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
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