Samyag Yog

05/09/2023

While being treated for clinical depression a decade ago, it was very important to be able to see the sunshine behind the dark clouds. Some unconditional love, some positivity, some place where, your mere existence was a reason enough to celebrate; irrespective of your titles, your failures, your victories. Just YOU - a reason!.
And was the blessing I was bestowed with. .
A 'U-turn' which pulled me back from the dungeons.
Forever grateful to this community .
https://youtu.be/kpyc84kamhw?si=-5hFEgYJcHlm175s

26/09/2022

17/08/2022

Your diet is a bank account.
Good food choices are an investment.
- Bethenny Frankel
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23/12/2021

An active lifestyle is addictive.
The task is...to get into that mode.
So as a guide, at times the most important role is to getting a student into a disciplined regular, self motivated mode, which could be, starting from nudging them gently, to the other end of the spectrum of bullying them into getting their asses into that mode.
This student had discontinued the classes earlier and rejoined months later, this time with way more appreciation.
CONVINCE BRIBE PENALISE SCARE PUSH CAJOLE DODGE
WHATEVER IT TAKES!
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21/11/2021

And i said to my body. Softly.
'I want to be your friend.'
It took a long breath. and replied,
"I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS."
Befriend your body. It's the only place you live.

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12/11/2021

Yoga is the practice of tolerating the consequences of being yourself.
- Bhagvad Gita
, thank you for this!
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08/11/2021

During the time of festivities, as the break from the routine sets in; came across a couple of people who were feeling guilty of - being off work, treating themselves with elaborate meals, late nights and missing their workouts/workINs....
WHY AS A SOCIETY ARE WE SO PRESSURISED TO MAKE EACH MOMENT PRODUCTIVE OR EACH MOMENT COUNT? WHY DO WE FORGET THAT RELAXING OR LETTING LOOSE IS AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT PART OF STAYING HEALTHY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY!
DOESN'T THE AXE NEED TO BE SHARPENED BEFORE CHOPPING THE WOOD?

30/10/2021

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29/10/2021

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18/10/2021

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17/10/2021

Your brain activity, your body chemistry, even your genetic makeup can be changed through the tools of Yoga.
-SADHGURU
DO YOU STILL NEED MORE REASONS TO PRACTICE YOG?
EKA HASTA VYAGHRASANA
CONTRA INDICATIONS:- Injury or healing back, knees, shoulder, hips.
By igniting the adrenal glands and nourishing the KIDNEYS, helps in RELIEVING STRESS, ANXIETY, GRIEF and DEPRESSION.
Also a wonderful chest opener and hence plays a role for ASTHMATICS and ALLERGY SUFFERERS
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01/10/2021

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28/09/2021

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience you really stop to look fear in the face.
Do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt.
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27/09/2021

❤️ ึam ❣️ 😎 🙏

14/09/2021

The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
-B. K. S. Iyengar
And I feel these words everytime when I'm on my mat. The day when ur carrying doubts in your mind (may it be with anything in the world), the day you're feeling confident, the day you're skeptical about not overdoing things, the day you might be near equanimity, the day you're filled with love, the day you're scared, the dy you've starved, the day you've lomaded yourself with unhealthy food.... And on and on and on....
Whatever your physical or mental state be....is always reflected in your asana practice.
THE WAY YOU PRACTICE ON YOUR MAT WILL BECOME WAY MORE MEANINGFUL WHEN IT WILL TURN INTO A MIRROR FOR YOUR INNERSELF.

08/09/2021

You can rise up from anything. You can completely recreate yourself. Nothing is permanent. You're not stuck. You have choices. You can think new thoughts. You can learn something new. You can create new habits. All that matters is that you decide today and never look back.
-anonymus

04/09/2021

Life is a series of thousands of tiny little miracles.
Notice them.
Most of us are never really present in the moment because we are constantly making plans about the future, thinking about the past, being anxious about what's to come or feeling guilt and shame of what has been. Our society is built up in a way that constantly makes our focus shift from present to past & future. So is it even possible to be present in the moment while going through our daily lives? There are constantly decisions to be made, plans to figure out, meetings to go to... But if we bring awareness to everything we do, we can still be present even in the midst of everything. We do not become present by constantly thinking "I need to be present", but by shifting the perspective from being the thinker to being the watcher of the thoughts. The moment you notice that you are not present, you are.
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04/09/2021

My first 25k, and how!
Effort level for this run was al the while oscillating between OMG and WTF!
ALL I KNEW WAS COME WHAT MAY, ILL FINISH STRONG!!!
Forever grateful to the entire team of summit for the fantastic organization, the volunteers who cheered from the start to the finish 🎉, the talks with random stranger fellow runners🏃, friends who pulled me through the most crucial middle phase🦸, friend who had promised to get my 25 done under 4 and accompanied me throughout👼, friends who came back to pull me through for the last strech of 1and a half km💃 (thinking I would give up😷) and being recieved by my running guide at the finish line🦹
Back to running after a gap of 4 years!
Surely wasn't easy but was every second worth it.

24/08/2021

Love for basics!

Plank pose (Phalakasana) is one of the basic postures to practice when it comes to building up core.
This asana is a comprehensive strengthening posture engaging our shoulder muscles, abdominal core muscles, quads, trapezius, rhomboids, triceps, lats, glutes and hamstrings.
When performed properly,
- by tightening the core it reduces / prevents back issues,
- improves posture there by enhancing your personality,
- increases metabolism, thus helping lose fat, and enhancing bone and joint health; -improves balance,
- increases length and there by flexibility of the posterior side of the body.
Precautions - proceed with caution for people with high blood pressure, anxiety disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome and those who are recovering from any injuries.

08/08/2021

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07/08/2021

Yoga is about clearing away whatever is in us that prevents our living in the most full and whole way. With yoga, we become aware of how and where we are restricted in body, mind, and heart - and how gradually to open and release these blockages. As these blockages are cleared, our energy is freed. We start to feel more harmonious, more at one with ourselves. Our lives begin to flow or we begin to flow more in our lives."
- Cybele Tomlinson

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05/08/2021

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31/07/2021

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29/07/2021

ME AND THE LOVE OF FOOD!
There was a study conducted, where the population was divided in 2 groups- One who ate 🥧 'GUILT-FREE' (definitely not my types) and the other set, who 'CELEBRATED - the mere act of eating it - ☺️totally my kinda gang).
THE group who ate with guilt were less successful at losing weight.
Do we really need to use, what we eat; as a tool to judge and label ourselves?
Food is the fuel to our body.
Instead of labelling what we eat as unhealthy- guilt free and so on, HOW ABOUT JUST BEING MORE MINDFUL about what we are eating -when -in what combination and sequence and how you feel after eating what you eat?
How about labelling them as 'TREAT-MEALS' and use them as a motivation to cultivate a more healthy -a more Mindful lifestyle?!

21/07/2021

Don't practice yoga to get better at yoga.
PRACTICE YOG TO GET BETTER AT LIVING.
Hindolasana -Cradle baby pose.
It's a prepartory lose for padmasana (lotus pose) and kapotasana (pigeon pose).
A beginner's hip opening posture which helps strech the hamstrings, pelvic floor muscles, groins and gluteus maximus muscles.
In the picture is a variation for deeper streching as the other leg is streched out like in a staff pose.
On the spiritual side this asana is practiced to work on the swadhishthan chakra (sacral chakra).
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12/07/2021

Monday mobility fun
Surprisingly most of us are unaware that flexibility and mobility are two separate things and usually we use either one for the other.
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10/07/2021

So till a fortnight ago; this was only an asana for me -Tri Pada Adho Mukh Svanasana simply put a 3 legged dog , which I practiced for strengthening and stability.
The perspective changed or rather deepened when I visited an animal shelter for animals established and managed by , where I had an up-close interaction with a couple of dogs who are up for adoption.
Being a dog lover and wanting to adopt one since long, the fact - I won't be able to justify the time and care required to raise one all by myself; this was a great solace where I can now go and socialise with the animals ,not only dogs but- buffaloes, cows, cats, bunnies, turtles and the list goes on; all of whom were either abandoned or injured and abandoned.
It was during this visit where I developed a special affection for one dog in particular -LANGDI. And I guess the feeling was mutual because she didn't leave me for even a jiffy and dodged me lovingly to keep petting her. (I don't know who was petting whom here.) 'LANGDI' literally means, someone who limps. She had an injured leg and was brought to the shelter during a complicated delivery where she unfortunately had lost all her puppies. No wonder we connected so well.
Thank you Darshanbhai and Sanchita for taking the time out and giving such a detailed insight into the history nd functioning of the rehab centre and the medical facility.
It was very surprising when The founder Darshanbhai explained that dogs can be very resilient and often a 3 legged dog or cat soon forgets the missing limb altogether, and can live a long, happy and healthy life with minimal adjustments to their lifestyle or the owners too. (CONTRARY TO US HUMANS-THE SELF PROCLAIMED EVOLVED SPECIES, who struggle to adapt to even a single missing toe/finger, leave alone an entire limb.

30/06/2021

Taking a break , is needed, growth never stops. It’s and unending process, it keeps on revealing truths till you’re that the true self.
So taking a break or backing off for once isn’t failure , it’s the road to success as the red indians say PASOS CARTOS VISON LARGA
which translates to
SMALL STEPS LONG VISION
- Vedant Chauhan

23/06/2021

Yoga is much more than movements on your mat.
The true purpose of asana practice is to calm the body enough to sit for Pranayama which in turn prepares the brain to sit in meditation.
Meditation is where we see the personality enhancements and calmness that we seek in yog.
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20/06/2021

Happy 6th International Yoga Day!
Every body is a yoga body.

There ain't anything that disqualifies a person from doing yoga. Yoga is suitable for a person who has been inactive for a while or forever and yoga is also suitable for super active people too to hit a pause button or slow down, because yoga can be practiced in very many different forms and according to an individuals pace in that given monent time and energy.
One beautiful description which I can correlate to deeply is by Verna saying,
Yoga is NOT ABOUT BEING FLEXIBLE.

Yoga is about showing up on your mat daily with no expectations of how it should go. It's about NOT believing the labels like "too injured" or "too old" and finding a new way to be the best version of yourself. Yoga is a lifestyle not an exercise program although, yoga has no judgement if you only want to use the poses to exercise. Yoga is about discovering that those crazy thoughts in your head about why you "can't" or "shouldn't" are not true. It is about slowing down and seeking something greater than yourself. Yoga is more than what you wear or if you can handstand.
YOGA IS THE ULTIMATE PRACTICE OF LOVE.
-Kerri Verna


P.S. Thank you Dhwanil for the venue and the hospitality!

19/06/2021

They say don't burn bridges you may have to cross later.
I say I don't mind swimming if the bridge was screwed up to begin with..
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05/06/2021

Happy EnvironmentDay! 🏞️🌍🌌
Our Earth is so special not just because of her majestic beauty and wisdom but because she connects us, all of us. No matter who we are or where we are from, we all share a collective home, our planet home.

We are reminded now more than ever of our interconnectedness not only with one another but with nature and our planet. The Earth needs our help, and we need her. There is a direct relationship between our health and nature’s ecosystems. And so if we are looking to take care of ourselves we must consider how we care for our planet and when we are looking to take care of our planet we must consider how we take care of ourselves.

-LISA BROOKS

14/05/2021

05/05/2021

You cannot do yoga.
Yoga is your natural state.
What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where YOU ARE RESISTING YOUR NATURAL STATE.
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28/04/2021

The pose you avoid the most, you need the most.
Having a very weak core and less strength; most of the asanas become a challenge during the hatha yoga practice.
And that's where one has to push oneself, that weak link!.
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23/04/2021

Prayatna = effort
Shaithilya = letting go of
Ananta = Infinite
Samapattibhyam = uniting with
---- Patanjali yog sutras
'Letting go of the effort and uniting with the infinite.'
Time to time I just love to practice my basics, no new variations, no new poses, just the basics, get in there and just be.

24/03/2021

Tie up your hair, downward dog like a boss and handle it!
P.S.- Took me 6 months to get here ( )

21/03/2021

The whole theory of the Universe is directed unerringly to one single individual -. namely to YOU.
- Walt Whitman