"..to reflect rather than react, to soften rather than harden and to see clearly how things are now rather than dwell on the past or worry about the future."
"We achieve this in Yoga practice by simple means. Through the practice of postures we release pent- up tensions that have accumulated in our body, and we further refine our physical senses so that we become sensitive, adaptive and resilient. Simultaneously, we reacquaint ourselves with the cyclic nature of our breath and it' s relationship to the sensate wisdom of our body. We learn to inhale completely and open to new experience. We learn to exhale completely and let go of unnecessary tension and the past. And we learn to rest in the pauses in between this arising and dissolving cycle. Like a surfer out on the ocean swell, we start to align ourselves with the ebb and flow of life rather than fight with it. Gradually we begin to recognise that in between the ups and downs and the coming and going, there is a matrix of stillness that is the backdrop of all phenomena."
Photograph by J. Giacone