Love
On Saturday afternoon at brunch, I asked one of the teachers what the topic of her afternoon philosophy lecture would be. “Well,” she said, “I’m not sure. You see, I had planned to talk about one of two very important texts in Indian philosophy. One is about the right way to live, and one is about love. But I can’t decide which one to talk about today. What do you think?”
For me, the answer was obvious.
“Love.” I said, “I think you should talk about love.”
She smiled.
New
It’s hard to believe it has been a year since I last wrote here. In the fall of 2023, I made a promise to myself (and to you), to write a monthly blog post on the intersections of yoga philosophy with daily life. Yoga is a moment to moment practice, and how we choose to live each moment is up to us.
But then, life got busy. Things changed. I got caught up.
It’s time to come back to the present.
Inscriptions
It’s not often that I find myself in thrift shops. If I do, it is usually to donate rather than purchase. These days, it seems that my home is as full as my heart. I live in an on-going cycle of assessment, collection and purge. It’s as if objects whirl in circles on my patio and blow in on the wind. No matter how vigilant I am, I can’t seem to keep them from entering.
Starting Points
Often, at the end of a yoga class, students meet me at the door to review their experience. With smiles, shrugs or apologies, they describe how their bodies moved through the series of poses we practiced, explaining stories, feelings or thoughts. It seems that it is only once they have finished this review that they may move on from the practice and into the rest of their day.
