Yoga is not really something you do. It is always within us. When you experience a clear and present moment, that is yoga. You can be doing dishes, driving your car, talking to a patient, or expressing your love to a family member - when you are fully present and sincere, you are in yoga.
Yoga is union. "Ha" means sun, "tha" means moon. Hatha yoga is about finding the union of opposites, and living harmoniously among them. When you are sad, know that its opposite - happiness - is on the other side of sadness. When you are feeling negative, remember that the other side is positiveness. It is all just an experience that we go through on our journey through humanness. The yoga, or union, really happens when we recognize the dichotomies of nature, and allow them to be that way without resisting. Good and bad have their opposites. When we relax with the reality as it is right now, we hit the neutral zone where we can live and appreciate all things that come our way.
All poses, breathwork, and meditation is designed to bring you back to this union.
ॐ शांति, शांति, शांति।
जय गुरु देव
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