Casana “KNOWLEDGE” ontrary to common understanding, IN OUR LIVES Yoga is not just (physical exercises).

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This column seeks to share a broader perspective on the benefits of Yoga to human beings, to raise awareness of how Yoga is a way of life, how practicing it makes life Lliagsht twereeaknwdemstoarrtedmtheeanyeinargwfuitlh,

very profound wisdom from Sri Sri and also to bring to the fore the

Ravi Shankar on “knowledge”, that appreciation that all that we do in

we should purposefully place knowlyogeadigse itnothl eafdronutsdtroivitnhgesesatiflolnr eitstso withbienb,etnoefibcrianlgtoinuns.eIrnptoedaacye’s. article

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times. He’s a perfect example of one our physical, our mental and our

who “lives” the knowledge. emotional, and is pursued from

Let us also bring to the front driving many angles. seat the fact that it is a lot easier

Ptaotarneajadlio,rwehvoenismreegmaordriezde aknsothwelFatheedrgeo, fbYutowgah,atemxpaltateinrssisownheaot ftetnhdes themto ebse tohfe my ogstadiaffisc: u“lty-otgoa“licvhe”i thtais vritktni onwirleoddghe.aH”, otwhadtoisw,eqmueieantiingfully translate this knowledge into of the thought waves is yoga, or

beneficial action? Regular practice of subsiding the thought activity in

wholistic Yoga is the answer. the m“iYnoduirsbyoodgya.is like a hard shell.

InAnthd iysouinr tmroinddu, cthteioinn, etrhseelfoiscluikse is ownaAtesr.tYaonugareyoligkea,wiantewr ihniscidhe.PNaa-tanjtaulrieeoxfpwlatinersisthceoo“leinighatnldimflobwsinogf.

But when the innermost, which is yoga”, the first one being the five

like water, is burning with jealousy, Yamas. anger, frustration and all the fires you They put inside, deal then with the one’s water boils ethical and stanitdsacrodoslinagnndatsuerne sdeisaopfpienatres.grity, focusiThngenohnoowudrobeseohnaevcioor latnhedwhaotewr? we Jcuostndimuacgtinoeuarspeoltveansdinunldifeer,ntehateh sociaarledailsl cthipelsienbeusrtnoinggusidtieckuss. Tino ocouorl

the water you have to remove these relationships with others.

sticks. All emotions are linked with

Non-violence in thought, speech and action. Usually we think of violence in action, but this ethical standard challenges us to be peaceful in thought and speech as well. It advocates the practices of compassion, love, understanding, patience, etc. peoTprlue,thobfujelcntes sasn.dPeavteantjsa.li describes truSoth, fruemlnoevsesaallsthtoisbfiereiwnoohdaramndony the water will become cooler. Because with mind, word and action. Our “cool” is the nature of water. actions in life must bring harmony

When all these other negative sintrersesleast,ibounrsnhinipg st.icks are removed, waNteor nw-islltepaolsisnegss malel aitnssnnatoutrajlust qreufarlaitinesin—g fhruommblpenheyssi,chaullmyitliatyk,ing apnodsnseatsusrioalneosfs w—hjuasttilsikneotht eyonuatrusr,ebut of water which flows down.” also not allowing the possession of

Dear reader, I don’t know if you’re unpleasant thought, speech and like me, because if you are, all this parcotfioounn.dItwsipsedaokmsiasgeaaisnilsytsianidorthdainnate doenseir.eNformwaetatelrthhowr bmeainyg teinmveisous IofreoatdheorsI’’mpotsosleds,swiohnens.the going getCs tonutgihn, ethnicnegsocrusmeblfle-,cuonnfot rotul-, or nately. celibacy. But one At invaluable the different tool that stages I discovered 23 years ago is the power of our lives, we are called to selfdiscipline of wholistic yoga to remove the and self-control in how “burning sticks”. Since the discovery, Iwreadliezaeltnhoat tohnelyoingastehxautaIl’vreeblaeteinons, pbruatctiecvinegnreignuloarulyrhgasecnrerataeldosoumtleook ianbcoreudtiblilfee.protective shield inside andNaoronu-ncdomveetthoaut hsenlpessms erteofkeeresp to my inner peace. And if the going gets non-accumulation, whether it be really tough, I literally take my yoga of earthly possessions, or even mat and get to work. With that, success the negative is always guaranteed, emotions no that matter we enwcohuatntehre fsritoumatiotinmies. tTho atitmisehwowhich pinraecvtictalbyloygaleisa.ds to ill-health, or in its extreme would manifest in undesMiraobrleenbeexhtawvieoerk.