An excerpt from the book—
“the practice of asana alone poses a danger, ” Maehle writes, citing Jois’s warning that partial yoga methods, out of line with their internal purpose, can build up the ’six enemies’ ( desire, anger, greed, illusion, infatuation, and envy) around the heart.” In contrast to gymnastic ability,” he writes, “true posture is about the ability to focus deeply within.”

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I recently heard a definition of karma as “that which I do to me”.- Aadil Palkhivala

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According to a recent article in the The Economic Times from India, “Many translate Yoga as “union”. Please understand, Yoga is not “union”. It is “uniting”. Yoga is not a noun. Yoga is a verb. Yoga is not an end result. Yoga is a process. It is a process of intense enthusiasm. It is the process of Yoga, the practice of Yoga that unites the mind-body-spirit system. What unites is not the exercises that you perform. This again will shock you. It is the intention.

You create a memory in your muscles and that gets embedded. It is essential to start any Yoga practice with a clear intention of what you wish: it may be health, it may be enlightenment; whatever it is make a positive intention. Before you perform the asana, the exercise, with full awareness of that intent visualise the posture you plan to adopt. Go through in your mind every single step of that asana. Then practice that asana.” To view the article in full paste this text into your browser. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorials/Yoga_Intense_
enthusiasm/articleshow/2195928.cms

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“SattvicStates is not a place. Rather, it is a state of being, a vibration ‚Äì honored by yoga tradition throughout time as one of the laws of nature. Attuning to this frequency invites attributes such as wisdom, happiness, purity and illumination into one’s life. Not to be confused with a destination, nor endpoint, sattva is a marker along the path of spiritual development, a doorway into realms of expanded human consciousness.”–Liza Dousson , Sattivstates.com. I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure if I have ever been there–and if I have it wasn’t for long…I remember feeling this way when I saw Jackson Browne sing live for the first time. Does that count? I have to reach out to Liza on this one..

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Practice what the Buddhists call “bare attention.” This means attuning yourself to the raw sensations coursing through your body during your daily practice. While in a particular posture, take a moment to notice where you feel muscles stretching, where you sense resistance and tightness, and where you feel spaciousness. Notice the warmth or coolness within your joints and organs, and the firmness or softness of your muscles. Break the ingredients of the moment into their simplest elements; without judging the sensations, just witness them.

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