What is yoga? More importantly what is yoga to me. It has been translated from Sanskrit to mean 'union' or 'yoke'. I like to think of it as an immutable word, something that has always been the same like the sound of the universe, "ooommm", but I know in my world yoga has come to mean different things depending on what I've needed it to mean. When I was a 26 year old wide-eyed beginner to the physical practice of yoga (the vinyasas) it was another way to get an adrenaline high. Five years later it helped me through a tough breakup and I began to study the eight-fold path of yoga and attempted meditation for the first time. Finally, I headed for India and had the chance to study with a yoga master.
Since those earlier years I have made yoga a big part of my life (teaching it, and attempting to live yogicly) but I still struggle with what it means and how it brings meaning into my life, so, here I am blogging about it, hoping that by writing an entry here, from time to time, will help me think about my experience with yoga and will allow me to develop a personal practice which leads to a modicum of balance in my life.
With that said_ I did very little except think about doing yoga today, is that yogic? dohno.
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