First New Entry

Hummm, should start this with what I am reading at the moment.  A whole bunch of things!
From yoga books to astronomy articles.

My recommendation for this first blog entry:
“Strangers to Ourselves” by Wilson (can’t remember his first name).  A very good book helping to understand how misguided we are when we think we know ourselves.
Highly Recommended.

Light on Yoga

“Comparison and criticism must begin with the alignment of our left and right sides to a degree at which even finer adjustments are feasible: or strength of will will cause us to start by stretching the body from the toes to the top of the head in defiance of gravity. Impetus and ambition might begin with the sense of weight and speed that comes with free-swinging limbs, instead of with the control of prolonged balance on foot, feet or hands, which gives poise. Tenacity is gained by stretching in various Yoga postures for minutes at a time, while calmness comes with quiet, consistent breathing and the expansion of the lungs. Continuity and a sense of the universal come with the knowledge of the inevitable alteration of tension and relaxation in eternal rhythms of which each inhalation and exhalation constitues one cycle, wave or vibration among the countless myriads which are the universe.

What is the alternative? Thwarted, warped people condemning the order of things, cripples criticising the upright, autocrats slumped in expectant coronary attitudes, the tragic spectacle of people working out their own imbalance and frustration on others.”

Part of the Foreword by Yehudy Menuhin in the book: “Light on Yoga” by B.K.S. Iyengar.