Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Embodying The Spirit.”
Be Friendly Towards Your Body
Do not fight your body. Do not carry the world on your shoulders like Atlas. Drop the heavy load of unnecessary baggage and you will feel better.
Do not kill the instinct of your body for the glory of the pose. Do not look at your body like a stranger, but adopt a friendly approach toward it. Watch it, listen to it, observe its needs, its requests, and even have fun. Play with it as children do, sometimes it becomes very alert and swift.
To be sensitive is to be alive.
- Swami Karmananda Saraswati
The homework is to cultivate sensitivity towards your body on and off of the mat. Observe your body from the inside out and assess its needs. Learn how to best care for your body by observing your habits related to food and movement. Finally, consider how your emotional state impacts your physical body.
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, September 27, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Using Emotional Energy
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Dealing With Difficulties.”
Using Emotional Energy
Confusion, tension, and depression all contain energy that can be used for us as well as against us. When we can calmly face our difficulties without trying to escape, without trying to manipulate or suppress our feelings, it is possible to see something that we have never seen before. We may realize very clearly that we simply do not want this pain any longer. We can then discover in ourselves the motivation to change the habits that lead us into difficulties.
We can use the energy of our emotions to skillfully cope with our problems, to rediscover the clear interplay of mind and senses that allows our energy to flow in more positive directions. Our emotions are really only energy; they become painful when we grow attached to them, and identify them as being negative. We can transform this energy into positive feelings, for ultimately, it is we ourselves who determine these reactions. The choice is up to us: we can dwell on negative emotions, or we can take their energy and use it to encourage a healthier response to our problems.
- Tarthang Tulka
The homework is to remember that you have a choice when it comes to how to deal with difficulties and that difficulties could be a blessing in disguise. Learn what your habits are when difficulties arise and challenge this habitual response and work to re-direct your energy towards a healthier response for you and the people 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
This week in class we are considering the topic “Dealing With Difficulties.”
Using Emotional Energy
Confusion, tension, and depression all contain energy that can be used for us as well as against us. When we can calmly face our difficulties without trying to escape, without trying to manipulate or suppress our feelings, it is possible to see something that we have never seen before. We may realize very clearly that we simply do not want this pain any longer. We can then discover in ourselves the motivation to change the habits that lead us into difficulties.
We can use the energy of our emotions to skillfully cope with our problems, to rediscover the clear interplay of mind and senses that allows our energy to flow in more positive directions. Our emotions are really only energy; they become painful when we grow attached to them, and identify them as being negative. We can transform this energy into positive feelings, for ultimately, it is we ourselves who determine these reactions. The choice is up to us: we can dwell on negative emotions, or we can take their energy and use it to encourage a healthier response to our problems.
- Tarthang Tulka
The homework is to remember that you have a choice when it comes to how to deal with difficulties and that difficulties could be a blessing in disguise. Learn what your habits are when difficulties arise and challenge this habitual response and work to re-direct your energy towards a healthier response for you and the people 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
Monday, September 14, 2009
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Dealing With Difficulties.”
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Discipline your personality so that you do not develop the worrying habit. You will find that when the habit infests your mind, you will worry no matter what the situation you are in. You may have thought that if you were rich, you wouldn’t have to worry about a thing. And then one day you become rich, and find your worries have multiplied along with your money.
Nothing in the world can remedy your worry except your own philosophical insight. Develop the insight that you are sustained by the Divine hand.
- Swami Jyotirmayananda
The homework is to take note of the habits of your personality that are creating difficulties. Discover for yourself what kind of philosophical insight you need to cultivate to overcome these difficulties.
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 “Dealing With Difficulties.”
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Discipline your personality so that you do not develop the worrying habit. You will find that when the habit infests your mind, you will worry no matter what the situation you are in. You may have thought that if you were rich, you wouldn’t have to worry about a thing. And then one day you become rich, and find your worries have multiplied along with your money.
Nothing in the world can remedy your worry except your own philosophical insight. Develop the insight that you are sustained by the Divine hand.
- Swami Jyotirmayananda
The homework is to take note of the habits of your personality that are creating difficulties. Discover for yourself what kind of philosophical insight you need to cultivate to overcome these difficulties.
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, September 7, 2009
Rebalancing With Yoga
Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Dealing With Difficulties.”
Rebalancing With Yoga
Disease indicates that we have been making an error in terms of our lifestyle or thinking and therefore have become imbalanced. It shows that we must make some changes if we are to live a healthy, fuller and more joyous existence. Yoga teaches us that we must learn to use and value our sufferings as springboards in our spiritual evolution. Somehow we have lost our awareness of who we are and how we should lead useful and aware lives. Loss of awareness allows disease to creep in. When we are sick, we are forced by nature to wake up to our transgressions of natural laws. Regaining our awareness through Yogic practices is the key to health. The Yogic process brings about rebalance, insight, understanding and appreciation of these universal, natural laws which operate in the world we live in.
- Swami Karmananda Saraswati
The homework is to consider how it is that our sufferings can act as springboards in our spiritual evolution. What is it about the practices of Yoga that helps us understand the universal natural laws? What are the universal natural laws?
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 “Dealing With Difficulties.”
Rebalancing With Yoga
Disease indicates that we have been making an error in terms of our lifestyle or thinking and therefore have become imbalanced. It shows that we must make some changes if we are to live a healthy, fuller and more joyous existence. Yoga teaches us that we must learn to use and value our sufferings as springboards in our spiritual evolution. Somehow we have lost our awareness of who we are and how we should lead useful and aware lives. Loss of awareness allows disease to creep in. When we are sick, we are forced by nature to wake up to our transgressions of natural laws. Regaining our awareness through Yogic practices is the key to health. The Yogic process brings about rebalance, insight, understanding and appreciation of these universal, natural laws which operate in the world we live in.
- Swami Karmananda Saraswati
The homework is to consider how it is that our sufferings can act as springboards in our spiritual evolution. What is it about the practices of Yoga that helps us understand the universal natural laws? What are the universal natural laws?
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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