The Law of Love

Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,

This week in class we are considering the topic “The Law of Love.”

The most ancient traveler in the world is called love. Even before this earth came into existence, that omnipotent and omniscient power called truth expanded to create the universe because of love. Love means expansion. And then there is the opposite, called hatred or contraction. Watch what happens someday when you start hating somebody – when someone is not doing what you want, is not fulfilling your expectations. You contract your personality, you isolate yourself. So there are two laws of life: the law of expansion, and the law of contraction.

- Swami Rama

The homework is to notice the next time you start to go down the path of contraction – of not loving. The practice of Yoga helps us tune in more to our physical and mental bodies. In addition to the mental aspects of contraction start to notice how the process of contraction feels physiologically. Use this awareness to help you change your path of contraction to expansion – or love.

Blessings,

paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
The BKS Iyengar Yoga School of Southwest Washington
417 NE Birch St., Camas, WA 98607
360.834.5994

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Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and Vancouver Washington since 2003