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Life and Death and yoga. Savasana, two. Bhakti Diaries.

I hear different stories about why people come to yoga.  To fit into a size six.  To lose the belly.  To gain strength or repair a broken knee.  To balance out the heavy weight or extended practice of some other sport.  I could say those things, too.  I came to yoga through a physical practice.  …

February 5, 2011 – 1:36 am | By Karin L Burke | Posted in The Bhakti Diaries | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

savansana, die a little. Bhakti diary

Yoga isn’t much.  It’s standing, bending, sitting.  Yoga happens lying down.  New to yoga, savasana is experienced as just that – you lay down.  You don’t do anything.  Teachers tell us that savasana is a pose, but it seems one devoid of application or concept.  If anything we promise ourselves savanasa is coming as we …

February 4, 2011 – 8:46 am | By Karin L Burke | Posted in The Bhakti Diaries | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)