LIVING YOUR YOGA

Living your yoga assignments are given out in Aparna's classes each week.If you missed one you can also find them here.

SEPTEMBER 2018

Week I -  This week remember when one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Week II - This week remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Week III - This week contemplate : The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.

Week IV - This week remind yourself that the most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood.

Dearest yogi & yogini,

 
"Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world, as in being able to remake ourselves."
- Gandhi

I am constantly inspired by people in everyday life - past and present, who against all odds beat the odds to live a visionary life. One such man is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. His vision of a secular and democratic India, his unconventional non-violence  methods to bring down the foreign rulers of his country, his belief in self-reliance and his untiring ability to fire the Indian people into action have, since I was a child, inspired awe in me.

What makes some of us reach for the stars and grab them with both hands while others can only wish on them? What sets the pioneer aside from those who will follow? What qualities does a trailblazer posses that makes them different from the rest of us who mimic the trail ?

In his own words Gandhi offers an answer, “ Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will.” In order to create anything including change in ourselves or the world, what makes the difference most is the ability to never give up, to strive beyond odds, to believe with an invincible faith, never allowing for what you hold good & valuable to ever be compromised and to stay resolute almost heroic in our ongoing effort towards the vision that drives us.

Even the Koi , the small Japanese fish that symbolizes perseverance in adversity and strength of purpose know that it must swim upstream until it reaches the final waterfall where it has to vault itself into the mists to become a water dragon.

This month I encourage you with utmost love to challenge the boundaries of your own self-will and grab the stars with both hands.