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Yoga Sutra 1.13, an emotional life
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 29, 2010
Yoga Sutra 1.13 : tatra sthitau yatno’bhyasah
Bernard Bouanchaud’s translation: Persevering practice is the effort to attain and maintain the state of mental peace.
Patanjali tells us here that practice IS the effort to maintain inner peace. I’ve often wondered how I could maintain anything when I am twirling off into anger, or joy, or sadness, [...]
a yogini by any other name is still barefootandupsidedown
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 24, 2010
If you’ve found this page, then you have discovered that LaughingYogini has reincarnated as Barefoot & UpsideDown.
In an effort to create a name that more accurately reflected the site content, the shift was probably inevitable.
*Really, I have never done laughter yoga, though who knows, you may find me sometime rocking my belly in the [...]
Clean Up Your Act with Shauca
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 21, 2010
Yoga Sutra 2.40: saucat svanga jugupsa parairh asamsargah
Purity protects one’s body and brings nonphysical relationships with others. (trans. B. Bouanchaud)
Yoga Sutra 2.41: sattva suddhi saumanasya ekagrya inddriyajaya atma darsana yogyatvani ca
Then, purity, clarity, and well-being of the spirit come to flower, as well as concentration, mastery of the eleven sense organs, and perception of the [...]
Lovingkindness meditation
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 18, 2010
This is a GREAT time to practice METTA or Lovingkindness meditation. HAITI challenges us to step up to the compassion plate. Please try to offer some lovingkindness for not only the Haitians effected by the earthquake, but also for their families,the aid workers, and the governments involved that something may be done to ease the [...]
Practice Journal, Inversions
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 16, 2010
What is it about being upside down that causes such a rush? Is it the increased blood flow? Is it the heart rest? Is it because Mind rests more easily and fully when the legs are up? Is it more psychological: being upside down forces up to look at the world with a different [...]
NAMASTE
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 15, 2010
In class recently, a new student asked me what “namaste” meant. I answered simply, “It means that the sacred in me honors the sacred in you.” I didn’t tell her that in Bengal, they usually say “namascara” as my meditation teacher did. He had lived and studied in Calcutta Bengal India, so naturally he insisted [...]
Practice Journal, Standing pose flow
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 12, 2010
January 11, 2010 FOCUS: Standing Pose Flow
Last night I spent some time writing and pondering my dreams, which has been a theme this month, both at the Comfort Cafe and on the cool blog I recently discovered, Chris Guillebeau’s The Art of Noncomformity.
In the middle of this quiet activity,a strong tug drew me into [...]
Practice Journal, Momyogini on the phone
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 11, 2010
Jan.10, 2010 FOCUS: Seated forward bends and twists
This afternoon I practiced viparita karani (legs up the wall) on my platform bed. At first, I thought I’d put on a cd but then decided against it, so I could enter a more meditative state. What happened was that I entered a more somnambulistic state.
My snoring [...]
The Mother of All Intentions
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 8, 2010
During this season of intention-setting, it might be helpful to contemplate the mother-of-all-intentions: COMPASSION.
And all compassion, from the grandest benevolent foundation to the tiniest gesture of human kindness, begins with oneself.
During 2010, how can I treat myself with greater friendship, honor, and love? Can I develop kinder thoughts as well as healthier [...]
yoga sutra 1.12, nonattachment & practice
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 7, 2010
utra.1.12 (Sanskrit:abhyasa-vairagyabhyam tad-nirodhah) says”Control over the mind’s fluctuations comes from persevering practice and nonattachment”
According to Bernard Bouanchaud, a French translator of Patanjali’s sutras, quoted here, nonattachment is inextricably linked to persevering practice if one wishes to control those pesky mental fluctuations.
I need to work on both of these.
Persevering practice is my weak link during long [...]
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