Within the Yoga Sutras Book II, the Sadhana Pada, The Ashtanga Eight Fold Path is outlined, which is the essence of the Path of Raja Yoga, the path of meditative absorption. Much of what we consider modern styles of yoga is considered to be Raja Yoga.
By: Mary Saunders The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali are an ancient text of spiritual enlightenment, and one of the primary texts of yoga philosophy studied by yogis. These texts provide us with wisdom, knowledge, and guidance through yogic theory, methods and practice to reconnect to our true selves and attain liberation. Although the yoga sutras are ancient, the wisdom contained within them is still incredibly relevant and important for modern yogis to study and integrate into their lives.
Within the Yoga Sutras Book II, the Sadhana Pada, The Ashtanga Eight Fold Path is outlined, which is the essence of the Path of Raja Yoga, the path of meditative absorption. Much of what we consider modern styles of yoga is considered to be Raja Yoga. By: Alicia Hamilton Although an atypical concept in the westernized view of yoga, pratyahara is an essential step to establishing more in depth meditative experiences. Pratyahara is normally known as sense withdrawal. In our day to day experiences, our 5 senses are bombarded with a commotion of stimulation. We go day to day being completely immersed in auditory and visual stimulants. Our brains are endlessly processing stimulus - our perception of life is seemingly a combination of what our senses have picked up from the external world.
By: Sanni Shukraya “Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Four months down the road with the Dharma Project and so many visions being manifested into being. After searching and visiting at all the refugee children’s homes in the area, making multiple phone calls and defining where the help is needed the most, UCL project committed to visit in weekly basis at the SOS- Children’s Village for underage refugees. By Zachary Towne-Smith Think about the great yoga classes you've been to. What has the teacher done to support that experience? Is it possible to rate a Yoga Teacher? If so, what qualities are we seeking to develop as we certify new teachers? How will we be able to tell whether or not our graduates are embodying them? How can we ensure that our Yoga Teacher Trainings are constantly improving to ensure that anyone who has a certification has the potential to create these transformative experiences our world is so desperately in need of? How can we avoid people turning away from Yoga because of a negative experience with a teacher who doesn’t meet our standards of excellence? At Kula Collective these are some of the questions we’ve been meditating on. We hope this blog will help to share some of what we’ve learned, and spread the movement toward highly rigorous yet flexible standards for Yoga Teacher assessments. Excellence is our only option!
by David Sonshine When I was younger, I used to fall asleep to the hush of a sound machine. It smoothed over all the nighttime noises: my brother breathing in the bed next to me; my parents walking around in the kitchen, maybe arguing; cars passing by outside; the creaking of the house, the rush of water through the plumbing.
Sometimes, I would dream of sound. There were always two sounds: a large, powerful sound, angry and overwhelming. It surrounded the smaller sound, which was delicate, tender, and wavering. I felt this dynamic between the sounds, less than actually heard it. I would wake up to realize that the two sounds had receded back into my subconsciousness, but the feeling of helplessness against an overwhelming force would linger. I can still feel the echoes of those dreams so many years later. A bit older, I noticed I could hear the high pitched whine of our CRT television. During summer camp I was hearing outbursts from bats in the night sky - so high pitched it was a feeling in the ear more than a hearing, a knowing that something was there, yet unable to decipher it in detail. |
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