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Ashtanga Teacher Certification/Authorization Is Rubbish?
Today, I saw a comment where someone said, “yoga does not belong to anyone. Certification and authorization is rubbish.” Lets not throw the baby out with the bath water. Being authorized or certified does not guarantee that a teacher knows what they are doing but having no standards doesn’t guarantee it either. Certification and authorization says that, the Jois family, who are the lineage holders of Ashtanga Yoga, feel that this person seems to have a good enough understanding of the practice to teach it. It does not mean that they own yoga or that the certified/authorized teacher owns it either. It is just a way for students to know…
Yoga Sutras For Modern Day Life: The Yoga Is Within You
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1:36: Or by focusing on the supreme blissful light within. The yoga happens within you-Sharath Jois Defining the Sutra Patanjali continues to list ways to maintain calmness in the mind. One of those ways is to focus on the place of peace within or the light of the heart. The light within the heart is the pure soul without a story or identity. It contains our purist potential and is the spark of the infinite energy contained within us all. Modern Day Application Yoga is easy and hard at the same time. Throughout the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali lists many simple ways to maintain inner…
Divine Dissatisfaction
The path of yoga is not for the faint of heart. The end result might be nice but the process, for most, is not. Many people stop the process because they don’t understand what is happening. We are sold on the idea that everything that is good also feels good. We have been told that ease is a sign that we have made the right decision so we search for ease and run away from the feelings mentioned in the poem below. This is why the yogis warned us about dvesha or avoiding painful or sorrowful experiences. If we are having an experience, there is something that needs to be explored. If…
Making the Philosophy and Poses of Ashtanga Accessible for All
