✨Reflecting with gratitude ✨ Yogacharya BKS Iyengar,
December 14, 1918-August 20, 2014
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When we, all global practitioners of Iyengar yoga, come to our practice, we are carrying little sparks of His light, into being. A collective torch carrying... at least, it feels that way sometimes. That tapas, tenacity, discipline, willingness to go deeper into the unknown, to really explore the potentials of yoga, first hand... a light we carry inside, a precious precious gift. 🔥
That August of 2014, when you passed away, I had just set my heart on becoming a certified Iyengar teacher. It gave me a sense of urgency... though patience has proved its worth, once again...Many feelings...We do not not have forever in this life, just a miraculous flicker of moments... and movement of moments...
✨ “Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim.
The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”
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It’s incredible that You penetrated the subject of yoga so deeply, I cannot even comprehend, and yet you also managed to bring yoga to the world. It’s easy for me to take for granted yoga is available, there’s a studio on every corner. In a big way, this is because of You. Sometimes I imagine my mind without yoga, my body, my life without yoga. I feel so grateful. 💫
💫 “You do not seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind and soul.” Light on Life
Original photo from the Bellur Yoga Center, which he built after creating an entire infrastructure for the town: sewage, grid, schools, etc...
http://belluriyengaryogacenter.com/guruji/
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All genders and levels welcome.
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“Pelvic floor” refers to the dynamic layers of muscle which span the inner pelvis. In this afternoon workshop we will explore pelvic anatomy, posture, pelvic breath, yoga poses and self-care techniques to increase health, wellness, and healing.
When our pelvic floor area isn’t structurally supported to be strong AND relaxed, mild to serious health issues such as pelvic pain, digestive trouble, infertility, urge incontinence, stress incontinence, and/or prolapse can develop. Many people have too much gripping, and because of that tightness, the pelvic muscles are weak. Or, the muscles are lax and need tone... or, a combination of both! Mula Bandha is a hot topic, but often misunderstood. Let's bring the light of awareness to the hips and inner pelvis, and give this area the loving care it needs.
This hands-on workshop will help you learn to sense the 3 layers of muscle of your unique pelvic floor. Through exploring specific actions and structural alignment through yoga, learn what practices will best support you as you sit, stand, move, and more. Discover ways to optimize pelvic health, including good circulation, movement, relaxation, and stability.
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Every yoga practice brings me closer to God. Not theoretically, but experientially. Every action, every pose, every silent moment, there. Penetrating, permeating, clearing all else away.
It is a miracle to be able to practice yoga, a grace.
I’m so blessed to have this opportunity to practice. And so are you.
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Exploring #pinchamayurasana with a chair today. It’s like #virasana for the arms...! So stabilizing. Working hard to find that stability... baby steps are potent steps.
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#propyourpose #devotion #faith #iyengaryoga
Looking back to look forward. I stand on the foundations of my ancestors, and all their beliefs and decisions inform my inheritance of courage, creativity, resistance, and resilience as well as privilege, trauma, heartache, regret. These things sprout and proliferate in interesting ways.
Like Carl Jung says, “until you make your unconscious conscious, it will direct you and you will call it fate.”
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#awaken
#generations
#svadyaya
#biglittle
I experienced today that my yoga practice was not only dissolving, rinsing away the stress and fatigue from the past (ahh), but also 💫from the future.
To really experience this aspect of #nonlinear #time in the moment was very cool, & reminded me of Guruji’s potent little section in the intro of #lightontheyogasutras ‘Moment and Movement.’ (Its such a brilliant bit, right?!) ✨✨✨ “As moment rolls into movement, the past and the future appear and the moment disappears. Going with the movements of moments is the future; retraction of this is the past. The moment alone is the present. ✨
Past and future create changes; the present is changeless. The fluctuations of consciousness into the past and future ✨create time✨.” -BKS Iyengar
Of course I thought about sutra II.16 as well, wild to feeeel in the moment the suffering yet to come being avoided.
Excellent especially when visiting my parents... #ustrasana in the garden...
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#dailypractice #camelpose #iyengaryoga #moment #movement
