“Some are satisfied with what Āsana brings them.
Others are curious as to where Āsana can take them.”
Paul Harvey (yogastudies.org)
Some are satisfied with what Āsana brings them…..
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Satviniyoga – To give the right thing to the right person…..
“To give the right thing to the right person at the right time is Satviniyoga.
Don’t look at the file, look at the student!”
– TKV Desikachar France 1983 – Paul Harvey
Yoga Practice offers the Soil…..
“Yoga Practice offers the Soil.
Yoga Study offers the Seeds.”
Paul Harvey
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The more you teach……
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“The more you teach the more you must practice.”
– TKV Desikachar
Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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Yoga serves the individual…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“Yoga serves the individual, and does so through inviting transformation rather than by giving information”
– TKV Desikachar
Yoga is a Journey to be Experienced
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“Yoga is a journey to be experienced. However, that journey not only requires patience and perseverance, but also enthusiasm and respect.
In this respect, as in any relationship between people, it is necessary to consider priorities. To students interested in undertaking a home practice with its attendant fruits, two suggestions are offered.
First, think of Yoga as acquiring a new book. Before you try to fit this book into what is probably an already overcrowded bookshelf, take a decision to remove an existing book to make room for the new one.
Do not, however, try to remove a large book thus making unrealistic adjustments in the space on your shelf (and thus unrealistic expectations around the space in your life). Instead, take out a slim volume and this way, create realistic space without Yoga becoming another pressure or something else that is jammed into the already overcrowded bookshelf of your life.
This leads on to the second suggestion.
Life is often divided into agendas, two of which are headed “chore” and “reward”. Try to keep some room on the latter list for your practice in the same way that you would greet an old friend. Take time in their company and return to your everyday life rejuvenated and better able to embrace your surroundings.”
– Paul Harvey 1996
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Āsana is the art of…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“Āsana is the art of cultivating stability and space (Yoga Sūtra C2 v46)”
-Paul Harvey
For Yoga Teachers…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“For Yoga Teachers it is important to understand the movement of the mind as well as the body.”
– TKV Desikachar December 1st 1979
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
A Lesson in Perception
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
In conversation with a colleague yesterday we spoke about the challenges associated with interpretation and perception in the context of hearing and recording information, and how differently the same piece of information can be perceived.
As part of a seminar recently run by this colleague participants were instructed to record the seminar leader’s answers to a questionnaire by selecting the relevant tick box in a document on their laptops. Each question had a multiple of 4 possible answers. They were asked to select the box according to the verbal answer provided.
The purpose of the exercise was for the participants to become familiar with the use of the questionnaire in preparation for a live situation. The learning was quite different. As my colleague walked around the room, he observed that sometimes participants were selecting boxes other than the box relating to the answer he had just provided. So at the end of the exercise the questionnaire outcome were not consistent among the participants.
Why was the recording not consistent, a result of misapprehension, misinterpretation?
During the conversation a post from Paul Harvey’s – Yoga Sūtra Freenotes relating to perception came to mind:
“Past tendencies also determine the mind’s direction and quality of perception.”
– T Krishnamacharya’s commentary to Yoga Sūtra C1 v4
And today this morning’s post:
“Even when our understanding is consistent with our perception or related experience, it does not necessarily indicate a fact.”
– T Krishnamacharya’s commentary to Yoga Sūtra C1 v8
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Initially our efforts with practice…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“Initially our efforts with practice are as a Sādhana towards finding the means to unveil the experience of the percipience of Cit.
Ultimately our efforts with practice are as a Yajña or oblation in gratitude for having found the means to unveil the experience of the percipience of Cit.”
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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For Yoga Teachers…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“For Yoga Teachers it is important to understand the movement of the mind as well as the body.”
– TKV Desikachar December 1st 1979
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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Ultimately our experience of the Āsana…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“Ultimately our experience of the Āsana is refined through the mystery of the breath
rather than mastery of the form”
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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The Quality of our Breath…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.”
– TKV Desikachar
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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Intention
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“What sustains Saṃkalpa (intention, volition) day after day?”
– TKV Desikachar 1998
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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Right Yoga…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“Right Yoga is a vine of pleasant fragrance.
Wrong Yoga is a sharp pointed arrow – avoid it.”
– T Krishnamacharya commentary to Yoga Sūtra C1 v3
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In Āsana practice there is an…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“In Āsana practice there is an expression of the state of the mind, the practice can be a handle to hold the mind.”
– TKV Desikachar April 1992
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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We need to hold knowledge back…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“We need to hold knowledge back to see something fresh.”
– TKV Desikachar April 1992
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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Krishnamacharaya would introduce…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“Krishnamacharya would introduce the Sūtra philosophy when students were resting during an Āsana practice, because he felt that this was the only time they had available to them.”
– TKV Desikachar April 1992
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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The practice of Yoga is like a mirror…..
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
“The practice of Yoga is like a mirror, it helps us to know something about ourselves on a particular day”
– TKV Desikachar April 1992
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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Yoga
Posted by Michele Harney, Yoga Rathgar & Dundrum – Dublin
”Yoga is not an escape from life but an approach to living.”
Courtesy – Paul Harvey’s Daily Quotes – Centre for Yoga Studies
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