Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
Know Your Temperament
Motivation and action vary according to temperament. Gentle people are slow to start, level-headed, and thoughtful. They are like the tortoise in the fable. Lively people are impetuous and rapid. They hurtle into action, sometimes with great vivacity, like the hare. Moderate types have an intermediate temperament, at times gentle, at times vivacious.
We can fulfill our goals by recognizing our own temperament and using it to guide our choice of profession, relationships, and leisure pursuits. The ideal is great intensity with level-headedness. We find a broad range of temperaments in the surrounding circle, in which different tendencies create richness in the group. Everybody has a chance perhaps but it is different for each of us. That is why it is necessary to know and respect everyone’s temperament and rhythm – to favor everyone’s evolution and allow them to proceed at a rhythm suitable for them.
- Bernard Bouanchaud
The homework is to evaluate your own temperament and determine if your current situation is appropriate for you. If you need to make changes do so slowly and a little at a time. Next consider the temperament of those closest to you and determine how you can support them on their path.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
The BKS Iyengar Yoga School of Southwest Washington
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003
Monday, May 25, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
We are Our Own Remedy
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
We are Our Own Remedy
Many people are unwilling to make progress on the spiritual journey because they do not want to face their desires or their fears. This is understandable. Nevertheless, if we could see how our demanding desires and blind fears, especially our fears of fear, are often the source of our sufferings, might we not take pause and reflect? This is the ironic nature of spiritual realization. As we progress spiritually, we begin to see how we, ourselves are the primary and ultimate cause of our own sorrows. Paradoxically, this is good news! It means that we can also be the cause of our relief, our release, and our happiness.
- Ron Leifer
The homework is to evaluate how you are getting in your own way on your path towards making progress on your spiritual journey. Determine how the discipline you bring to your Yoga practice can be built upon to help you progress. Consider as well what practices you can deepen that will support you in making progress.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
The BKS Iyengar Yoga School of Southwest Washington
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
We are Our Own Remedy
Many people are unwilling to make progress on the spiritual journey because they do not want to face their desires or their fears. This is understandable. Nevertheless, if we could see how our demanding desires and blind fears, especially our fears of fear, are often the source of our sufferings, might we not take pause and reflect? This is the ironic nature of spiritual realization. As we progress spiritually, we begin to see how we, ourselves are the primary and ultimate cause of our own sorrows. Paradoxically, this is good news! It means that we can also be the cause of our relief, our release, and our happiness.
- Ron Leifer
The homework is to evaluate how you are getting in your own way on your path towards making progress on your spiritual journey. Determine how the discipline you bring to your Yoga practice can be built upon to help you progress. Consider as well what practices you can deepen that will support you in making progress.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
The BKS Iyengar Yoga School of Southwest Washington
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Making Progress
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
If Yoga were designed to work on the surface only, we should expect immediate visible results. Fortunately, however, Yoga seeks to change us at all levels of existence. Its influence reaches deep into our mind. Hence we must be prepared for prolonged practice in order to allow Yoga to do its work in depth.
It is certainly possible to see positive change even after one or two session of Yogic postures, and after six months of correct and steady postural practice, we should find ourselves calmer and more balanced. But for deep psychological and spiritual effects, we must be prepared for a lifetime of practicing yoga in its entirety – from the moral disciplines to postures to breath control to meditation. There is no instant enlightenment. No one can enlighten or liberate us from the outside. We ourselves must do the inner work.
- Georg Feurstein
The homework is to ask yourself if you are ready for and prepared for “change at all levels of existence”. What would this change entail? What does it mean to you to “do the inner work”? Are you ready to devote yourself to practicing consistently over a long period of time?
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
If Yoga were designed to work on the surface only, we should expect immediate visible results. Fortunately, however, Yoga seeks to change us at all levels of existence. Its influence reaches deep into our mind. Hence we must be prepared for prolonged practice in order to allow Yoga to do its work in depth.
It is certainly possible to see positive change even after one or two session of Yogic postures, and after six months of correct and steady postural practice, we should find ourselves calmer and more balanced. But for deep psychological and spiritual effects, we must be prepared for a lifetime of practicing yoga in its entirety – from the moral disciplines to postures to breath control to meditation. There is no instant enlightenment. No one can enlighten or liberate us from the outside. We ourselves must do the inner work.
- Georg Feurstein
The homework is to ask yourself if you are ready for and prepared for “change at all levels of existence”. What would this change entail? What does it mean to you to “do the inner work”? Are you ready to devote yourself to practicing consistently over a long period of time?
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Food and Mental Harmony
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Food and Mental Harmony.”
Aside from the fact that a meal should be never be eaten hurriedly, it is most important that it be taken with enjoyment, in congenial company and with pleasant surroundings. Food eaten in a state of anger, aggravation or displeasure produces a toxic condition in the body. Therefore it is better to skip a meal when in a bad state and wait until one gets back to normal.
Try to make your mealtime harmonious by avoiding upsetting discussions. A nicely set table also adds to the pleasure of eating. So does a smiling face, a cheerful word, a beautiful flower or a picture. Bless your food, and enjoy it.
- Indra Devi
The homework is to throw a small dinner party. Have all of the guests help prepare the homemade, fresh and local fare. Set the table beautifully. Have moment of silence before the meal, cherish the good company, bless the earth and every person who had anything to do with bringing the nourishment to your table. Eat slowly and with as much presence, concentration and awareness as you can.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003
This week in class we are considering the topic “Food and Mental Harmony.”
Aside from the fact that a meal should be never be eaten hurriedly, it is most important that it be taken with enjoyment, in congenial company and with pleasant surroundings. Food eaten in a state of anger, aggravation or displeasure produces a toxic condition in the body. Therefore it is better to skip a meal when in a bad state and wait until one gets back to normal.
Try to make your mealtime harmonious by avoiding upsetting discussions. A nicely set table also adds to the pleasure of eating. So does a smiling face, a cheerful word, a beautiful flower or a picture. Bless your food, and enjoy it.
- Indra Devi
The homework is to throw a small dinner party. Have all of the guests help prepare the homemade, fresh and local fare. Set the table beautifully. Have moment of silence before the meal, cherish the good company, bless the earth and every person who had anything to do with bringing the nourishment to your table. Eat slowly and with as much presence, concentration and awareness as you can.
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003
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