What is “Real” Yoga? {Video}
Yoga or not yoga?
It’s hard to take a photo of yoga.
It’s easy to take a photo of a yoga posture.
Is a posture like triangle pose, yoga?
Sometimes yes.
Sometimes no.
And that’s why we’ve confused the yoga with the posture.
Doing a lot of yoga postures? Maybe.
Doing a lot of yoga? Maybe not.
But that’s okay.
With all the people around the globe now stepping onto a yoga mat and doing postures, never before have we had such a groundswell of opportunity to be yoga, collectively.
Wow… imagine that…
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Editor: Kate Bartolotta
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As soon as you referred to asanas as tools, I knew I liked you
Ha! Thanks Jonathan. Checked out your site too… like it, and have 'liked it'. Passing it along via The Yoga Lunchbox.
Thanks, will do the same for you.
Well said Kara-Leah! Know that YOU are your thoughts, they also are tools …
whoops, the NOT disappeared … your are NOT your thoughts …
So, maybe the reason I have advanced … though hardly in asana, is the degree of mindfulness in the moment I bring to (in ascending order) my physical practice .. oh and chanting, even more of dancing, a good percentage of my pranayama and practically all of my meditation …
I suppose I can rest easier now, knowing that I do lots of yoga …
Yoga is a feeling, not a fashion statement.
Thanks for the talk, Kara-Leah …
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enjoyed your thoughts on yogar. and your kiwi accent!
Oh yeah… I must sound funny to the majority of EJ readers/watchers. Yogar indeed….
its great! i just dont get to hear yoga discussed in that accent very often, enjoyed what you had to say!