The Mirror of Yoga: Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind
In my meditations, I had been achieving heights by pushing down on the lower energies. But that was just a form of suppression. I had to learn to channel those energies upward instead of pushing them away from me. It took some time, but I eventually began to realize the true purpose of yoga. Done properly, yoga is the science of channeling all ener
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The postures are a concentration of mind and movement in which the breath undoes the stiffness and tensions of the body, strengthening its weaknesses and restoring health.
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and yoga, as also in games and sports, are part of a powerful loop of intention and perception. Movement is not something we do nearly so much as what we are, and harbinger to what we can become.
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When you practice the yoga, you should be on the lookout for the many ways, some quite subtle, in which your perspective on your body, your thoughts, and your whole sense of self can change as you are drawn to adopt different postures and stay in them for a time, paying full attention from moment to moment.