WEEK THREE
ZOOM Class Schedule
Monday, Jan 13th: 7:15-8am. ONLINE LINK HERE RECORDING LINK
Tuesday, Jan 14th: 7:15-8am ONLINE LINK HERE RECORDING LINK
Wednesday, Jan 15th: 7:15-8am ONLINE LINK HERE RECORDING LINK
Thursday, Jan 16th: 7:15-8am ONLINE LINK HERE RECORDING LINK
Friday, Jan 17th: 7:15-8am ONLINE LINK HERE RECORDING HERE
Saturday, Jan 18th: 9-10am ONLINE LINK HERE. RECORDING HERE
Saturday, Jan 18th SUTRA WORKSHOP RECORDING
Sunday, Jan 19th: 9-10:15am ONLINE LINK HERE RECORDING LINK
Daily Content
Day 13
The legend goes that when Buddha reached the state of enlightenment he immediately said, "I have just realized that everybody carries an internal Buddha. He exists inside every-one." These were his first words. - Alejandro Jodoworsky
Day 14
"Make every Step a Prayer." - White Buffalo Calf Woman
Day 15
"You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room." - Dr. Suess
YJ: What distinguishes your teaching from other yoga?
Desikachar: The practice is adapted to suit the needs, abilities, and interests of each individual. Unfortunately, today's standardization is a one-size-fits-all approach. This can impose great risk. This is why my father chose the sutra Heyam duhkham anagatam as the motto for our institute: Pain in any form must be anticipated and avoided. I never compromise by standardizing yoga practices for different people. Adapting yoga to suit the needs of every unique individual is where the true greatness of yoga lies…
“The target of Yoga is ‘svatantra’
which means to discover our own technique.
‘Sva’ means itself and ‘tantra’ means technique.
The techniques are in oneself and we must discover them;
if not we will depend on others. I am sick and I go to the doctor;
but finally I must become my own therapist.
This is ‘svatantra’.”
TKV Desikachar
Day 16
Nelson Mandela: 9 fundamentals for evolution.
1. Don’t shrink yourself or your ambitions.
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
2. Move towards your fear.
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
3. Be patient and persist.
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
4. Educate yourself.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
5. Make a friend out of an enemy.
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
6. You haven’t lost until you don’t get up.
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
7. Do it now.
“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
8. Don’t stop moving now.
“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
9. Understand that everyone is just human.
“That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed.”
Day 17
Yoga may be regarded as a means of compressing one’s evolution into a single life or a few months or even a few hours of bodily existence’ (Vivekananda cited by Aurobindo, 1999, Vol.23, pp. 23:6).
Day 18
Lighten Up.
A senior monk and a junior monk were traveling together. At one point, they came to a river with a strong current. As the monks were preparing to cross the river, they saw a very young and beautiful woman also attempting to cross. The young woman asked if they could help her cross to the other side.
The two monks glanced at one another because they had taken vows not to touch a woman.
Then, without a word, the older monk picked up the woman, carried her across the river, placed her gently on the other side, and carried on his journey.
The younger monk couldn’t believe what had just happened. After rejoining his companion, he was speechless, and an hour passed without a word between them.
Two more hours passed, then three, finally the younger monk could contain himself any longer, and blurted out “As monks, we are not permitted a woman, how could you then carry that woman on your shoulders?”
The older monk looked at him and replied, “Brother, I set her down on the other side of the river, why are you still carrying her?”
Day 19
Your Lord or mine, it does not matter. What matters is: Meditate with humility. The Lord, pleased, gives what you seek and happily will give more." --Krishnamacharya