Everyday Yoga

Sadhana—Day 14

Ramdas — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:00:08 +0000

No practice this day.

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Sadhana—Day 13

Ramdas — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:00:04 +0000

07:00 Asana—60 minutes

As I practiced, I heard the words “It is 100 times more effective.” I have heard this said in relationship to pranayama being more effective than asana, to meditation being more effective than pranayama and to yoga nidra being more effective than seated meditation. I have simply taken this as being representative of truth, with each of these practices being more effective than the more basic practice that precedes it. This morning, however, questions arose on hearing those words. “More effective at what?” “How is it more effective?”

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Sadhana—Day 12

Ramdas — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:00:07 +0000

The snooze button was stronger than I was and, again, I made the day busy.

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Sadhana—Day 11

Ramdas — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:00:10 +0000

05:30 Japa mala—20 minutes.
04:30 Japa mala—30 minutes.
19:00 Restful Yoga

I am so grateful for this class. It is such a boon to me to be able to surrender my practice to the direction of another teacher each week. Thank you Dhruti!

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Sadhana—Day 10

Ramdas — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:00:33 +0000

04:00 Asana—60 minutes

I only remember thinking that I absolutely had to get on my mat this morning or just walk away from it all.

05:30 Japa mala—20 minutes.
04:30 Japa mala—30 minutes.

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Sadhana—Day 9

Ramdas — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:00:34 +0000

I had no will to practice this day. I attended a funeral of a dear neighbor and then kept myself so busy the rest of the day that there was no time.

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Sadhana—Day 8

Ramdas — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:00:17 +0000

04:00 Asana—30 minutes
Yoga Nidra—30 minutes

Weak from the previous day. Postures quickly became too much for my body; so, finished with a short nidra session.

05:30 Japa mala—20 minutes.
04:30 Japa mala—30 minutes.

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Sadhana—Day 7

Ramdas — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:00:01 +0000

I was very sick on this day: Sore throat, head ache, cough. I was sure that I would be down for a couple of days.

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Sadhana—Day 6

Ramdas — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:00:01 +0000

I woke early for morning practice but decided I could just do it later in the day. That didn’t happen.

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Sadhana—Day 5

Ramdas — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:00:03 +0000

09:00 Asana—60 minutes

Postures in the studio this morning. Often one or two thoughts will flit in and out of awareness during postures and today was no different; the thoughts, however, were very different. Once question returned time and again, “Why practice Yoga?” Yoga started off as an experiment for me. Then I did it because my family no longer had to tolerate me, they actually liked being around me. Why continue the practice? Make no mistake, there was no feeling that I should quit, it was simply a question of what moves my practice now?

The answer came during Virabhadrasana I, there was no nausea I should add, and it was simple: Devotion.

I did not finish this post when I began it and knew that not finishing it would lead to a detour in my daily practice and it did. 3-19-2012