“It is quite possible that India is the real world and that the white man lives in a madhouse of abstractions. In India, the whole body still lives.” Carl Jung 1938

When you engage with yoga, it will slowly render the surface self-transparent and lead to the excavation of an underlying divinity. It will build a foundation well below the frost line that, in the words of Gil Scott Heron, will not be televised.

Early on, before your transformative moments of discovery, your moves will be dictated by ego and concerns to do it right, or to be flexible.  But the outer form is not what changes, it’s the inner adjustments that matter.

In moments of fluid inspiration, you’ll extend one side and compress the other, you’ll dig deep into your inner guru – the breath that renews you. Your spine will change millimeter by millimeter and you will heal.

Of course, your outer shell will change too, but don’t get caught up in that; rather sustain your great urge for being as you learn to apprehend what true presence means for your life. Your presence is a body which is at once ecstatic and sublime.

With the inhale, exhale, and hold, you move to evolution. Yogis learn that our place, our contentment, is anchored in the link fused by yoga’s alchemy. Simple moves become a stunning antidote for worry. They reform spiritual DNA, lodging as comfort food for the soul, turning into the vital force of pranayama for your spine. In your yoga, love will fall upon your spine and it will fall upon your heart and it will fall upon you life.… read more...