top of page
In yoga, we do not struggle to achieve, we relax, and let things come.
Like a little seed planted in a pot; you water it, place it where it will get plenty of light and sufficient warmth.There is no use trying to force things, no use dragging the seed out of the soil and trying to stretch out the roots. You cannot pull at the stem in an attempt to speed up the growth or force the buds to open. All you can do is provide the right conditions for growth and let nature do the rest.
So it is in yoga. It cannot be forced. Give yourself the right conditions for growth - come to class, practice at home, read books, the rest will flourish if you let it.
LEARNING YOGA
Learning yoga is quite unlike anything you have ever tried before. In the first place, there is no fixed beginning, and very definitely no ending. It is like moving in a circle which gets ever wier as you practice. In yoga there is no standard, no competition, no struggle and no strain. Yoga is a very flexible material, to be bent, twisted, shaped, according to your needs and abilities. It is very much a matter of doing your own thing.
NO COMPETITION
We are conditioned from babyhood to a system of comparison. Our education, the professional and business worlds, the domestic and social scenes are all based on competition.
Biggest, best, fastest are the words of today.
This breeds aggression, hatred, fear, envy.
In yoga there is no competition - only acceptance. You do not compare your performance with anyone else, or, indeed, with yourself. What you are now, today, is different from what you were yesterday and from what you were an hour or even ten minutes ago.
In yoga you are accepted for what you are In this moment.
WHAT IS YOGA? .....
The word 'yoga' means 'to yoke', 'to join up', 'to unite'. It means wholeness, oneness, balance, harmony, integration.This can be understood in many different ways. It can be the joining up of all the different aspects of one's being - physical, mental, spiritual.
In yoga we are concerned with wholeness - the total person and the oneness of life. Yoga is replacing conflict and worry with inner peace and harmony. Through the practice of yoga, we come to find our point of balance in a modern, stress-riddled society, where everything is, sadly, very much out of balance.
Yoga is a mind/body discipline which promotes health, well-being, relaxation and peace of mind.
Many people, through the practice of yoga, come to see their relationship with all living things in a new light.There blossoms an awareness of the brotherhood of all humankind; tolerance, love and understanding flourish, as well as an appreciation of all other life-forms, animals and plants. In the end, the realisation that we are all part of the Greater Life Principle from which we come.
That is the real nature of the oneness.
bottom of page