Yoga Grad!

I can't believe it - after 5 months of stretching , aligning, inner-searching, and practice teaching, I'm going to be a certified yoga instructor this Sunday! Its only the beginning of a much longer journey but its one I'm excited to be committed to with this first step. I've got lost more to say on the subject and am several posts overdue but must hit the books today - we have a final exam tomorrow!

In the meantime, some words of wisdom from the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (one of the classic texts on hatha yoga, written around the 15th century) via Lauren Slater's Blog:

Chapter 1, Verse 10.

Yoga perishes by these six: overeating, overexertion, talking too much, performing needless austerities, socializing, and restlessness.

Chapter 1, Verse 15.

Yoga succeeds by these six: enthusiasm, openness, courage, knowledge of the truth, determination, and solitude.

Here's hoping I can cultivate a lot of the second and quell most of the first (except maybe socializing)!