Become a Vessel for Life

Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,

This week in class we are considering the topic “The Breath of Life.”

Become a Vessel for Life

Breathing is one of the simplest things in the world. We breathe in, we breathe out. When we breathe with real freedom, we neither grasp for nor hold onto the breath. No effort is required to pull the breath in or to push the breath out. Given the simplicity of breathing one would think it was the easiest thing to do in the world. However, if it were truly so easy there would be few unhappy or unhealthy people in the world. To become a welcome vessel for the breath is to live life without trying to control, grasp, or push away. And how easy is that? The process of breathing is the most accurate metaphor for life, how we live our lives, and how we react to the inevitable changes that life brings us.

- Donna Farhi

The homework is to notice the next time you create resistance in your asana practice. Observe the quality of your breathing and work to remove this resistance by bringing real freedom to your breath. Work to generalize this experience to situations off of the mat.

Blessings,

paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
The BKS Iyengar Yoga School of Southwest Washington
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
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Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003