A Break from Self-Improvement | Mark Whitwell

New York City NY

28 December, 2020

6:25 AM

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A Break from Self-Improvement | Mark Whitwell on the Yogas of Participation Mark Whitwell | Heart of YogaActual Yoga is nothing more or less than a person waking up to his or her own power as Life and recognizing that we are all completely supported by Life, the one condition of all life that we call Nurturing Source or God. Yoga is the natural means for every person to participate directly in this nurturing source which is freely and utterly given. The substance of reality comes bubbling through and the current of life flows through us when we understand that we do not need to look for source or God or truth or enlightenment or anything at all! We find this nurturing force when we relax into our natural state and our relationships and stop trying to get somewhere as if we are not somewhere. Surrender, known in the traditions as Isvarapranidhana, and faith known as sraddha, are the giving up of spiritual ideas. It is just obvious that the beauty of Life and its source is our natural condition. The whole body is the beyond; the ordinary is the extraordinary; we are here because everything is here. Mark Whitwell | Heart of Yoga Our practice of Yoga begins therefore, when we fall out of the prevailing social psychology of trying to get somewhere or ‘become’ someone. Your Yoga becomes your direct cooperation with and enjoyment of the native intelligence and beauty of your body, breath and its relatedness as it is already given. The result of our ordinary and non-heroic daily practice is that we then feel our tangible condition, “the absolute,” through our practice. The body gets to feel its natural state and connectedness to life. Asana is the enactment of strength-receiving. We have the strength of life in us, which at the same time is soft and completely receptive. This strength is completely responsive to the life around it, always moving, feeling and receiving in natural ways. By participating in life as the whole body, the profundity of life’s intelligence and energy is realized. Our ability to feel our Reality deepens in an immensely pleasurable way. “If you are moved to practice the means of Yoga, lighten the load, the obligation you place on Yoga to fix an imagined problem. Practice only as a pleasure. Do it in the total context of understanding that there is nothing to attain” — Yoga of Heart. Read the full article here: Mark Whitwell About: Mark Whitwell is interested in developing an authentic yoga practice for the individual, based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989). He is the author of four books including ‘Yoga of Heart’ and ‘The Promise’ and was the editor and contributor to TKV Desikachar’s classic yoga text ‘The Heart of Yoga.’ Mark Whitwell continues to facilitate teacher trainings and workshops in the heart of yoga all over the globe. http://waylonzoap11110.blogocial.com/Yoga-and-Vedic-Religiosity-An-Interview-with-Mark-Whitwell-3022164 http://holdenokev99887.onesmablog.com/Yoga-and-Vedic-Religiosity-An-Interview-with-Mark-Whitwell-3344813 http://marcoetht75420.blogolize.com/Yoga-and-Vedic-Religiosity-An-Interview-with-Mark-Whitwell-3455826 http://andyaytl66666.bloguetechno.com/Yoga-and-Vedic-Religiosity-An-Interview-with-Mark-Whitwell-3006666 http://travisovaf96307.full-design.com/Yoga-and-Vedic-Religiosity-An-Interview-with-Mark-Whitwell-3809449 http://hectorvafk29629.tinyblogging.com/Yoga-and-Vedic-Religiosity-An-Interview-with-Mark-Whitwell-3646252 http://troywdjn30741.blog5.net/36971205/yoga-and-vedic-religiosity-an-interview-with-mark-whitwel http://lukascins41852.affiliatblogger.com/46284189/yoga-and-vedic-religiosity-an-interview-with-mark-whitwel http://devinjqwa85296.diowebhost.com/50077772/yoga-and-vedic-religiosity-an-interview-with-mark-whitwel http://riverryfj28629.fitnell.com/35355126/yoga-and-vedic-religiosity-an-interview-with-mark-whitwell