#yogiproblems

Have you ever walked into a yoga class for the first time, feeling slightly out of place? Then, your yoga teacher comes in and you begin to feel like you are in a whole new country when she begins chanting and speaking a whole new language. You start to think, what is this language I am hearing; how the heck am I supposed to follow along now?! That, my yogi friends, is the sound of Sanskrit. Yoga and Sanskrit are very much connected deeply. Although these ancient teachings and principles were passed down orally from guru to practitioner, over time they became scribed in it’s native tongue of Sanskrit first by Patanjali; the author of ‘The Yoga Sutras’. These sutras are very important to the practice of yoga and it is equally as important to embrace it’s Sanskrit roots. For most of the western world, yoga is simply considered to be just the asanas, or poses. But, if you look into yoga’s history you will find the asanas are just a gateway to meditation, inner peace, creating a unity between one’s mind and body and also creating an external world of peace to every being big and small. If you are interested in diving deeper into the world of yoga and it’s roots, I would recommend the readings of 'The Yoga Sutras’ by Patanjali or 'How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali’ translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood. When you begin to accept yoga and it’s beautiful roots, words like Utkatasana (chair pose) or Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward facing dog) don’t seem so farfetched. You might actually find that you, like myself, begin to walk around saying poses like virabhadrasana (warrior pose) and busting out said pose at home or work. Now those are some real #yogiproblems that I like to have.. NAMASTE- or 'the light in me honors the light in you’