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winter 2007 - This season's exploration at the studio centers around
the seasonal rhythms. According to Ayurveda, we're in the season of
VATA, which is the element of wind, air, space and ether. Vata is
the winter season and its qualities are cold, dry, brittle, airy and
mobile. As the trees have long let go of their leaves and drawn back
to their roots, we see the expanse of sky much more readily. The wind
is unobstructed by these slimmer branches. And at their tips they
grow brittle, and sometimes snap.
fall 2006 -
Blessed Solstice! We've spent the last season at the studio exploring
the Shadow of self, consciousness, yoga, life and love. This time
has been an appreciation of the Power held in the Shadow and an exploration
of what it means to Allow, to Taste, to Touch, to Understand, to Nurture
and, finally, to Enlighten the Shadow material. I use the acronym
ATTUNE to remind myself that each of these approaches to the Shadow
material is a way of creating sensitivity and allowing discovery.
The essence of Yoga, as an understanding, is the recognition of
the true nature of life as a timeless, inseparable, infinite, immersion
in Consciousness. In this recognition, one sees the divine infused
in every aspect of the universe, in every person, mountain, creature,
and galaxy; every experience, season, generation and age. By this
recognition, there is a natural outpouring of reverence and gratitude
for all aspects of life. The lived expression of Yoga is at once
prayerful and devotional and an absolute celebration of the Mystery
of life.
Though
countless translations for any of these mighty words exist, I often
refer to the Dharma as a field of wisdom, a ground of timeless and
unconditional ‘wiseness.’ I do experience it as
an energetic field of wisdom, palpable, immediate and instinctive.
It is an energy that, when it permeates a room or a gathering, one
feels oneself to be immersed in a wisdom that is larger than one’s
own personal ideas, conclusions and agendas.
by sarahjoy marsh:
Practice
in the Shadows Alternatives, Fall 2007
The
Altruist Ultimate Northwest Magazine, November 2007
Taking
Refuge #19 Alternatives, Fall 2001
Taking
Refuge #18 Alternatives, Summer 2001
Taking
Refuge #17 Alternatives, Spring 2001
Taking
Refuge #16 Alternatives, Winter 2000
Doing
Time in Timelessness (2/2) Alternatives, Summer 2000
Doing
Time in Timelessness (1/2) Alternatives, Spring 2000
Yoga
and Sky Gazing Alternatives, Summer 1998
by other authors:
The
Story of Amrita
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