Our reading continues with Tias Little from Chapter One of The Practice Is The Path (2020): We often imagine letting go to be a passive thing, akin to releasing our clasp on a balloon string. However, there is effort involved, sometimes referred to as "nonefforting effort"...right effort is the gateway to the subtle body.
This week we'll continue our exploration of what it might mean to be deeply engaged in and responsive to our world, and at the same time "let go". We've practiced part of Patanjali's invitation in this regard previously (Sutra II.46) by balancing stability/firmness (sthira) with softness/ease/open space (sukha). This week we'll add the first half of the subsequent verse (Sutra II.47), which invites 'effortless effort'. Patanjali uses the words prayatna (correct, just, appropriate effort) and shaithilya (through relaxing, unwinding) [translation Bernard Bouanchaud, a French student of TKV Desikachar).
Our reading continues with Tias Little from Chapter One of The Practice Is The Path (2020): We often imagine letting go to be a passive thing, akin to releasing our clasp on a balloon string. However, there is effort involved, sometimes referred to as "nonefforting effort"...right effort is the gateway to the subtle body. Comments are closed.
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AuthorMisha Butot RCSW, ERYT 500 is a longtime clinical social worker and senior yoga teacher living in Victoria, BC Archives
May 2024
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