Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Dear Yoga; The Reasons Why I Heart You

After my 'hate on' yesterday, I tried my first 'home yoga' practice after the 31 days of yoga challenge. I chose a Yogaglo level 2-3 class (which all tripods I politely ignored), and it was beautiful. So I asked Andrew if he'd film it with our crappy camera.

This is me loving Yoga:



Dear Yoga,
The reasons why I heart you...

- You make me feel strong
- I can finally focus on the most sacred 'me'
- You allow me to connect with my version of the Divine
- You provide the bridge connecting the anatomy of my Breath to my Soul
- I build on my self-awareness and spirit through each physical practice
- You've taught me patience and loving kindness with my body
- No matter how I start, I finish with more peace
- You've taught me strong is beautiful
- I am learning Love

I am learning Light.

('dear yoga' inspired by Svasti's recent ode to yoga post... and how she visually represented it- thank you!)

article and video copyright of EcoYogini at ecoyogini.blogspot.com

11 comments:

  1. Hey, nice one! And what a cool addition to the "yoga is..." posts :)

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  2. I was thinking to myself..WHY is that voice familiar? And then I realized! Kathryn Budig! :) I've done a few of her yoga sequence classes from the yoga journal podcast series, as well. I can't wait to drop in on a few yoga classes in SF once I move out to california. I'll be an hour away by train, but I'll def be sure to make it out whenever I can!

    P.S. "I'm kinda glad I'm the one with the camera" lol - when I did one of these yoga sequences in our living room, my housemate commented when I was done, "I never knew what that [yoga] really looked like before!"

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  3. You know, every time I think of yoga, I think of the good it would do me. Then I think of how lovely it would be to do it. Then I think of how there's no way, realistically, I have ever been organised enough or had enough time to myself to do a regular practice.

    Is it just me? Am I making excuses? Or are there really people in the world that are too busy for yoga?

    *thinking*

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  4. Ecoyogini, I wish you would blog about just how you connect with the divine, or your sacred self, or feel anything spiritual, in yoga. I've been practicing for a few years, and while I find it quite relaxing and it takes my mind away from everything else for about an hour, Ijust don't get some of these other aspects at all. I never sought it in yoga (I have a separate religious practice) but am always intrigued when others say they find it. (By the way, I do love Savasana - it may be one of my favorite poses. But I most assuredly don't do any praying).

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  5. i can feel your love coming through the video!

    those are all great reasons for loving yoga, and they're very similar to my own. fun exercise, thanks for sharing!

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  6. oops think my last comment didn;t work properly!
    I wanted to say, you summarize it perfectly! I totally feel the same :)

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  7. beautiful & inspiring!! thank you!

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  8. ah i love this post, love the video too! hugs!!

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  9. "No matter where I start, I always finish with peace." Yes! I heart yoga too, and I love the little video of you. Nice touch!

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