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"Yoga to Health" OM BYTE 14,
14th October 2008
G F C Yoga
What a wonderful time to reflect on the essential teachings of yoga.
Students of yoga will know that the first word, of the first Patanjali Yoga sutra,
is ATHA,
which quite simply means “now”.
In the “Power of Now”
Eckhart Tolle puts it this way:
Anxiety, tension, stress and all forms of fear
are caused by too much future
and not enough presence.
Guilt, sadness, bitterness and all forms of non-forgiveness
are caused by too much past
and not enough presence.
Whenever we return to the present,
and listen to the birds,
feel our breath,
smell a rose,
quench a thirst,
stop and stare,
or go within,
we connect to stillness.
The stillness, that lies behind all our busy-ness and worldly concerns
and return us to our essential “being-ness”;
being in balance, harmony and peace.
Being in yoga. Simply being.
And as Deepak Chopra says:
“Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity,
carry your stillness with you.
Then the chaotic movement around you
will never overshadow your access to the reservoir of creativity;
the field of pure potentiality.”
So, dear yoga friends, in any time of crisis, be it a FGC or any other,
feel confident that as yogis and yoginis,
we have the ability to move into stillness
and in stillness being present to the beauty around and within us.
It may even be a catalyst to reviewing our attachment to financial concerns
and taking the opportunity to focus on being grateful for what we have
and enjoying the simple joys of this moment
and finding it every time we step into the Now.
So enjoy this moment....
this gift;
this present of presence
until next time!
With warmest wishes,
Yours in yoga,
Louise
"I carry my stillness with me"
Yoga to Health Om Byte 13, September 17th 2008
Hello dear yoga friends,
S T I L L N E S S
A dear yogini friend recently sent me a beautiful card containing a message of stillness:
Surrender to stillness
the truth you seek
is already there
I hope you find those words as calming as I found them to be!
Eckhard Tolle reminds us that:
a great silence space
holds all of creation
in its embrace,
it holds you too.
From the Bhagavad Gita:
Still your mind
still yourself
and without doubt
you shall be united
with the love
that dwells in your heart
My wishes for you:
May your breath flow like a gentle stream.
May your mind rest like a peaceful lake.
May your life be filled with stillness and joy,
and affirming....I am too blessed to be stressed !
In silence I grow.
In stillness I heal.
With warmest wishes,
Yours in yoga,
Louise
too blessed to be stressed
www.yogatohealth.com.au
Experience the oneness of yoga, in harmony with nature.
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