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Yoga: Yes You Can Be Enligthened

By on April 21, 2016 in Books, Yoga

If you are reading this then you are ready to learn secrets of yoga that have been kept for thousands of years, not so much because they were locked away, but because getting to the core of them was too hard. Too many books to read, too many different schools and practices.

I am creating a new bookclub (chapter by chapter exploration) of the book Samadhi.  See the bottom of this article for the book club I did on his pranayama book.

I wish I was

It is possible to attain the highest freedom

It is possible to attain the highest freedom, click on the book to read with me

free from thoughts, and that nothing woul bother me, I wish I was what people say is enlightened, a state of flow, or Samadhi, but life has a way to give us experiences so that we learn what we need to learn when we are ready.… Read the rest

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What if Patanjali is a Scam?

By on August 15, 2011 in Personal, Yoga
We went to a party over the weekend and the detail that called my attention the most was the instructions on how to get there.  the e-mail read: “When you get close to our house, you will want to refer to these directions even if you have a GPS …“
A beautiful path on a New York National Park

Even if.

Later on talking to James I wondered for a moment: What if Patanjali has it wrong? What if his GPS is wrong? What do we know after all.

James took it to an extreme and proposed “what if Patanjali is a scam?”  He is not, we were just playing with words, playing with the territory.

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Where oh Where Does Patanjali Mention Vinyasa in the Yoga Sutras?

By on July 25, 2011 in How To, Yoga
What if someone was to ask you (very likely): Hey! where does Patanjali ever say anything about vinyasa?  Maybe even with a threatening tone or something, doubting your yoga knowledge to the point of making your serpent spine shake. What then?

Vinyasa is the linking of the breath with each movement while practicing asana or poses. It is sacred. It must happen for the practice to be effective.

And where oh where did Krishnamacharya get that from? how did he and his guru gather this tiny bit of information from the 2000 year old Yoga Sutras?

As you know sutra 2.46 is the most famous sutra in the world (make that in my world):  2.46 Sthira Sukham Asanam, or: Sitted position should be comfortable and steady.

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Answers on How To Deal With Crapy People

By on June 28, 2011 in Personal, Yoga
People want more and more answers about the “Crappy” people in their lives,…those vampires that suck our energies dry.

It is understandable.

If you get in the mud with pigs you get
dirty and the pig gets happy.  James wisdom

You know when Patanjali talks about helping the mind calm down by cultivating friendliness towards the happy, compassion to the ones in pain, gladness towards the virtuous, and indifference towards the wicked?  (1.33)

James wrote a post about it only he called the last one “Crappy” instead of wicked,  and gave his take on how to apply the wisdom of the sutra to our times.

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