I'm About To Do My Second Bikram Yoga Class In Anchorage, Alaska. It's The Only Way To Stay Warm. I've Got To Get Into Shape. I've Been Eating Nothing But Fish And Chips.
Though The Names 'karma', 'yoga' And 'sannyasa' Are Different, The Truth At The Heart Of Both Is The Same.
The Self In You Is The Same As The Self Universal. Whatever Powers Are Manifested Throughout The World, Those Powers Exist In Germ, In Latency, In You.... If You Realize The Unity Of The Self Amid The Diversities Of The Not-self, Then Yoga Will Not Seem An Impossible Thing To You.
Yoga Is A Science, And Not A Vague Dreamy Drifting Or Imagining. It Is An Applied Science, A Systematized Collection Of Laws Applied To Bring About A Definite End. It Takes Up The Laws Of Psychology, Applicable To The Unfolding Of The Whole Consciousness Of Man On Every Plane, In Every World, And Applies Those Rationally In A Particular Case. This Rational Application Of The Laws Of Unfolding Consciousness Acts Exactly On The Same Principles That You See Applied Around You Every Day In Other Departments Of Science.
The Highest Hindu Intellectual Training Was Based On The Practice Of Yoga, And Produced, As Its Fruit, Those Marvellous Philosophical Systems, The Six Darshanas And The Brahma Sutras, Which Are Still The Delight Of Scholars And The Inspiration Of Occultists And Mystics.
I Will Say A Lot Of Dancers Do Such Beautiful Things For Their Body And Then They Smoke A Cigarette. I've Never Been A Smoker, But I Realized After Taking Yoga . . . In Ballet You're Not Encouraged To Do A Lot Of Breathing. I Think In A Weird Way, A Lot Of Dancers Find Relief In Actually Breathing.
What Is It That Should Trace The Insuperable Line? ...the Question Is Not, Can They Reason? Nor Can They Talk? But, Can They Suffer?
You Can Set Your Intention To Better Understand Your Soul, Your Spirit, Through Daily Practices Like Prayer, Yoga And Meditation, Etc.
The Secret To Everything For Me Is Doing Yoga Every Day. It Does Do Nice Things For Your Body, But It Also Kind Of Calms You Down And Chills You Out. Other Than That, I Don't Really Drink Alcohol And I Always Take My Makeup Off At Night!
