Mind on Guru

The guru who has traveled the path has a true understanding and is able to pass that knowledge on. The dust of the Guru’s feet is known to ‘open’ the eyes of the student and reveal the light of knowledge within them. SharathJi left us with unwavering devotion to practice, we learned about dedication, real devotion and discipline through him. He taught us by example. He taught us to develop our practice with great attention and sincere devotion. He had full faith in the practice’s ability to reveal the truth to us.

Asana is a very powerful tool, often misused. This is why Ashtanga yoga is a powerful practice, it presents asana in its pure state. Nothing is added to it. It's there in its pure essence.

Accessible, Available in its full power.

Most of us need a teacher to guide us in learning to use asana as a tool for self realization. We practice under their watchful eye and the practice begins to unfold within

I had an eating disorder for over a decade. I was stuck in a state of forgetfulness. I forgot the truth of who we are. It was through yoga that I began to remember.

To understand that there was an intelligence, a wisdom beyond the voice I heard all day. A wisdom that I fought so hard to silence. 

The asana practice makes way for remembering the wisdom we are born with, it slowly  unveils it. This wisdom can be felt so deeply - as we become embodied we can’t lie to ourselves. 

Yama - ahimsa / Niyama - satya

we begin to understand what violence feels like within, we begin to understand what truth feels like and through that we can identify all that is not that. 

That is prajna - this ability to discern the wisdom and reorganize everything around that. Asana develops strength, resilience, courage…that which we need to withstand this truth, 

To hold it, to honor it, to embody it.

A blog post by Bibi Lorenzetti