On Being

Foremost, Yoga sees us, as we fundamentally, humanly are, right now. We stray from being early on, and Yoga offers a way back. It was so fortunately uncomfortable to learn in India with real Yoga teachers. They saw right through me, and I wanted to hide. Yet, I also wanted to heal, and that is the path I chose, and choose. Choose healing. As we enter the depths of winter, we're here with you to supporting the shining of your light inward.

Yoga is being, not doing, thinking or feeling. It's a state of being that exists underneath all of that. Yoga's keen understanding provides a type of psycho/emotional/spiritual roadmap to the essence of our very life, when we are ready to look within.

Who are we when we enter a relationship with ourselves?

We’re honest. Compassionate, calm, grounded. Authentic, steady, at ease. Happy. Wise. It’s all in there, and yet, we generally abide in the polarities of such. When Yoga is described as the union of opposites, it’s not a metaphor. It takes us on the journey from where we are to who we are, uncovering the very darkness that envelops us, make the invisible visible, so we can see, feel and heal it. This is why there are a multitude of tools, each to influence another aspect of what we may have accumulated that is not serving our wellbeing. To cleanse that. To opposite-ify that. To provide viable, self-induced solutions for what may be chronically depleting our life force.

This is exactly why a TKV Desikachar's wisdom, that the student comes first, is the most powerful hint. In a world that gives you quick and anecdotal solutions for everything from the headache to the backache, be the one who respects yourself and your uniqueness, first. The tools, we learned from Sir, are applied after we assess who the student is now. Who are we in our prakrti, our bodies, minds, energy, personalities and hears. Ancient whispers for our health and healing come when self-neglecting is replaced with self acknowledgement, acceptance and pro-active disciplines and reflection.

As we enter the depths of winter, we're here with you to shine your light inward, there.