In Ashtanga, we sweat a lot. Every practice is a baptism. The heat we build comes from pushing against the tendencies of our small self, working at something that doesn’t come easily. Guruji told us there are six poisons that cloud our heart: kama, krodha, moha, lobha, matsarya, and mada. These are desire, anger, delusion, greed, envy and sloth. They are feelings and thoughts that we mistake to be part of our true self. With the heat we build from a steady practice over a long period of time, with tapas, we can burn away these poisons. As the poisons burn away, more and more of our light shines forth, bright and unobstructed.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 09:00:28 +0000
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