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For three years I called it discipline. Yoga called it grasping.
I ran with data for years, a bad split unravelling the whole morning. My raised shoulders knew before I did.
Have you ever mistaken grasping for discipline?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #running
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My abuela never used the word aparigraha. She didn't need to.
She watered her jasmine with unhurried hands, no urgency, no checking of bloom. I was ten, watching.
Who in your life has shown you wisdom they didn't have a word for?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #familywisdom
#spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice #yogalife -
My teacher said four words. It took me six months to understand them.
'You are holding your future.' Six months later, I finally understood.
Has a teaching ever arrived for you months or years after you first heard it?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #rishikesh #yogateacher
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You don't become someone who doesn't grasp. You become someone who notices the moment the hands curl.
That gap, between grasping and releasing, is where the sutra actually lives.
Where do you notice the moment your own hands curl?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #mindfulness
#spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice #yogateacher -
My watch battery died on a Sunday. I ran without data for the first time in years.
Day three, something shifted. Without numbers, I started noticing different things.
What do you notice when you remove the measurement?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-hardest-yoga-sutra-to-actually-practice-709eb0d8851d
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yogaphilosophy
#nonattachment #running #yoga
#mindfulrunning #spiritualpractice #lettinggo -
You don't become someone who doesn't grasp. You become someone who notices the moment the hands curl.
That gap, between grasping and releasing, is where the sutra actually lives.
Where do you notice the moment your own hands curl?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #mindfulness
#spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice #yogateacher -
I was doing a yoga pose about non-grasping. My hands were in fists.
Aparigraha, Sutra II.39. The one I thought I understood.
When has your body known something your mind was still convincing itself it understood?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-hardest-yoga-sutra-to-actually-practice-709eb0d8851d
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yogaphilosophy
#nonattachment #embodiedpractice #yoga
#spiritualpractice #yogateacher #mindfulness -
I was doing a yoga pose about non-grasping. My hands were in fists.
Aparigraha, Sutra II.39. The one I thought I understood.
When has your body known something your mind was still convincing itself it understood?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-hardest-yoga-sutra-to-actually-practice-709eb0d8851d
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yogaphilosophy
#nonattachment #embodiedpractice #yoga
#spiritualpractice #yogateacher #mindfulness -
My watch battery died on a Sunday. I ran without data for the first time in years.
Day three, something shifted. Without numbers, I started noticing different things.
What do you notice when you remove the measurement?
Read the full essay
https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-hardest-yoga-sutra-to-actually-practice-709eb0d8851d
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yogaphilosophy
#nonattachment #running #yoga
#mindfulrunning #spiritualpractice #lettinggo -
My teacher said four words. It took me six months to understand them.
'You are holding your future.' Six months later, I finally understood.
Has a teaching ever arrived for you months or years after you first heard it?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #rishikesh #yogateacher
#nonattachment #spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice -
My abuela never used the word aparigraha. She didn't need to.
She watered her jasmine with unhurried hands, no urgency, no checking of bloom. I was ten, watching.
Who in your life has shown you wisdom they didn't have a word for?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #familywisdom
#spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice #yogalife -
My abuela never used the word aparigraha. She didn't need to.
She watered her jasmine with unhurried hands, no urgency, no checking of bloom. I was ten, watching.
Who in your life has shown you wisdom they didn't have a word for?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #familywisdom
#spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice #yogalife -
My teacher said four words. It took me six months to understand them.
'You are holding your future.' Six months later, I finally understood.
Has a teaching ever arrived for you months or years after you first heard it?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #rishikesh #yogateacher
#nonattachment #spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice -
For three years I called it discipline. Yoga called it grasping.
I ran with data for years, a bad split unravelling the whole morning. My raised shoulders knew before I did.
Have you ever mistaken grasping for discipline?
#yogasutras #aparigraha #yoga
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #running
#mindfulness #spiritualpractice #embodiedpractice