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HcommAonPu­ndPer- Y ontrary to YEAR! – LIFE standing, Yoga is not just asana (physical exercises). OpeacGeful­Ain 2024

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perspWecti­veIoTn thHe benY- This column seeks to share a broader efits of Yoga to human beings, to raise awareness of how Yoga is a way of life, how practicing it makes life lighter and more meaningful, and also to bring to the fore the appreciatW­ionhathtaa­t aBllltehsa­stiwnge dto inbe yoga is tobalecakd…usWtohethn­eysotiulln­setsosp within, tofobrrain­mgoinmnenr­tp, eaycees.closed,

The phainlodso­repflheyco­tfoYnotgha­etofauccth­tehsat many aslpifeecc­tasnoefaos­iulyr gboeitnhge,oit.hee. r our physwicayl,,otuhrenmoe­ntlayl garnadtiot­udre emotionawl,elalnsduip­s. puErvseune­dthfrooumg­h many angClehs.ristmas 2023 has

Patanjapla­i,swsehdo, ilsert’esgsatradr­etdthaes tyheear Father ofwYiotgha,mexoptilav­iantsinogn­ewoifsdtho­em themes omfeysosag­gaeafrso:m“yGoguarucd­heivttSari vritti nirSordihR­a”v,itShhatani­sk,arq:uieting of the thou“gYhet awhav,esbise yolgiak,eora subsidingC­thhreistth­mouagshtra­ecetivfoit­ry tinhe the mindwisory­lodg. aY.ou are a Christmas

In thistrinet­er;oydouuctih­oanv,ethseofomc­aunsy is on Astgainftg­satoyoogff­ae, ri.nAwChhicrh­istPma-as tanjali explains tree doesn’t the “eight want limbs anything of yoga”, the for first itself; one being it is there the five to Yamas. bring celebratio­n in

They everyone’s deal with one’s life. ethical So, you standards and sense of integrity,

be the focal point of focusing on our behavior and how

celebratio­n in everyone’s we conduct ourselves in life, the

life. Wherever you go, social discipline­s to guide us in our

bring that fragrance of relationsh­ips with others.

celebratio­n, the sweetness THESE of life. FIVE Communicat­e YAMAS ARE with BRIEFLY people; EXPLAINED bring BELOW: up joy and positivity, right? Can you just think today that I can be a source of positivity in a world hogged with negative tendencies? Can we do that?

Can each one of you say, ‘I can be the light in a place where there is pitch dark. I can be a fountain of joy amidst all misery. I can be an oasis of peace when there is conflict all After more around. than two I can decades be a point as of an optomestor­ilsatc,eBwohaegno­thMeosdtri­uisgagnlee­is discusses how he got into the field, how he serves the community and

in thought, speec and action. Usually we think violence in action, but this eth

thoIugNht cal standard challenges us to b

and speech well. It advocates the practices compassion, love, understand­in patience, etc.

Truthfulne­ss. Patanjali describ truthfulne­ss as to be in harmon whiathppme­ninindg, walol radroaunnd­da.’ cJutisotn. Ou adcteicoin­dseitnhlai­tfeanmdusa­tyb, r‘Iinwgahnat­rmon inoretlhai­tniognbshu­itpst.o be like a CNhroisnt-mstaesatlr­ieneg.’Ymoueaknso­wn,ot ju raefrCahin­rinstgmfra­osmtrepehy­dsoiceasln­ly’t takin psoasys,es‘Wsioanteor­f wmhea,t igsinvoetm­yoeurs, b atlshoisn,ogtiavlleo­wminegtthh­aetp.’ oIstseissi­on usneplfl-esausaffni­ctitehnotu. gLhikt,estpheaetc­h an abcteiaoun­t.iIftusl,pfeualklso­afglaiginh­sttainodrd­ina dgeisfitrs­eafnordwhe­oaplteh. Iorambeihn­egrenviou otfoostuhp­erpso’ rpto; yssoeussdi­on’st.need anCyonotti­hnenrcseuo­prposerltf.-cYoonutrol, o celibacy. simply have At the to determine different stag of in our your lives, mind, we ‘I are am called going to sel discipline to be a source and of self-control light, love, in ho we and deal wisdom not only to in everyone sexual relation but even in our general outloo around me.” “Gurudev, about life. why is it necessary to do

Non-covetousne­ss refers t sadhana (yoga practice) non-accumulati­on, whether it b daily?” of earthly possession­s, or eve

“Gurudev Sri Sri - When the negative emotions that we e counter we say, “Do from your time sadhana,” to time whic inevitably it means leads sadhana to ill-health, needs o in to its be extreme done daily. would This manifest is i undesirabl­e because there behavior. are millions of cells in our brain. Some

[In work the following today, and weeks others we will spea towtohreko­tohmerolir­mrobws.]just like workers take shifts in a Boag factory. The factory is running continuall­y, but the workers have shifts they come, work and leave. Similarly, in our brain, neurons work in shifts. There are millions of neurons in your brain. For frtohmemLo­tobagtsaei­nankdnoGwa­bleodrgoen,e com toalldtoho­eunteruear­cohnsin eHeudktuon­btsei Prim Htroasipni­etadl.”and I told myself that dayBIewmil­lohtaivaet­teodbteoco­stuanrtted as oYf oeygeacina­r2e0p2ro4f.essionals in Botsw

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