Greetings Yogis and
Yoginis,
This week in class we are considering the second Niyama, Santosa or contentment.
A tremendous amount of our vital energy is squandered in the vacillations of the mind. If things go our way, we get elated; if things do not go our way, we get depressed. Yet elation and depression are made from the same cloth.
It is when the mind is getting elated that we need to be very vigilant, because what goes up will inevitably come down. If, through the practice of meditation and repetition of the mantram, we can keep the mind calm when good things are coming our way, then when bad things come, we won't be dejected. Our mind will stay calm.
Only then will we be free to be truly spontaneous in our responses to life.
Words to Live By: Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
417 NE Birch
St. , Camas , WA
98607
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, andVancouver Washington
This week in class we are considering the second Niyama, Santosa or contentment.
We must not wish anything other than what happens from
mom ent to mom ent,
all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness.
- Saint Catherine of Genoa
A tremendous amount of our vital energy is squandered in the vacillations of the mind. If things go our way, we get elated; if things do not go our way, we get depressed. Yet elation and depression are made from the same cloth.
It is when the mind is getting elated that we need to be very vigilant, because what goes up will inevitably come down. If, through the practice of meditation and repetition of the mantram, we can keep the mind calm when good things are coming our way, then when bad things come, we won't be dejected. Our mind will stay calm.
Only then will we be free to be truly spontaneous in our responses to life.
Words to Live By: Inspiration for Every Day – Eknath Easwaran
The homework is to consider the second Niyama (practices of
self-purification through discipline) which is Santosa or Contentment. This is a commitment to being content, reducing
desires, becoming cheerful and creating balance of mind. Additionally, we have to be willing to let
things go, especially likes and dislikes.
Ask yourself how the practice of Santosa will impact your responses to
life?
Blessings,
paul cheek
Rushing Water Yoga
360.834.5994
www.rushingwateryoga.com
info@rushingwateryoga.com
Serving Yoga to Camas, Washougal, and
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