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  1. My grandmother practiced yoga for fifty years. She called it sitting down.

    Asana means seat. Not pose. She had it right all along, the vocabulary just hadn't caught up.

    What does your practice look like without the words?

    #yoga #asana #ancestralwisdom
    #yogaphilosophy #presencepractice #familywisdom
    #embodiedwisdom #contemplativepractice #culturalheritage

  2. She gave it freely. I needed a studio and Sanskrit vocabulary to accept it.

    Wisdom doesn't need a certificate, but sometimes we won't receive it without one.

    What wisdom do you need permission to trust?

    #yoga #wisdom #culturalheritage
    #yogaphilosophy #authenticwisdom #ancestralwisdom
    #meditacion #spirituality #embodiedpractice

  3. I went to Rishikesh to learn yoga. I found my grandmother instead.

    Sitting by the Ganges at dawn, I recognised something from a terrace in Granada.

    Have you found what you were looking for?

    Read the full story

    medium.com/@clarainsweden/what

    #rishikesh #yoga #culturalwisdom
    #india #ganges #ancestralwisdom
    #ashram #yogajourney #contemplative

  4. I went to Rishikesh to learn yoga. I found my grandmother instead.

    Sitting by the Ganges at dawn, I recognised something from a terrace in Granada.

    Have you found what you were looking for?

    Read the full story

    medium.com/@clarainsweden/what

    #rishikesh #yoga #culturalwisdom
    #india #ganges #ancestralwisdom
    #ashram #yogajourney #contemplative