How Yoga Brings About Humility in People

Humble Warrior
While there is a lot that I teach about yoga to my students, there is a lot that I myself continue to learn on a daily basis. While there are many aasans that I can do which many others cannot, there are also those who can perform tougher, more advanced aasans than I can do myself. So, in this sense yoga keeps me humble and grounded – literally and figuratively. In fact, I fee...
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Aishwarya Bhava and Vairagya Bhava in Yoga

Aishwarya Bhava and Vairagya Bhava
My regular readers will recall that we spoke about “bhavas” in last week’s post; the positive and negative attitudes that impact our wellbeing and dictate our feelings and our actions. As someone who has been running a yoga class in Mumbai for quite a while now, I have been trying to delve deeper into the other, nonphysical aspects of yoga. I believe that it is important to imb...
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How the Yogi Can Learn Humility from Nature

Yogi Humbled by Nature
While a positive self image is important, humility is important too. It keeps us grounded and centered. Humility gives us a realistic perspective of ourselves and lets us appreciate the good in others as well. It reminds us that we are not perfect and not infallible and that we don’t know everything. In fact humility is the very thing we need to recognize our limitations; so th...
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