Being into yoga is like being into alchemy, turning mud into gold, or ourselves into kind beings.
The whole purification into being good, nice, balanced, efficient is the way to peace and the way to becoming enlightened. Unless we are fully clean, in word, action, thought, we cannot remove the veil that keeps us from seeing the light shining inside.
All that purification has a few perks that come with it, here are a few, actually more than 32 I came up with and that tell you that, yes, yoga is working:
- Someone cuts you off in traffic and you blow them kisses through your rear view mirror (or wave)
- Someone gives you a bad comment and you reply focusing on how good they write
- You notice that yoga is more about your daily constant attitude than what happens on the mat
- You get to talk a lot about tibias and psoas, and you enjoy it
- Your plane gets cancelled and you flow with it, find another flight, no problem
- You lose an important pass for something, pray to Ganesh and it appears
- You suddnely realize you have been chanting a mantra in your head instead of thinking
- You crave mediation
- You floss a lot more often than you did last year
- You have a neti pot and use it
- You are curious about enemas and colonics
- You heard about this place where you can do fasts, or have done one, and you realize you are eating less and better food even without the fast
- Sweat is part of the day
- you refer to pain as the "good pain"
- You are a lot kinder
- You keep it real, very real
- You are honest with yourself about what you want
- You either are in a committed loving relationship or ready for one
- You realize that the anger stops with you and just cause someone is angry does not mean you will propagate it
- Your vocabulary is clean
- You move with elegance
- People like being around you, they like your energy
- You have had a pranayama experiene that gave you glimpse
- You realize is not about the money, but enjoy money too and respect its energy
- You are a lot more efficient and give away what you don't need
- You are wondering about India, or have been there already or are planning to go
- You know who Vishnu (the preserver), Ganesh (remover of obstacles), Brahma (God of all creation) and Shiva (destruction and transformation) are, and you know about a bunch of others too
- You realize that everything is sacred
- You begin to notice that the other is just you in different form
- You are happy
- The more you connect with spirit as you understand it the more abundance there is in your life
- You do not even feel the need to ask how do you know that yoga is working
I have a few more...
- You are grateful for everything
- You do not give unsolicited advise
- You remain detached
- You intend and let go, then things happen according to the laws of karma and you let it be
- You give things away, and feel lighter
- Good things sort of "happen" to you
- Things flow
Do you have others to share?
Nice post Claudia. I can vouch for a few :)
ReplyDeletevery good, you are so inspiring
ReplyDeleteThank you Wineye and Lilasvb :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is a stellar post, encouragement and possibility at its best.
ReplyDeleteThe second paragraph took my breath away! "Unless we are fully clean, in word, action, thought, we cannot remove the veil that keeps us from seeing the light shining inside." I want to see the light shining inside of me.
Thank you for sharing how Yoga has changed your life.
Blessings.
Excellent, Claudia! Here are a couple more:
ReplyDelete-> You visit the chiropractor less than before (or not at all anymore)
-> You understand what a healthy digestive system feels like
-> You feel compelled to share yoga with others
Hmm.. some of these I've already got; others I still need to work on (ie. do more yoga).
ReplyDeleteWhat's with 32?
ReplyDelete@Wild Magnolia, yes I want to see it too!!! :-)
ReplyDelete@Mike, I like your other ones did not even think of the chripractor, cool! and you feel compelled to share, totally!, digestive system... yes, I find I am a lot more aware, and I am sure it is a common thread, thank you!
Yyogini... do more yoga... yes, especially the parts where it is not just the asana, that is what needs work in my case...
Tony, what's with 32, I was wondering if someone would notice that one in particular, it refers to what Sharath told us in conference last Sunday, no matter whata the question he would just say "do yoga", maybe he is ah the point where he does not ask anymore questions he just, does yoga....
@Tony by the way, will add your blog to the blogroll to keep in touch
ReplyDeleteSo much truth in those words, thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nat :-)
ReplyDelete@Claudia,
ReplyDeleteI meant what's with 32 as a number? 32 ways yoga is working, 32 Unusual definitions of what yoga is???? Why 32? Is it special like 108?
Thanks for the add :)
Tony, ohhhhh, I seeee, sorry! Well, one day I started writing on the "unusual ways to love ourselves", I went on and on, and the list grew and grew, but it stopped at 32, I am not sure why, it just did... so then I just kind of kept making 32 unusual this and that, I feel like the 32 chose me...
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