Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the topic “Freedom and Happiness.”
So long as we have not glimpsed our true identity, the Self or Spirit, we are enslaved to the mostly unsuspected habit patterns of our own mind. Even though our democratic ideals include personal freedom, we seldom understand that freedom lies beyond the well-worn grooves of our brain. Thus we settle for the kind of freedom that allows us to merely assert our ego-bound will. Real freedom, however, is living out of the fullness and spontaneity of the Spirit, without guarantees but with unlimited courage and wisdom. Yoga makes our realization of such unparalleled freedom possible.
- Georg Feurstein
The homework is to use the awareness that you cultivate in your Yoga practices to notice and observe your mental habit patterns - on and off of the mat. What is your true identity and how do your own mental habits keep you from recognizing it?
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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