Yoga
My Yoga Journey; Before and After YOGNAT
BEFORE: According to my small scale self-study research, people have twisted and modified yoga so much
that mind-amnesia has eaten up ¾ of Yoga (or even more)
But why? Because nowadays many people have this false perception that
Yoga is just about asanas, but it’s actually a full package of Ashtanga Yoga,
or the 8 LIMBS OF YOGA! Its just like only eating carbohydrates for your whole
life, and leaving behind all the other nutrients which are equally essential
for our body, right? (Truly, even I don’t know how vast Yoga is, it’s like when
we start counting, it’s never ending!)
Just like how Dr. Sir- Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balyogi Bhavanani says, ‘Nowadays, people teach Plasticized Barbie Doll Yoga and live in Instagram Yoga!’ And that is very true! An example would be how they have kept Natraj asana as a pose, the Dancer Pose! Whereas the term NATARAJA has much more treasures and symbols in its word itself! It means Lord Shiva! The Adi Yogi! The King of all dancers! Creation! Sustenance! Transformation! But look what it has come down to now!
Honestly, I was blinded with that same perception before the Lockdown, where thoughts in my head came in like:
But touchwood, even that 1/8th of yoga (Only asanas from 8 Limbs) has changed my life immensely! My parents have actually seen a real change in my lifestyle and habits!
During the lockdown, my sister and I also in fact shared our Yoga Journey with the whole world, by participating in the MY LIFE MY YOGA contest, curated by our Honorable PM Narendra Modi ji!
Link to my Video- https://youtu.be/KECW04lVcPM
Niyatis video: https://youtu.be/nkF08gwGQVI
And eventually I, Avni Ramrakshani was also declared as 2nd
place winner globally! All thanks to my family and for their support, who are
the only ones who know all the hard work behind making the 2 min journey video ๐!
AFTER: My whole family and I used to watch the Tell me Appa series, in
which Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balyogi Bhavanani and Dhivya Priya Bhavanani, used to share
wonderful and mesmerizing stories on various topics! From one of their videos,
we heard about the online classes they are conducting at Yoganjali Natyalam. We
inquired about these classes and found them eye-catching and interesting!
Niyati and I got enrolled ASAP in November 2020!
Since they were in South India, we thought that they would converse in Tamil beacuse they taught in that language (and we were clueless about this language) but to our surprise, we fitted in like a beautiful puzzle, and we all conversed fluently in English!
Lalitha Miss, our teacher, always has new enthralling questions to ask, and we would always have our memories jogged! Our twice a week yoga classes, contains a lovely blend of Prayers to Kriyas to Jatis to Asanas to Pranayamas!! It was a mindful journey, it is, and I’m sure it’ll continue!!
Thank you Lalitha Miss for opening all the other doors of yoga, in which now I can see the 8 LIMBS of yoga in front of me, but now it’s just my turn now to walk on that path slowly and steadily at my pace, and maybe we can even tweak the saying too, that ‘Slow and steady is assured to win the race to the SELF!!
Sharing a glimpse of the Yoga Grade Asanas Niyati and I have learnt at Yognat!
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