10/09/2025
🪞 Clearing the Inner Mirror
In Traditional Ta**ra Yoga, vyāyāma (supportive practice or Standing Series), passed down through oral teachings in our system, is more than just a physical warm-up. It acts as a holistic preparation, physically, energetically, and psychologically.
Vyāyāma is included to:
* Prepare the subtle body for deeper āsana and meditation
* Release habitual tension patterns, allowing one to feel safe and grounded
* Increase circulation and internal heat, helping to dissolve tamas (inertia) and rajas (restlessness)
* Cultivate natural sensitivity and somatic or bodily awareness, without force or strain
* Guide the body into skeletal alignment, allowing structure to support stillness
Across many traditions, including Ta**ra, the true Self is inherently pure and luminous, yet veiled by conditioning.
Just as a mirror covered with dust does not reflect clearly, so too the Self remains unseen due to impurity (mala). Through gradual purification (śuddhi), the yogin begins to shine. This mirror metaphor, also found in various meditative traditions such as Zen Buddhism, reflects a shared insight: the true Self is revealed once the “dust” of distraction, reactivity, and mental patterning is cleared.
Through movement, breath, and awareness, vyāyāma becomes a mirror-cleaning practice, not just for the body, but for the core inner Self to once again behold its own innate luminosity (prakāśa).✨
Kovalam Ashram Opening: October 15th, 2025 - April 10th, 2026
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