Don't be mislead

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#1

There is yoga in asana but there aint always asana in yoga.

I believe alot of eager students are being misled because they’re visiting teachers that are selling them short by just teaching more or less asana and almost misrepresenting that as all of yoga.It’s a dilution to a balanced practice.There are eight limbs to classical raja yoga, not one. And i believe you can approach them not in any sequence whther you are more of a sitter like a " buddhist meditator or a mover like a hatha yogi.

There maybe partly commercial reasons for this because it feeds into this myth that the body-image is what yoga is all about.This is where propsective students are being mislead and possibly even duped.IWhat is being frequently taught it seems in studios everywhere is it should’nt solely be about placing physical bodies into perfect alignment but finding harmony an all planes of the body/mind matrix through working on them all.You can’t treat one without approaching or treating them all.Alot of teachers seem to be missing this in the way they teach it ,like an over-obsession with what the physcial body is doing.It is almost like a distortion and certainly a watering or dumbing of the inner science.

#2

I agree IMO asanas arent even 1% of yoga; as with tantra, tantric sex isnt even 1% of tantra. I dont know why this ignorance is but often wonder and if I where to make an educated guess now it would be because they are turning it into a business and disregarding spirituality.

#3

It?s an introduction; the path to the source will be determined by the student/seeker.

#4

I started asanas after my 15 years of meditation practice reached a plateau. I had lost my way and felt if I Started doing asanas, I would be with the ‘spiritual’ crowd and I would quickly find my way again. It took nearly 3 years of doing asanas earnestly before I began to get back on the path I knew was right for me. Now part of that path is illuminating the path for others.

#5

[QUOTE=Vidya11;74984][B]There is yoga in asana[/B] but there aint always asana in yoga.

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Hm… there is not necessarily yoga in asana, especially when it is boiled down to a mere physical practice.

Turning it upside down would also make sense:
‘There is asana in yoga but there is not always yoga in asana.’

#6

All things have substance, even that which is without substance has substance if only in name.
Yoga=Tai Chi. Tai Chi=yoga
The physical movement is just that. But practised right. It creates great streangth. Yoga is hard Tai Chi and Tai Chi is soft yoga. U must move the internal to create streangth. Not just the external. :slight_smile: vwahahaha!