“The Deeper Dimensions of Yoga” is now into Week 3 at Mill Road Community Space. A brief recap: In Week 1, we explored the divide between Prakriti and Purusha. Prakriti is the physical/material world of our senses, fleeting, temporary, ever changing; Purusha is the realm of consciousness, eternal, constant, ever blissful and at peace. We … [Read more…]
This week, we turned our attention to the aspect of ourselves that is unchanging, eternal, ever blissful – beyond the changeable nature of body and mind. This aspect of Self has a Sanskrit name, “Purusha;” in English, we might call it Soul or Consciousness. Purusha dwells in each heart, untouched by the events unfolding in … [Read more…]
A new 8-week session at Mill Road Community Space is underway. Each week, we will explore one aspect of yoga philosophy, drawing from ancient and modern-day yoga literature. Here is a summary of what we explored today: Yoga philosophy divides existence into two main realms: 1/ the physical or material (body and mind are included … [Read more…]