Finding Yoga, besides of a simple way to stretch the body

Yoga comes from ancient times. Between II a.C and II d.C.
It took its name “Yoga” from the many written or spoken attempts to synthesize the vast knowledge on the good health of the body, the mind and the spirit.

It settles on the principle that only a mind and body well dominated, can sustain the deepest knowledge of the whole world and universe.

Man was thought to be like a quarry of deposits. Those deposits (misconceptions, prejudice; and poor education) could only be removed by a strong fire. The fire of Yoga.

That fire comes from an active will of freeing oneself.

Only when man imposes on himself the discipline and effort of discovering his nature, can he create those moments of fire, that purify and energize him.

To withhold from eating; to sustain the whole body on just one leg or arms; to sit under the hot sun or freezing cold; to control the breath; to choose silence, those are all practices that are meant to generate that purifying heat, to teach you humility and detachment.

To ascend to an higher state of being is to become gentle, warm, serene, disciplined.

 In Yoga it’s understood that existential poverty does not depend on poor social and material conditions, but also exists in prosperity.

If you reduce your needs, it’s easier to focus more in your inner self. That’s where that purifying fire burns. But you need to believe that that fires is there and that everyone carries it inside. Think of everyone’s soul as a gentle candle that as more brightness when there is calm around, and almost fades when there is agitation.

Yoga serves the purpose of calming and energizing through your breath, your mind and allows your spirit to manifest freely. That’s why you can do yoga and dance, or you do yoga with a smile, or you share a yoga session with a friend.

When you breathe through your heart, you should feel a gentle touch in your heart area and the image of one irradiating light covering your whole body and being, should come up into your mind.

After a Yoga practice, it’s good to observe your feelings and sensations. Discover any points of agitation and gently ask the mind to bring calm and smoothness to those parts of the body.

Try humility and detachment in your next yoga practice and feel your body opening up to new levels of peaceful existence.