03/04/2026
—“Yoga is not something one does; it is the medium of one becoming the crucible
of self-transformation. It is not a practice, but a certain way to be.”- Sadguru Yoga is a journey of transformation. This transformation involves our physical bodies- our
breath, strength, flexibility, mobility and awareness. It also involves our minds and how we interact with the world we live in.
My journey along this path has been going on for years. Deb and I continue to study with our
teachers the Mohan’s, and this transformation is ongoing. We are actually traveling to India
again in October for another workshop. We are looking forward to learning more from them and
continuing to bring that wisdom back to the studio to share with you. They Mohans remind us
that “We must seek positive transformation on multiple levels or layers of ourselves: body,
breath, senses and so on. It is beneficial to find absorption in the same qualities we wish to
cultivate across various aspects of well-being. If you can feel what it is like to be calm, pleasant, stable, strong, etc., or have a longer breath, kinder words, etc., and target that transformation not just as an exercise but as a shift in experience, you will be more successful.
Whatever our bhava is, so will our pathway and success be.”
In other words, in seeking transformation, we must look for opportunities to practice whatever
transformation we are seeking and find absorption during that practice, a much deeper feeling than just an exercise, and really experience what that feels like. We must pay attention to that feeling, notice the change in ourselves. This bhava, or experience, is the key to our successful transformation. So if you are seeking calm, peace, pleasantness, find opportunities daily to do the work and really feel the difference that this practice cultivates:)
