"IF YOU ARE AWARE OF BEING AMBITIOUS IN your POSTURE,

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND STAYING WITH YOUR FIRST EDGEs LONGER

AND  MOVe  THROUGH YOUR INTERMEDIARY EDGES SLOWER.

THIS WILL BRING A FEEDBACK SENSITIVITY THAT CAN HELP COUNTER

THE TENDENCY TO IGNORE your BODY'S MESSAGES."

-JOEL KRAMER, YOGA AS SELF TRANSFORMATION

 Every POSTURE we embody

both on and off the mat

 INVOLVES THE WHOLE BODY.

each POSTURE we assume is governed by ONE OR MORE

muscular AREA(S) WHERE power IS MOST DEEPLY FELT.

when you stretch, IF YOU REACH FOR YOUr MAXIMUNM EDGE TOo QUICKLY,

YOU risk the tendency to BYPASS other key AREAS in your musculature.

THIS GIVES THE ILLUSION OF

A COMPLETED STRETCH or postural strength  

BUT often,  THE BODY is NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED,

NOR AS adaptable AS IT CAN BE.

OPENING THE muscle groups that are synthesizing our movements

HELPS to INSURE PROPER ALIGNMENT AND ULTIMATELY

DEEPENS our experience of any posture or MAJOR STRETCH.

"THROUGH CULTIVATION OF

FRIENDLINESS,

COMPASSION,

JOY AND INDIFFERENCE

TO PLEASURE OR PAIN

 VIRTUE AND VICE RESPECTIVELY,

THE CONSIOUSNESS BECOMES FAVOURABLY DISPOSED,

SERENE AND BENEVOLENT."

SUTRAS OF PATANJALI, 1.33

Ya devi sarva bhutesu kantirupena samsthita

namastasyai, namastasyai, namastasyai namo namaha.

"IF ONE OFFERS ME WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION

A FLOWER, FRUIT, A LEAF, OR EVEN WATER. 

I   ACCEPT   IT.

WHATEVER YOU DO OR EAT, 

WHATEVER YOU OFFER OR GIVE AWAY,

WHATEVER AUSTERITIES YOU PERFORM, 

DO AS AN OFFERING UNTO ME."

- BHAGAVAD GITA,  CHAPTER 9,  VERSE 26 -27