension. Only not to hear the voice inside telling that you’re not good enough as a parent, not that good in your work or that all your labor isn’t bringing the result you actually desire. To go for a search outside - supposing that outer things can save you, other people’s approval or additional cup of coffee, new retreat, new life. But that’s a myth.

You might try to find someone\something to blame in your feeling that there is something fundamentally wrong with you. Programs instilled by society, upbringing, ancestor wounds. But finding something to put a blame on isn’t a way.

The only medicine is inside of you, nothing outside can fix your not-enoughness. Staying inside, seeing where that feeling is coming from, you start raising your awareness of it. Possibly, it’s a wound that needs your attention. Or it’s a signal that you should return to your center where you can realize that the feeling of not-enoughness is your resistance to being yourself, to tell your unique story where there will be self-validation, self-care, acceptance and understanding of your own way.

Here, on the line with the feeling of not-enoughness there are questions - who lives your life if you run from yourself? Who learns the lessons your soul is here to master, if you prefer to learn other’s lessons and bring into your life what doesn’t really resonate with you? Where are you if today you are not enough?

💜Art by Alexandra Levasseur

[dantesecret]

[luanafarayoga]

Asanas work in our gross body initially, but they have also the potential to work in our energetic body. The practice of Asana remove physical blockages and purify the body, improves the overall function of the digestive system, so as the endocrine, nervous, respiratory, immune and cardiovascular system. Asana provides strengt and flexibility to the muscles and mobility to the joints. Asana develops stability, control and propioception. But it also works on the mind, improving concentration and providing clarity of thoughts. Once the body and mind start to be purified through the consistent, continuos and devoted practice of Asana together with a yogic lifestyle, it starts to to work on the energetic body, specially when it is combined with breath, so not only the physical body but the nadis are purified. That’s when the subtle effects of the practice start to arise. It’s easy to get identified with Asanas, specially those which feel challenging or impressive, and that’s the nature of our ego. I do not believe we must fight it, but we should observe it and understand it, so we can let go of the attachments and identifications through compassion and not through rejection, so we can transcend that which keeps us from actually accessing our consciousness. 📷👉🏽 photo by my love @fotosbyboca at @macawlodgecr #tittibhasana #asana #sadhana #yogapractice #yogapath #practicegratitude #practicekindnessandcompassion #yogaisequanimity #luanafarayoga https://www.instagram.com/p/BooeTA6nhUs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16ot2cqb8obor

[rashidatowe]

it’s ALL perfect in a divine way👌🏾 . . . #allow #flow #yogapath #influencer (at Chicago, Illinois)

[abracadabraaakirtiaaaaaaa]

11th June 2021

Handstand practise