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Sunday Jul 10, 2022

ASANA ~ ’A State of Being’ | The Third Limb | The WISDOM podcast | S3 E61

Sunday Jul 10, 2022

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ASANA ~ A State of Being ~

The Third Limb of The Yoga Sutras

The WISDOM podcast Season 3 Episode 61

~ a state of being “seated” in ourselves ~

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Many of us first discovered yoga through the physical practice of yoga postures which have the name asana. However, this is one small aspect of a much deeper and richer practice, as explained in each of the eight l imbs of the Yoga Sutras. In previous episodes here, I’ve taken us on the journey of the first and second limb – the Yamas and Niyamas.

As we learn about the third limb here – Asana, this episode will answer questions as to the true purpose and teaching of yoga ~ beyond how we in the western world think of it as a series of physical postures.

In fact, asana sets us up for the mastery of future limbs or paths of the sutras ~ one of which is the practice of meditation and the subsequent journey of our life.

Writing this reminded me of time when I would teach meditation following a yoga class and after the instructor had led the students to the final posture ~ savasana ~ she would after a period of silence, call on me to the front of the class and those that wished to continue would join me as I would guide them in meditation.

Truly the experience of meditation after rigorous physical movement was a perfect opening to the stillness that followed ~ and to experience the nirvana of alignment as the body and mind would drift into oneness with the sanctity of each present moment.

It was and always will be some of the most incredible experiences of meditation that both I and others have experienced.

You can create this for yourself on any given day as you practice asana in the way that we dive into here ~ and also as the traditional asana of postures whether practised at home or in a class setting ~ and then as you come to a seated posture on your mat, witness the richness of meditation as your body and mind are quiet and still, and as you merge with the bliss of eternity into both nothingness and oneness with all of live.