Dec
12
Categories: Quotes
Tags: Advice, Brain, Concentration, Focus, Muscles, Nerves, Rewarding Endeavor, Spiritual Giants, Success, Swami, Tough Times, Whole Life, Yoga Meditation, Yoga Sutras
Dec
12
“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.” – Swami Vivekananda
The yoga sutras mention that meditation is a natural unfoldment from a state concentration, and and that the state of meditation provides other subtler, spontanious and deeper states of experience.
This quote for me, makes me think if you follow this advice, ones whole life becomes a meditation on one thing to be achieved. Obviously day to day needs are to be taken care of, but to have one focus in you’re life no matter what you’re age, must be an interesting way to live.
Of course the question is, what one thing could we set our selves upon? and is it even worth setting our lives up in this way? If we did set our focus, it would certainly help us through the tough times, it could be a rewarding endeavor if it works with the type of person you are.
Mar
4
The following article is pretty good at describing the differences between Ashtanga and Iyenger; however, it misses a couple of aspects about Ashtanga.
Those who practice Ashtanga know that it builds up heat in the body and muscles, this helps a yogi get deeper into postures;
“Astanga yoga differs from all other schools in that you deliberately heat the body first. The theory is that warmed muscles can stretch further and with more ease.” from www.whatreallyworks.co.uk/start/articles.asp?article_ID=90
Another aspect of Ashtanga is that the postures are arranged in sequences that help open the body up during a single practice. This means you will safety and easily stretch further into a postures (like a forward bend) as you progress during a session.
