Inner Growth

Greetings Yogis and Yoginis,

This week in class we are considering the topic “inner growth.”

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

The modern world puts a high premium on youth. By this standard, retirement brings the freedom to take on a second career, or find fulfillment in new hobbies, or to recapture the pleasures of youth. But the last years of life spent in such pursuits are often full of frustrations and regrets.

By contrast, from a spiritual perspective, the second half of life is the natural time to turn from physical satisfactions to inner growth. These are years of opportunity - of continued growth rather than decline. This is the time when we need to concentrate on spiritual development if we are to fulfill our highest potential and realize our immortality. All the world's religions agree that death is not the end of life, only the end of one chapter.

Words to Live By: Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran

The homework is to consider what it means to “turn from physical satisfactions to inner growth.” Ask yourself what steps you can take to develop inner growth? How can your yoga practice help you to answer this question?

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