In 2015,
Indian Prime Minister Modi persuaded United Nations to declare June 21st
as the International Day of Yoga.
Since then, important celebrations are held worldwide.
I practice
yoga since I was 18, but… there is a but
here. Almost all the times we talk about yoga, the image in people’s minds is
of crossing legs or doing impossible
poses. That is not my type of yoga.
Yoga is not
only physical; its area is broad and wide. Its practice will depend on what you
really want to do with your body, mind and spirit.
For the body, yoga gives a self-control that it is almost
impossible to get from anywhere else. It is healthy, but it is not only healthy, it is a healing process. I know
many people who practice a physical type of yoga and I tell you, it is wonderful,
and even though I don’t, raja yoga also works for my body and I have experience
healing many times.
For the mind, the best part of any yoga practice would be the
meditation – would be as many
people don’t meditate, they just jump
into the exercise. That is the reason all great masters of yoga went to
very isolated places for their practice, as meditation is revered as key to
their success; the first stage of yoga is meditation – and that is what changes
reality, as perceptions shift and the person experiences a renew in their
lives.
For the soul, meditation reconnects you, after all so much
is happening at present and although we are fully connected to the world, very
often we find ourselves zero
connected to the inner core: what do I
really want? Ikigai, other philosophies and techniques try to make people
stop and reflect, going back to their source, and so they act as a type of
yoga.
When yoga
helps you to connect with your own self, reality changes… well, reality will
probably be the same, however as you are connected to the purest energy that
exists within you, that energy pours through your life, changing your reaction
to situations and helping you to focus on the good side of circumstances.
A yogi will
look at reality with love, determination and courage, even though reality looks
at them in a frightening way…
On this
special day, and as much as you can during the year, spend some time in yoga
and meditation…
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