Drishti and Tapas

Back at the most important Ashtanga yoga shala... where once i come in and felt all the mystic of being in the house of the family that passed on these practice....... 

I had been practicing for 4 years before i came here to mysore for the first time. 

When i arrived i felt really mystical about doing my practice inside these families house..... at the same time i was really intimidated by practicing along with so many more people..... My head was having so many thoughts and my thoughts looked like monkeys, jumping from one thought to the next.

But we  Ashtanga students are thought a tool that helps to abstract  from the out side and turn inward  .. these tool is called Drishti....
What is Drishti ??
Well......... most of you should know by now, .......  every movement and every asana has a specific place for you to look at. For example you have : Nasagra Drishti  (nose ti.. like in pic)

Drishti allows you to practice the redraw from the out side and allows you to concentrate inside... If you do the correct Drishtis during all the practice you are drawn inward and after some time its like nothing out side could disturb you.


So back to the main shala, in Mysore............. facing again a new challenge... now its only yoga teachers who are also dedicated practitioners and our Guru ( teacher ) Sharath Jois...  He is a sweet man ..... but you have to do practice correctly and be present and concentrated.... or he will get mad .... also if you are concentrated he will come and try to bring you out of your comfort zone and disturb your concentration...... an what to do????

You do Drishti :))

After knowing inside in detail the out side will not disturb you anymore.... :) 

I keep the image of our altar ... with Ganesha .........and i close my eyes at the end of practice .... and............... there she is.... 

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​Back in school...

Hatha Yoga Pradipika... One of the most important books for a yoga student to have.....
It takes many life times to put in practice all there is in these book ..... But you can read it many times in one life time ...only :) 

Now its time to start learning in Sanskrit, the original ...... Here in the institute we are lucky to have the best teacher.. His name is lakshmi 

I am reminded ...
...........Once a student always a student................. ..

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Tapas

 

The first time i hear about tapas was two Sudu's in the north of india that told me :.... We go walking   Kedarnath... you come!!! ... We do Tapas .........After you..... feeling very good....( He said ) 

So i said:      Ok we go :))   ..... ( i didn't know he was talking about a place almost 300 km away )

After 10 days walking and sleeping out side i reach Kedarnath 

During the walk i missed my friends, my family, my bed back in my mothers home:) food, comfort......  etc ...

I realize all i had was so important to me and that before........ i had not given enough value to all i had. 




Today in India i was reminded of these tapas because i miss .... ( saudades )
And so i smile 
...Look up and say ...


Thank you for all i have 

Shiva temple on the way
Surrendering to the cold and the pain in the feet 

Kedarnath temple 
​Shiva baba and Ramdev baba
Me on the back ......

Wile we were there people would pass by and live us loads of money