Yoga is a journey to be experienced. However, that journey not only……

Series

1. Yoga as a View Practice and Tool - Part One a View
2. Yoga as a View Practice and Tool - Part Two a Practice
3. Yoga as a View Practice and Tool - Part Three a Tool
4. Q. Which habits - perhaps habits of mind......
5. Personal Commentary to Yoga Sūtra Chapter 3 verse 50
6. Personal Commentary to Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā Chapter 1 verse 17
7. Notes from my personal conversations with TKV Desikachar
8. Musings on the Student-Teacher Relationship
9. Musings on Yoga Student and Yoga Teacher Trainings
10. Trumperies and Tactics for the Discerning Gardener
11. Responses to three questions for a media article
12. Prāṇāyāma within Rāja Yoga and Haṭha Yoga
13. Medicine, Mastery and Mystery
14. The commercialised in-Corporation of Viniyoga is in danger......
15. The concept of the viniyoga of Yoga is a fundamental hallmark......
16. There are times when we feel compelled to ponder......
17. Further musings on Yoga Student and Yoga Teacher Trainings......
18. As his student my teacher worked at guiding me towards......
19. The first four verses in the Yoga Sūtra Chapter One are very significant......
20. Its interesting to remember this again a decade later and reflect on......
21. Yoga is about Relationship......
22. Observation on Modern Yoga Practice?
23. Yoga is a journey to be experienced. However, that journey not only...... (This post)
24. Aṣṭāṅga Daṇḍavat Praṇām
25. Yoga is the art of......
26. One of the roles for a Yoga teacher is to hold a mirror to reflect......
27. I find myself reflecting on the notion of 'authentic lineage'......
28. One way it maybe helpful to reflect on the relationship between......
29. Vinyāsa Krama is pronounced according to its meaning as......
30. Its potentially complex these days when something taught......
31. There are some forms within the postural resources developed by......
32. Cale Vāte Calaṃ Cittam - As is the breath so is the psyche.
33. Even these days the influence of Krishnamacharya's teachings around......
34. Amongst the many concepts taught to me by my teacher......
35. It appears that Yoga folks often talk about the spine in Yoga yet......
36. The Westernisation of Yoga Āsana with its emphasis on structural focus......
37. TKV Desikachar and AG Mohan, the co-founders of the KYM.......
38. A day of clear clear blue, no past no future, just the present......
39. When working with the breath in Prāṇāyāma its perhaps less appealing......
40. Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verses 1-4 epitomise our Yoga Journey in......
41. The role of ritual is the engaging of the psyche......
42. Having recently seen a website for a company promoting teaching......
43. Often people have little distinction between exercise and Yoga.
44. For me there is an existential difference between teaching exercise as......
45. One focus in my apprenticeship with my teacher was that the main priority both ways was on how to practice......
46. One focus in my apprenticeship with my teacher was that the main priority both ways was on how to transmit......
47. It is the student in us that must realize 'Avasthānam'.....
48. Increasingly I observe Yoga teachers, even if not trained specifically in......
49. The Press tells us that over 20 million Americans 'practice' Yoga......
50. To help guide our Dhyānam Sādhana the Indian tradition offers precious......
51. Thus Yukti Anumāna or skilful inference through the process of......
52. Something I do feel the need to emphasise is that this training is neither......
53. My teacher taught me that a Yoga teacher needs four things around you......
54. I do feel that verses 10 and 11 Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two offer......
55. I also feel that 121 priorities must take precedence over workshops and......
56. Yet, whatever the advances in the medium of the manual, I feel as......
57. What is Yoga? - An interview with Paul Harvey on BBC Radio Bristol 1986.
58. I feel reflecting on the recent three posts on īśvara Praṇidhānā......

“Yoga is a journey to be experienced. However, that journey not only requires patience and perseverance, but also enthusiasm and respect.

In this respect, as in any relationship between people, it is necessary to consider priorities. To students interested in undertaking a home practice with its attendant fruits, two suggestions are offered.

First, think of Yoga as acquiring a new book. Before you try to fit this book into what is probably an already overcrowded bookshelf, take a decision to remove an existing book to make room for the new one.

Do not, however, try to remove a large book thus making unrealistic adjustments in the space on your shelf (and thus unrealistic expectations around the space in your life). Instead, take out a slim volume and this way, create realistic space without Yoga becoming another pressure or something else that is jammed into the already overcrowded bookshelf of your life.

This leads on to the second suggestion.

Life is often divided into agendas, two of which are headed “chore” and “reward”. Try to keep some room on the latter list for your practice in the same way that you would greet an old friend. Take time in their company and return to your everyday life rejuvenated and better able to embrace your surroundings.”

- Paul Harvey 1996

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