So sweet to practice with Sharath this morning. I think this is the first lecture in which I hear him talk about pranayama. I typed as I listened, this is what he said in conference, after the led primary series:
- Guru means who takes us shows us the brightness
- my grandfather was that kind of a guru he used to teach us to get rid of the ignorance in us, that makes him a guru
- we have to do our practice, once we have that knowledge, then the brightness we feel is the brightness in us
- This happens only though practice, practice yoga. Yoga means union.
- We need to practice not only asana, this is just a limb in ashtanga (eight limb) yoga.
- Guruji said 99% practice 1 % - people like to talk and do lectures, but when one practies then the students also follow.
- 99% practice means not only asana but also yama niyama, practically, in your life
- ahimsa satya asteya bramacharya aparigraha are the yamah
- niyama saucha santosha tapas vadyaya Ishvarapranidhana are the niyamas
- Take for example ahimsa: non violence. If I do asana but then go punch someone or fight, then what is the use of practicing yoga?
- Yoga means you should try to understand what is ahimsha, to be true.
- once you are true you don't need to fear
- when body and mind is stable then we do not have delusions, that is why we practice asana to purify the body
- then you can follow yama and niyamas
- so that is why asana is important to purify the body
- Yoga sutras says yama niyama is the first two limbs, then asana is the third then pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi
- yama niyama should be practiced while doing asanas, so it is very important
- then you should practice pranayama. It should be practiced with proper guidance from your teacher, only a teacher who has learned from a guru, just reading books is not recommended.
- Only once you have mastered asanas then take pranayama
- you have to follow a system. If you follow that it is easy to learn to get the knowledge
- Thank you for coming here and practicing, I know some students come from far away, and I would like to thank Sonia for making this happen. The Jois family alone could not make this happen
- Thank you God Bless you, keep practicing don't stop!
Thank you so much for posting this, I really wanted to listen but had a class just at that time, need all the light I can get right now (^_^)/
ReplyDeletethis is excellent. its the like whole yoga sutras in one blog post. I'm going to print it up and tape it to my wall. Errr, if you'll let me.
ReplyDelete@エスタ you are welcome, I enjoyed doing it :-) and I hear you, I also can use all the light available!!! :-)
ReplyDelete@James ha ha of course I let you... i like how concise and to the point he is and how he "keeps to the program"...
Thanks for this Claudia! I actually woke up and did this class, but I couldn't understand everything he said. Really cool experience to do an online class with Sharath though!
ReplyDeleteYYogini, yes I thought so too, it was very interesting to experience the proximity of the computer at the end of the mat, yet know he was not there... I really like feeling the energy of everyone else in the room! glad you were there too!
ReplyDeleteA very BIG 1% theory that is. Great note-taking!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Claudia.
yes, big 1% theory, you can definitelly say that... a man of a few words... thank you StEvE
ReplyDeletewow. thank you for sharing this. especially love the line "once you are true you don't need to fear"
ReplyDeleteHi Lila, I like that one too... very true. This week I have been exploring "daring and allowing myself permission", and I think it does come down to trusting and being true to what we are, then permission is granted. So I loved it too, fear does go when we know what we offer is true!
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