This month, Asana talked to Founder and Director of Centre Yoga Sangha, Sylvie Tremblay, who has been teaching yoga throughout the world and h...
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Ishvara-Pranidhana or Self-surrender to God
The observances of yoga – saucha, santosha, tapas, svadhyaya and ishvara-pranidhana – are personal practices of a religious nature, in the true sense of the term, and they have to go hand ...
Aug 15th, 2017
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Do We Dare Surrender to God?
Do we dare, do we dare, do we dare surrender to God?
Oh boy – the G-word in yoga. Scary stuff indeed. How does God relate to yoga?
Let’s start by ditching the word God – although that’s ...
Aug 15th, 2017
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Svadhyaya or Sacred Study
In previous issues, three principles of Niyama, namely, Saucha, Santosha, and Tapas – purity, contentment and austerity – are difficult practices unless they are accompanied by certain easier prac...
Aug 15th, 2017
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Exploring the Niyamas: How does Svadhyaya Affect Our Lives?
I’ve been pondering the yamas and niyamas for a few years now. Reading about them, thinking about them, writing about them ...
and of course, living them out.
The niyama on my mind right...
Aug 15th, 2017
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Enduring Practice
During the past nineteen years of practicing yoga asanas, I’ve unrolled my mat in a variety of places including parks, balconies, beaches, hotels, airports, rooftops, basements, backyards, m...
Aug 14th, 2017
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Tapas or Austerity
Tapas is energy and heat, a force generated in the personality by preventing the sense organs from diverting energy outside in the direction of objects. The consciousness, the total quantum of your en...
Aug 14th, 2017
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Using Tapas to Burn Through Our Obstructions
Oh dear! Do I need to cultivate tapas right now? Or am I cultivating it? Or is the cultivation of it serving me? Or something!
I’m overwhelmed, emotional, stressed out and just want to get off my...
Aug 14th, 2017
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