Sutra 1.2 and 1.3

From Alberto Villoldo, Yoga is vigilance, awareness and stillness of the mind. Yoga frees you from the drama, the tragedy, the saga your mind creates and allows you to experience your True Self. This is amazing and true, in my "old" stressful career and lifestyle, the drama and sagas that would develop out of my own creation would then cause suffering for myself and those around me. It would also keep me from really seeing myself or loving myself. Yoga opens the door to self care and self understanding as these sutras describe. So anytime my mind begins down one of these paths, I make a conscious choice not to take that thought path and adjust what I am doing and what I am thinking.

Sutra 1.1 Revisited

How many times as yoga teachers do we revisit this first sutra: With humilty we embrace the sacred study of yoga. This weekend was no exception, spending a weekend with Yoga Teachers, doing continuing education and learning and doing yoga with each other provides the frame work of this sutra. Embracing the process once again, enriches and freshens my practice. Each time I experience something new or create a new yoga connection speaks to me of this sutra.