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and Yoga teachers who speak to your truths.
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There are Yoga teachers who speak to your dreams……
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As an esoteric art Yoga is a minority pursuit……
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I was practicing yoga last week, still using the pin figures on……
I received this yesterday and thought it a quirky 25 year later feedback follow-on to my post yesterday on 121 teaching:
“Dear Paul,
I was practicing yoga last week, still using the pin figures on graph paper (once white that is now yellow) that you drew for me back in 1987 when I lived in Bath.
I thought that I would search for you and say thank you!
I still run and my body feels good and free – I am glad I met you when I did when I was starting to wreck my body with the running rather than open it.
I hope all is well with you.
Best wishes”
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Also we never know when we are going to die……
“Also we never know when we are going to die.
So we must prepare for death.
Because at the moment of death you become what you think.”
- TKV Desikachar France 1983
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The irony of variety is that it becomes a monotony in the constant search for it.
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Adapting the form of Yoga is one thing……
Adapting the form of Yoga is one thing.
Adapting the roots of Yoga another.
Better not to confuse the two when choosing.
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My teacher taught me that a Yoga teacher needs four things around you……
My teacher taught me that as a Yoga teacher you need four things around you:
1. In front of you, you need Yoga students.
2. Behind you, you need a Yoga teacher.
3. Beneath you, you need a Yoga practice.
4. Above you, you need Yoga teachings.
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Yoga is a journey from……
Yoga is a journey from:
Sound to Silence or Śabda to Nāda
Movement to Stillness or Vṛtti to Nirodha
Action to Awareness or Citta to Cit
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Serving the interests of God appears increasingly to be a nom de guerre……
Serving the interests of God appears increasingly to be a nom de guerre for serving the the interests of the self.
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Yoga and the 21st Century – Interview with TKV Desikachar May 1999
YOGA AND THE 21st CENTURY
TKV Desikachar was in Narbonne, in the South of France, for a symposium on “Yoga and the XXIst Century” during May 1999. The purpose of the symposium was to consider the role of yoga for the coming century in the three fields of Health, Psychology and Spirituality.
The following interview is an introductory presentation.
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Is Āsana (aka Yoga) now the ‘de rigueur’ modern makeup or……
Is Āsana (aka Yoga) now the ‘de rigueur’ modern makeup or even ‘prerequisite’ modern makeover for body, mind and soul?
So we can look, sound and be beautiful both outside and inside, to all and sundry?
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Yoga practice needs to evolve towards a live-in relationship rather than……
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Increasingly I observe Yoga teachers, even if not trained specifically in……
Increasingly I observe Yoga teachers, even if not trained specifically in this area, offering private tuition or 121′s as an adjunct to their other teaching activities.
I also observe a proliferation of Yoga trainings for becoming a teacher within 121 situations, especially Yoga Therapy, often as an adjunct or ‘bolt on’ to group teacher trainings, accepting students even if from other approaches, styles or traditions.
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Yoga is a process to train a student, not a training to process a teacher.
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The esoteric knowing of the transcendent mystical vision is open to……
“The esoteric knowing of the transcendent mystical vision is open to dangerous distortion when placed in the hands of one who has not controlled the darker animal desires and power-hungry ego and who is not under the supervision of a guru (spiritual teacher – glossary p108).”
- ‘Yoga and Psychology’ Harold Coward p4 – SUNY Press 2002
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Aindriyika Sādhana – Concerning the Senses……
“Aindriyika Sādhana – Concerning the Senses.
Food – Diet – Temptation – Restraining the tongue.
Many things concerning senses of smell, taste, sight, touch, hearing.”
- TKV Desikachar France August 1983
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Defining our relationship with awareness is a matter of re-defining……
“na iti na iti – not this, not this”
Defining our relationship with awareness is a matter of re-defining our relationship with matter.
- Bṛhad Āraṇyaka Upaniṣat II.3.6
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Is it possible for you to understand the difference between……
“Is it possible for you to understand the difference between Sādhana and Siddhi?”
- TKV Desikachar France August 1983
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Yoga is when different actions are done……
“Yoga is when different actions are done.
You think and act with proper investigation.
How do you feel at the end of the action?
Do you feel quite good?
Is this Sādhana or Siddhi?”
- TKV Desikachar France August 1983
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Often when we are talking about Yoga we are not sure whether we……
“Often when we are talking about Yoga we are not sure whether we are talking about Sādhana or Siddhi.”
- TKV Desikachar France August 1983
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Yoga is when the mind is completely absorbed in the great force within.
“Yoga is when the mind is completely absorbed in the great force within.”
- TKV Desikachar France August 1983
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Words have meanings based on roots and on usage……
“Words have meanings based on roots and on usage, its origin and how it is utilised.
Yoga is a good example of a word based on its original meaning and convention.”
- TKV Desikachar France August 1983
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Even Yogis have some re-action to what is Yoga.
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Has the word Yoga lost its meaning?
“Has the word Yoga lost its meaning?”
- Question posed by TKV Desikachar (almost 30 years ago now) to participants at a retreat in France August 1983
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īśvara Praṇidhānā – How do we take the fruit of our action?
“īśvara Praṇidhānā - How do we take the fruit of our action?”
- TKV Desikachar France 1983