Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
Time is Precious
When we waste our time, it is like plucking the pearls from a dazzling necklace one by one and throwing them away. But when we use our time well, each minute adds another jewel to enhance the beauty of our lives. Because time is our life, it is very precious, and we need to learn to treasure it.
- Tarthang Tulka
The homework is to evaluate how you are using your time. Challenge the western concept that we need to be busy and productive with every moment. Consider how you can change how you are using your time to “enhance the beauty” of your life and those around you.
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, June 21, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Nobility
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
Nobility
Be enthusiastic about the nobleness of every man and every thing will become noble.
- Sri Ananda Acharya
The homework is to find the good in every person you come in contact with. BKS Iyengar says that difficult people are sent to us by God. Consider what it would mean if you saw or found God in every person you come in contact with. How would this change the way you treat people?
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.”
Nobility
Be enthusiastic about the nobleness of every man and every thing will become noble.
- Sri Ananda Acharya
The homework is to find the good in every person you come in contact with. BKS Iyengar says that difficult people are sent to us by God. Consider what it would mean if you saw or found God in every person you come in contact with. How would this change the way you treat people?
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, June 7, 2009
Attentiveness
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Making Progress.”
Attentiveness
A second’s indiscretion or inattentiveness may bring about the ruin of treasures that have taken a lifetime to acquire. Unfailing watchfulness is the essence of Yoga life.
- Sri Ananda Acharya
The homework is to observe your own experience and reflect on when your indiscretion or inattentiveness has been destructive. Learn from this experience and build upon it by practicing to be more mindful. Start this practice on the mat by noticing when your mind drifts and draw yourself back to your practice by being more attentive to your posture and breath. Then take this practice off of the mat and into your relationships.
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.”
Attentiveness
A second’s indiscretion or inattentiveness may bring about the ruin of treasures that have taken a lifetime to acquire. Unfailing watchfulness is the essence of Yoga life.
- Sri Ananda Acharya
The homework is to observe your own experience and reflect on when your indiscretion or inattentiveness has been destructive. Learn from this experience and build upon it by practicing to be more mindful. Start this practice on the mat by noticing when your mind drifts and draw yourself back to your practice by being more attentive to your posture and breath. Then take this practice off of the mat and into your relationships.
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, June 1, 2009
Reining in the Senses
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic "Making Progress."
Reining in the Senses
Just as the body is made of food, the mind is made of the sense impressions it takes in. And just as there is junk food, there are junk experiences and junk thoughts – attractively packaged, but most debilitating to the mind. Training the senses means that we need to be discriminating about what shows we watch, what music we listen to, what kinds of books and magazines we read, what kind of conversations we listen to. Every day the senses give the mind a ten-course dinner, and we add to our prana, our health and vitality, by not serving it junk thoughts.
- Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to observe what you are serving yourself without passing judgment. At first just notice. Then start to slowly change what you are exposing yourself to. Again just notice. Finally, observe if the qualities of mind change as you change what it is exposed to.
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."
Reining in the Senses
Just as the body is made of food, the mind is made of the sense impressions it takes in. And just as there is junk food, there are junk experiences and junk thoughts – attractively packaged, but most debilitating to the mind. Training the senses means that we need to be discriminating about what shows we watch, what music we listen to, what kinds of books and magazines we read, what kind of conversations we listen to. Every day the senses give the mind a ten-course dinner, and we add to our prana, our health and vitality, by not serving it junk thoughts.
- Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to observe what you are serving yourself without passing judgment. At first just notice. Then start to slowly change what you are exposing yourself to. Again just notice. Finally, observe if the qualities of mind change as you change what it is exposed to.
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
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