C’est un système philosophique composé également de pratiques qui a pour but de faire découvrir au pratiquant sa vraie nature, qui il est réellement au-delà du corps physique. Ce système est exposé en détails dans un texte appelé les sutras du Yoga de Patanjali, qui est l’un des textes de référence du Yoga. Le mot …
Yoga Sutra 1.1 ‘atha yoga-anushāsanam.’ Now [begins the] exposition of Yoga. I love the teachings in the yoga sutras. I’ve read them over and over to inform my life, help me see myself clearer and when ‘stuck’ contemplate how to find wholesome solutions. If they interest you, start with this first sutra…we start the ‘exposition’ …
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I did this article for my friend’s new really cool magazine. It’s about Muladhara, the first chakra which is pretty relevant to us Ashtangis!
by Linda Munro In order to explore the ways Karma Yoga can be practiced in our contemporary lives; we must first know what Karma Yoga is. I’ve heard it described as “selfless service” for years and understood this to mean doing work for others for free. With the help of the Gita I have a …
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by Linda Munro Tapas is one of the Niyamas, which is the second limb of Ashtanga Yoga in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra. The Niyamas are a list of recommended observances which we use to establish positive inner attitudes. Tapas literally means “to heat or to burn” and its significance in yoga is to cultivate a “burning …
– by Linda Munro from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali What is Yoga? — “Yogaścitta vṛtti nirodhaḥ.”“Yoga is the control of the activities of the mind.” (YS 1.2 translation by Georg Feuerstein) This is the definition given by Patanjali at the beginning of his Yoga Sutras. At first glance this seems straight forward enough but …