Monthly Archives: June 2024
ORIGINS
There are similarities in the belief systems of the Celtic peoples (the first historical occupants of Europe north of the Mediterranean) and the beliefs of the Aryan peoples (settlers of Northern India 6000 years ago who fostered a continuous yogic tradition to the pesent. This in not a coincidence. Their roots in pre-history are from the same ancestors. WEIGHT LOSS THOUGH YOGA, JEWEL IN THE LOTUS page 104.
THE WAY
Each of us has a personal path. The closest thing to ‘sin’ is not to follow that unique way that only you know. Your road map is karma (action), that your spirit can read, as seekers have done through the ages. Joy is the sign you’re on course — follow your bliss.
TARA — Yoga Symbol
YOGA MYTHOLOGY Said to have appeared when the Buddha of Compassion shed a tear overwhelmed by all the suffering he saw humanity experiencing. The tear became Tara who offered to aid in the task of relieving misery. She represents all the positive feminine attributes and feels special empathy towards her sisters. Buddha represented in her feminine form, Tara translates ‘star’ and ‘sister’ from the Sanskrit. Coming in many forms symbolized by different colors signifying emphasis on varying traits, she is always shown with six eyes on different parts of her anatomy. Prominent Goddess of left-hand yoga Tantric practice.
White Tara — Weight Loss Through Yoga
LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Lightness of being is mirrored in the natural world. Solids are dense, rigid and confined in shape, following more rules. Liquids seek their own level and are fluid. Gasses are less dense, volatile, follow the least rules, and they disperse to fill available space. An unselfish motive for following the practice and looking inside and becoming companion to your more subtle, finer self, a more realized being’s awareness is volatile, and fosters greater empathy.
READ THE BOOK
If there is a book that answers the universal questions you are hesitant to even consider because our culture pretends those questions are unanswerable: Who you really are and what you are doing here. The natural purpose of existence and how to live with meaning. The deep underlying truth explaining everything. Wouldn’t you want to read that book?
YOGA REVERES BALANCE
If the earth were a little closer or further away from the sun, if the moon wasn’t balanced in orbit acting as a stabilizer, the planet wouldn’t have been able to foster consciousness in this human form. An intricate balance of hot and cold gasses, liquids and solids form this womb, Mother Earth. WEIGHT LOSS THROUGH YOGA, JEWEL IN THE LOTUS page 44.
