This is one of the most important posts I’ve ever done. Please read, reflect & share A fallacy is a claim that may sound convincing but is actually based on flawed reasoning. Sweeping statements about Yoga are often made that lack substantiation by reason, experience, or scriptural testimony Fallacy of Read more…
Are you tempted to call yourself an ‘advance’ Yoga practitioner?
Why cherry-picking aspects of your Yoga & amplifying them as the entirety can cause confusion amongst sincere seekers
We need to liberate Yoga from preconceived notions of how a Yoga-Body should look like. Yoga is for all bodies. Though a lot of good work is been done by many Yoga teachers, it will take a systemic effort to make modern Yoga free of ‘Ideal Yoga Body’ standards
Because our definition of Yoga practice guides our growth in Yoga. If our definition of Yoga is narrow, our transformation through Yoga too will be partial.
I’m often asked how to find a Yoga teacher to study with. I too have mentioned the importance of studying with ‘your’ teacher multiple times in my talks and blogs. Lots can be said about this topic, but for now here are some clarifications & tips. Yoga is not a Read more…
Looking at this complex interaction of cultures and traditions across time-line I picture modern Yoga as a beautiful embroidered tapestry sewn with cross cultural fibers upon a sturdy canvas base of Hatha Yogic ideology and practices.
“I was into Yoga, now I practice mindfulness”. I have heard such fundamentally erroneous statements over and over again and therefore felt the need to clarify a few points.
The traditional pedagogy of Yoga is based in knowledge transfer through experiential understanding. The Guru’s work was to direct the student experientially till the required teachings were experienced and not merely understood. Education was more than imparting information, it was about invoking experience. One major component of such education system Read more…