#yogaphilosophy — Public Fediverse posts

What drew me to yoga wasn't flexibility. It was breath - my scattered mind anchoring in my body.

Yoga promised presence, studios offered performance.

What first drew you to yoga - and does your current practice still honor that?

#yoga #breathwork #mindfulness
#yogaphilosophy #spiritualpractice #presence
#contemplativelife #embodiedpractice #yogawisdom

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

I found Ketut, someone who didn't teach tourists.

His backyard practice overlooked rice paddies. He moved like water. "Yoga not special thing. Is how you live."

Who has taught you about practice in unexpected ways?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/balis-beauty-and-the-spiritual-mirage-086b47574fb2

#yogateacher #authenticpractice #bali
#yogaphilosophy #mindfulness #simplicity
#spirituality #yogalife #presence

I found Ketut, someone who didn't teach tourists.

His backyard practice overlooked rice paddies. He moved like water. "Yoga not special thing. Is how you live."

Who has taught you about practice in unexpected ways?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/balis-beauty-and-the-spiritual-mirage-086b47574fb2

#yogateacher #authenticpractice #bali
#yogaphilosophy #mindfulness #simplicity
#spirituality #yogalife #presence

I found Ketut, someone who didn't teach tourists.

His backyard practice overlooked rice paddies. He moved like water. "Yoga not special thing. Is how you live."

Who has taught you about practice in unexpected ways?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/balis-beauty-and-the-spiritual-mirage-086b47574fb2

#yogateacher #authenticpractice #bali
#yogaphilosophy #mindfulness #simplicity
#spirituality #yogalife #presence

I found Ketut, someone who didn't teach tourists.

His backyard practice overlooked rice paddies. He moved like water. "Yoga not special thing. Is how you live."

Who has taught you about practice in unexpected ways?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/balis-beauty-and-the-spiritual-mirage-086b47574fb2

#yogateacher #authenticpractice #bali
#yogaphilosophy #mindfulness #simplicity
#spirituality #yogalife #presence

I found Ketut, someone who didn't teach tourists.

His backyard practice overlooked rice paddies. He moved like water. "Yoga not special thing. Is how you live."

Who has taught you about practice in unexpected ways?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/balis-beauty-and-the-spiritual-mirage-086b47574fb2

#yogateacher #authenticpractice #bali
#yogaphilosophy #mindfulness #simplicity
#spirituality #yogalife #presence

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

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

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

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

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

The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.

When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.

Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-the-himalayas-whispered-4e0b51998b2c

#silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
#mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
#spiritualpractice #yogaphilosophy #solitude

The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.

When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.

Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-the-himalayas-whispered-4e0b51998b2c

#silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
#mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
#spiritualpractice #yogaphilosophy #solitude

The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.

When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.

Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-the-himalayas-whispered-4e0b51998b2c

#silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
#mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
#spiritualpractice #yogaphilosophy #solitude

The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.

When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.

Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-the-himalayas-whispered-4e0b51998b2c

#silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
#mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
#spiritualpractice #yogaphilosophy #solitude

The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.

When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.

Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-the-himalayas-whispered-4e0b51998b2c

#silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
#mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
#spiritualpractice #yogaphilosophy #solitude

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

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

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

Prana isn't breath. I thought it was for years. So did every studio I practiced in.

Ananya said: 'Prana is not something you breathe in. It is something you are made of.'

What changed once you knew the philosophy beneath?

#prana #pranayama #yogaphilosophy
#yogawisdom #breathwork #contemplativepractice
#sanskritwords #yogadepth #yogalearning

She never called it pranayama. She said: breathe like the mountains breathe.

I was ten. The Sierra Nevada held still on the horizon.

Who first taught you to slow down?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-my-spanish-grandmother-knew-about-yoga-without-ever-doing-it-1efcb85249f9

#abuela #yogaphilosophy #culturalwisdom
#breathwork #granada #embodiedwisdom
#yogaoffthemat #ancestralwisdom #spanishculture

Tantra Yoga
https://auraastral.es/libros/tantra-yoga/
#TantraYoga #YogaLife #YogaPhilosophy #HathaTantra
#Pranayama #CuerpoYEspíritu #Kundalini #Chakras
#EnergíaVital #Espiritualidad #DespertarDeConsciencia
#CrecimientoEspiritual #MisticismoOriental #BookSky
#LecturasRecomendadas #LibrosDeYoga #EstudioDelSer

Tantra Yoga
https://auraastral.es/libros/tantra-yoga/
#TantraYoga #YogaLife #YogaPhilosophy #HathaTantra
#Pranayama #CuerpoYEspíritu #Kundalini #Chakras
#EnergíaVital #Espiritualidad #DespertarDeConsciencia
#CrecimientoEspiritual #MisticismoOriental #BookSky
#LecturasRecomendadas #LibrosDeYoga #EstudioDelSer

Tantra Yoga
https://auraastral.es/libros/tantra-yoga/
#TantraYoga #YogaLife #YogaPhilosophy #HathaTantra
#Pranayama #CuerpoYEspíritu #Kundalini #Chakras
#EnergíaVital #Espiritualidad #DespertarDeConsciencia
#CrecimientoEspiritual #MisticismoOriental #BookSky
#LecturasRecomendadas #LibrosDeYoga #EstudioDelSer

Tantra Yoga
https://auraastral.es/libros/tantra-yoga/
#TantraYoga #YogaLife #YogaPhilosophy #HathaTantra
#Pranayama #CuerpoYEspíritu #Kundalini #Chakras
#EnergíaVital #Espiritualidad #DespertarDeConsciencia
#CrecimientoEspiritual #MisticismoOriental #BookSky
#LecturasRecomendadas #LibrosDeYoga #EstudioDelSer

Tantra Yoga
https://auraastral.es/libros/tantra-yoga/
#TantraYoga #YogaLife #YogaPhilosophy #HathaTantra
#Pranayama #CuerpoYEspíritu #Kundalini #Chakras
#EnergíaVital #Espiritualidad #DespertarDeConsciencia
#CrecimientoEspiritual #MisticismoOriental #BookSky
#LecturasRecomendadas #LibrosDeYoga #EstudioDelSer

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

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

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

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

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

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

'Fiesta' in English means party. In Spain it means something you cannot translate.

I had watched my own language flatten. That gave me the eyes for Sanskrit.

Which word from your culture lost its weight in translation?

#yogalanguage #culturalbridge #sanskrit
#translationmatters #yogaphilosophy #authenticpractice
#eastmeetswest #yogaroots #sanskritwords

For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.

Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.

What shifted when you started paying attention?

#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords

For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.

Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.

What shifted when you started paying attention?

#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords

For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.

Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.

What shifted when you started paying attention?

#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords

For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.

Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.

What shifted when you started paying attention?

#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords

For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.

Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.

What shifted when you started paying attention?

#yogapractice #mindfulness #yogaphilosophy
#intentionalpractice #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords

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