perfectly applicable in contemporary day.
This ambrosia of nectar has survived through epochs of darkness
that have come and gone. As we dawn a new age of truth,
the opportunity to awaken is likened to wild flowers blooming in the sun.
If your eyes dance along these pages,
be expectant to receive this fragrance,
then realize you are the flower producing the fragrance.
an honoring of the feminine way into enlightenment through intuition.
Hence the trident, true, and well tested eight fold healing path of yoga
set forth by the master Patanjali is given to light
the spontaneous wildflower in your heart into full bloom.
It is the paradoxical dance of unity, a path given,
yet dancing beyond lines and time, finding your own way.
To depict the delicate balance, real life stories are told each step of the journey.
Some stories tell of healing jewels found shining bright in the ordinariness of living.
Others are what may seem extraordinary feats of healing by very normal people.
All names and sometimes genders have been changed
to respect the anonymous nature of all players in each real life story.Let us begin the sure footed path and unfolding flower.
The Path… The Flower
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Yamas
Define the challenges, dissatisfactions, dis-eases, or obstacles.
These seeds in the mind and body await identification and redirection.
Niyamas
Place your intentions into your heart and into the prana,
pure consciousness of Source existing everywhere,
for the anecdotes, solutions, and wholeness to be revealed now.
Proceed with right actions cultivating your intentions.
Pranayama
Go to the prana, the spirit of all, life force…
Realize the awaiting spirit in all matter…
Commune, communicate, and co-create.
Asanas
Know and master all roles of the twelve earthly archetypes.
Pratyahara
Perceive all life from within.
Acknowledge the only way to change yourself and the world
is from the place where Source is experienced as “you”.
Dharana
Focus all consciousness on what you want and it is.
Dhyana
Absorption of all there is.
Samadhi
Bliss, simplicity, and play of unity
The Archetypes
The archetypes are a way of understanding and categorizing the major qualities of Source.
These are universal and extraordinary qualities flowing through human life.
The twelve archetypes represent all of who we are.
We mostly relate to archetypes through our relationships.
The beings, places, and things we live with mirror back to us aspects of Source we embody.
Sometimes we see aspects of strength and harmony
while other times we see areas we need to develop and understand.
There will be one or a few of the archetypes each of us have chosen as a life contract to develop.
The key to living in unity is falling in love with all of the archetypes…
falling in love with all of you, therefore loving all around you.
The process is about revealing all our secrets or dark spots
by shining our inner light ever brighter.
As we allow All of our selves to be exposed, we see what is true.
It takes courage and dedication to release the untrue.
As we do so, we find our vulnerability, adaptability,
and sensitivity exploring new ways of living.
Goddess & God
One who knows I Am the marriage of heaven and earth
Destroyer
One who is able to change, let go, ready for new
Warrior
One who is steadfast, courageous, and true to love
Seeker
One who studies, learns, and passes on all truth
Queen & King
One who’s rule is equanimity
Lover
One who is devoted to all
Server
One who is abundant and gives
Saint
One who wears the greatness of truth as an ordinary gown
Child
One who is innocent, playful, and therefore wise
Fool
One who plays in the paradox, the unknown yet known ways
Magician
One who can always paint the canvas anew
Yogini & Yogi
One who is all colors, paths, and ways
I Am That I Am
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My first yoga session with a woman named Vonya was in her apartment
where she was recovering from a long hospital stay.
She was experiencing a debilitating cancer
and had been through quite a journey in more ways than one.
emanating from her frail body and bald baby like head,
“I have lost all my cynicism.
You wouldn’t recognize who I was before.”
I agreed she was as amiable as a puppy dog.
She went on to tell me that while she was in the hospital
she had an incredible experience.
She was on the verge of dying and went into a blissful state.
She said she had glimpsed the essence of life everywhere,
and it was all goodness.
She knew she was a part of it and had a purpose.
It did not matter if she lived or died
as she was a part of this wholeness no matter what.
After a full week of living in this state of complete bliss,
she began to get better and her consciousness returned to “normal”,
yet she was forever changed.
Her reason for wanting to practice yoga meditation
was to somehow find this state of bliss again.
We proceeded to concentrate on breathing,
slowing and relaxing the normal act of breathing.
Once consciously relaxed and calm,
she began to observe the movements of the mind, emotions, and body.
With very little effort she slipped into moments of bliss.
brinking transition,
she could actually self induce it at any time.
She became so liberated knowing this Goddess God truly lived within.
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Rabia of Basri a female Islamic Saint
Yoga For Healing
includes
laying the foundation of yoga
your lineage of inner connections
gematria, the science of numbers
the eight fold healing practice
embodying the essence of each archetype
& realizing the perfection that is
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