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Monthly Archives: April 2014

Why breathe…

30 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by badyogidc in Breath, Postures, Yoga

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I get it.  That crazy stupid phrase that “breath is life.”  We all quite possibly heard it but what does it mean.

It means from breath, comes life!  Honest.  I’ve been really focused on my breath in my own practice lately and what I’ve found is that if I can slow down my breathing, the posture becomes easy.  If I remember to breathe period, the posture becomes easy.  But why is that?

Because yoga is the uniting, it’s yoking of one aspect of living to another.  More specifically, it’s linking breath to movement.  If you are able to move without breath, zombie.  Ok, not literally but along those lines.  Try running a mile while holding your breath.  While I’ve never attempted it, I’m going to say, it’s tough to do.  But if you’re able to find a slow, steady breath, how much easier does the run go?

Yoga is exactly the same.  If you’re able to breathe from one posture, or one movement into the next, and allow that breath to be your focus, where can you take your practice?  Or better yet, where can your practice take you?  Faster breathing encourages your body to panic.  And there’s no panic in yoga.  But there is in running from zombies.

Why “Bad Yogi”?

16 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by badyogidc in Bad Yogi

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I have answered this question numerous times from many people.  Aren’t we as yogis supposed to be inherently ‘good’?  Isn’t there to be some guiding karmic principle that I live my life with?

My answer to these questions lies in understanding everyone’s unique path.  It’s what makes us who we are.  My path isn’t yours and your path isn’t mine.  And because of that, we’re all at different points along that journey.  The ultimate state of yoga is samedhi, or pure bliss.  It’s taught that once we achieve this, we are able to move on from this life cycle of birth to death to birth to death.  And because we’re all here, right now, that means that we have none achieved ultimate bliss.  And are all bad yogis in some way shape or form.  

I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be referred to as bad yogi; in fact, I wear it as a badge of honor.  It’s a statement that regardless of the angle we approach from, we know that there are steps that have yet to be taken.  I’m not near where my goal is in this life, or even quite possibly the next, but I’m walking.  You are too.  So hold you head up.  I hold my head up proud knowing that this bad yogi is on the way; and I hope you do too.

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