When two groups of people don't agree with each other and get the opportunity to tell everyone about it, we call it politics. When two parts of our bodies fight, we have pain, and then we might pop vitamin I (Ibuprofin), but there is another way Y-O-G-A! Good biomechanics will get your body back into allignment, and your committment to your practice can keep it there. This way everyone wins, the tight spots loosen, while the weak parts strengthen.
This duality begins at a mental level,"where the mind goes the body follows". In yoga studies, you might come across the Malas. These ancient concepts are relevant and help us to understand whats going on today. Mayiya Mala is like a dust that covers a mirror of the self. It is a partcularly nasty dust because it polarizes. Something is either good or bad, love or hate, left or right, too hot or too cold, too spicy or too bland- always polar opposites. Yet when we see this tendancy of the mind, we can use the windex of our yoga practice to remove this dust. When Mayiya mala is dissolved, we can experience Unity, Love Compassion and we see the other side is not so far off from us. Do you think Politicians should be required to study yoga? The world would be a much different place because...life is better with yoga.
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