Comments on: Swadyaya http://www.yogawithjohn.com/swadyaya/ Uplifting Yoga Classes in Concord Massachusetts... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amanda http://www.yogawithjohn.com/swadyaya/comment-page-1/#comment-3450 Amanda Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:13:15 +0000 http://www.yogawithjohn.com/?p=794#comment-3450 I think of it like this... If my brain is a chalk board, I am writing on it all day and all night...little messages to myself, lists, reminders, judgements, jokes, memories, worries, stresses, etc. It gets really cluttered, and hard to read everything. Yoga sort of erases the chalk board and leaves this open space. Not permanently...sometimes not even for longer than it takes me to roll up my mat. While I am TRYING to focus on my movement and breathing, the board is erased. And as these things are erased it can evoke an emotional release and an over all calming effect. Then, I can go ahead and start writing on the board again...but this time I can more easily read what's being written. I gain a little more clarity and awareness of what's happening on that board. I think that's the only way I can really describe it. I think of it like this… If my brain is a chalk board, I am writing on it all day and all night…little messages to myself, lists, reminders, judgements, jokes, memories, worries, stresses, etc. It gets really cluttered, and hard to read everything.

Yoga sort of erases the chalk board and leaves this open space. Not permanently…sometimes not even for longer than it takes me to roll up my mat. While I am TRYING to focus on my movement and breathing, the board is erased. And as these things are erased it can evoke an emotional release and an over all calming effect. Then, I can go ahead and start writing on the board again…but this time I can more easily read what’s being written. I gain a little more clarity and awareness of what’s happening on that board.

I think that’s the only way I can really describe it.

]]> By: Carlie http://www.yogawithjohn.com/swadyaya/comment-page-1/#comment-3069 Carlie Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:01:58 +0000 http://www.yogawithjohn.com/?p=794#comment-3069 Yoga to me is the freeing of my mind, body and soul. I always have a release of emotions and stress during yoga, and then I can find my center and peace. It is also a discovery of my self and how beautiful my body can feel in the many poses. At first some poses seemed frustrating to me but the more I indulge in my practice the more I begin to love every pose and embrace the feelings in my body and mind. Yoga to me is the freeing of my mind, body and soul. I always have a release of emotions and stress during yoga, and then I can find my center and peace. It is also a discovery of my self and how beautiful my body can feel in the many poses. At first some poses seemed frustrating to me but the more I indulge in my practice the more I begin to love every pose and embrace the feelings in my body and mind.

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