Readings for Mapleton Yoga Class September 23, 2010
The purpose of coming to yoga is a little different than the purpose of attending an aerobics class or a zumba class. A workout class is designed simply to burn calories and reshape your physical body. Yoga has those benefits, too. But we practice yoga to learn how to live. The way you approach your mat is the way you will approach your life. We will begin in this class by re-learning how to breathe, just as you learned to breathe when you were born. Then, at the end of class, we’re going to die. Savasana is an experiment with letting everything go; your stress, your tension, your ego, your conscious self. And in that process of losing yourself, you learn to find yourself. ~Laura Curtis
Untitled prayer, written by Swami Kripalvananda
My beloved child,
break your heart no longer.
Each time you judge yourself,
you break your own heart,
you stop feeding on the love
which is the wellspring of your vitality.
The time has come. Your time.
To live. To Celebrate.
And to see the goodness that you are.
You, my child, are divine.
You are pure.
You are sublimely free.
You are God in disguise.
And you are always perfectly safe.
Do not fight the dark.
Just turn on the light.
Let go.
And breathe into the goodness that you are.
