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Samtosha, Contentment
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | February 22, 2010
I write so much about longing and the un-contented parts of my life that it’s hard sometimes to acknowledge those areas of my existence that are perfectly or imperfectly just fine. I often feel a sense of contentment after writing, especially in free writing in a journal—as if I’ve purged the “vritti” out of my [...]
Yoga Sutra 1.13, an emotional life
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 29, 2010
Yoga Sutra 1.13 : tatra sthitau yatno’bhyasah
Bernard Bouanchaud’s translation: Persevering practice is the effort to attain and maintain the state of mental peace.
Patanjali tells us here that practice IS the effort to maintain inner peace. I’ve often wondered how I could maintain anything when I am twirling off into anger, or joy, or sadness, [...]
Clean Up Your Act with Shauca
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 21, 2010
Yoga Sutra 2.40: saucat svanga jugupsa parairh asamsargah
Purity protects one’s body and brings nonphysical relationships with others. (trans. B. Bouanchaud)
Yoga Sutra 2.41: sattva suddhi saumanasya ekagrya inddriyajaya atma darsana yogyatvani ca
Then, purity, clarity, and well-being of the spirit come to flower, as well as concentration, mastery of the eleven sense organs, and perception of the [...]
yoga sutra 1.12, nonattachment & practice
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | January 7, 2010
utra.1.12 (Sanskrit:abhyasa-vairagyabhyam tad-nirodhah) says”Control over the mind’s fluctuations comes from persevering practice and nonattachment”
According to Bernard Bouanchaud, a French translator of Patanjali’s sutras, quoted here, nonattachment is inextricably linked to persevering practice if one wishes to control those pesky mental fluctuations.
I need to work on both of these.
Persevering practice is my weak link during long [...]
Downward Facing Dog Pose, Adho Mukha Svanasana
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | December 29, 2009
Adho Mukha Svanasana or Downward Facing Dog, aka DFD, is a pose I could never give up, at least not willingly. There are so many delicious benefits: the back enters a lovely traction, stretching out whatever has kinked up, the shoulders are invited to open and receive a stretch, the arms strengthen with every breath, [...]
Yoga Ethics 5, APARIGRAHA, noncovetousness
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | December 23, 2009
Yoga Sutra 2.39: aparigrahasthairye janmakathamta sambodah
One who perseveres on the path of noncovetousness gains deep understanding of the meaning of life. (trans. B. Bouanchaud)
I DO pray for aparigraha to blossom in my life like a spiritual flower showering me with the clarity and buoyancy of a saint. T.K.V. Desikachar suggests the five yamas are [...]
Sutra 1.36, solace in my time of grief
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | December 6, 2009
Today Mom moved into an assisted living facility. For several reasons, she couldn’t manage to live on her own anymore. Watching the family locus reshuffle has been a sad event.
Even though my brain knows it was necessary and inevitable, my heart grieves for what has past and will no longer be.
I’ve been spending [...]
MANTRA
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | October 1, 2009
During the workshop at Studio Panterra last weekend, a question surfaced regarding mantra. Since Francois Raoult is an ethnomusicologist by training, it is perhaps natural that mantra and sound are components of his practice and study. Here is some of his discussion:
We are interested in how the sound is embodied and how it flows through [...]
Home or Homeless? Yoga sutra 1.33
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | September 2, 2009
Grieving with friends and family of someone who has passed blesses us with stories we may not have ever known otherwise.
While in Houston, E.’s father shared an inspiring account of a homeless man living beneath a highway overpass near their home. Over time, they recognized and began to speak with him. Eventually, whenever father [...]
Mourning Elisabeth Glorianne
carolyn aka LaughingYogini | August 16, 2009
I’m still wheeling over the sudden and tragic death of this young woman, my almost daughter-in-law. We expected wedding bells to ring this spring and to officially welcome her into our tribe. Instead, I am looking for a vessel for my grief and tonight I found one in an ancient Vedic mantra.
Since there was [...]
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