Yoga is Suitable for Everyone
...tered on one's personal concept of God.
Tantra Yoga: A way of showing the unseen consciousness in form through specific diagrams, and movements. One of the diagrams that is used to show the joining of the physical and spiritual bodies is two triangles superimposed upon one another. The downward-pointing triangle represents the physical body. The upward-pointing triangle represents the spiritual body of support, energy, and vastness.
Kashmir Shaivism: It is based in emotion rather than intellect. The practice of this yoga philosophy states that everything in the universe has both male and female qualities. In Kashmir Shaivism, these male and female principles form an equal partnership, so interdependent that they cannot be separated. The attraction between them produces the ultimate union of opposites, creating the immense complexity of the universe that we enjoy and celebrate.
Yoga is not a religion. It has no fixed set of beliefs. There...more
Yoga Instructor Aspects - Finding the Guru Within
...uru is a teacher, but not to be worshipped.
In another statement: "My worship for my master is the worship of a dog. I do not seek to understand his nature. It ever startles with its newness and profound depth'. So spoke Vivekananda of Ram Krishna." This was also written by Swami Mukerji. Similar words have been written or spoken, by Yogis, for thousands of years. So, this has been traditional thought with regard to devotion to one's Guru.
However, this level of trust and devotion toward another human being is rare. In the 20th century, more than one "man of peace" was assassinated. As of this writing, Benazir Bhutto was also assassinated, and it seems she was slain for being a...more
learning to Breathe
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