Yoga
The Practice of Yoga
Yoga is a beautiful practice of getting to know yourself. Of the multitude of exercise regiments and spiritual protocols known today, yoga provides a personal, practical application for living a holistic lifestyle: uniting the mind, body and spirit.
The term "Yoga" describes a general category of spiritual and philosophical traditions within many Eastern cultures. Here in the United States, the Hatha Yoga tradition is most well-known and studied. Hatha Yoga is a physical movement practice of postures (or Asanas) that guides the practitioner into a deeper self awareness, moving the body in relation to the breath.
Hatha Yoga has therapeutic benefits for the body. Of its many gifts, yoga strengthens and tones the muscles, supports healthy digestive function, decreases blood pressure, stimulates circulation, supports the central nervous system and detoxifies the lympathic system.
Yoga will put and keep a smile on your face!
2010: The Year of Loving-Kindness
As we enter the cycle of the first decade of a new century, let us take up the practice of Maitri or "loving-kindness." The practice of Maitri is beyond the romantic form of love that is predicated on conditional actions and reactions based in fear. This form of loving-kinding is the practice of compassion for self and others.
To practice compassion with self is to release all of the fears that keep us separate from our own heart, therefore making it impossible to love another or to be loved by another. Loving-kindess is the act of taking responsibility for your own desire to be treated with respect and honor. Maitri is living life's golden rule: do unto others as you truly want and desire to be done unto you.
Each day, take up the intention to Be Happy. Be Peaceful. Be Free from Suffering.
Show your love!
Namaste.
