DAY 16 : MAY 28
Asana encourages awareness of prana by giving us an opportunity to put ourselves into the various shapes and patterns of existence and experience the dynamic force that animates all form. In the Celtic myth of Camelot, Merlin teaches the young Arthur how to become a good king. The wizard transforms the boy into various life-forms: animals, plants, and minerals. As Arthur experiences the perspectives of those over who he has lordship, he is better prepared to rule with compassion.
This is Yoga, the experience of the vitality of life in all forms of life.
~ Jivamukti Yoga, Sharon Gannon and David Life
Sri Anandamayi Ma, an Indian Saint
“As you love your own body, so regard everyone as equal to your own body. When the Supreme Experience supervenes, everyone’s service is revealed as one’s own service. Call it a bird, an insect, an animal or a man, call it by any name you please, one serves one’s own Self in every one of them... Your sorrow, your pain, your agony is indeed my sorrow. This body understands everything. You may want to leave this body. But this body won’t leave you for a single day – it does not and never will leave you.”
~ Sri Anandamayi Ma