Yoga

This week in addition to the Vipassana, I also did a session with Jason here at Stockton. We were asked if there were any injuries in the room or if there was anything anyone wanted to work on, and we did some poses such as cobra, upward dog, and downward dog, as well as some variations of these poses to get some back stretches, and after that we did an assortment of poses sitting and standing, forward folds, planking and what not. This prompt has ask about the use of yoga in order to connect with the divine. Divine is the state of being God like, or relating to a God. Divine could also be discovering something through intuition, and there are also mentions of divine pertaining to magic (Webster's Dictionary). Yoga can connect us to the divine by delivering a higher state of consciousness, or mindset. Like you can perceive your own hell according to the Bardo, it is also possible to reach your own heaven, through the universe that you create and perceive (Bardo Thodol). However, you have to be in the right mindset in order to create this vision of life, and it does not always come. Usually, yoga is just a series of movements. I admit I am guilty of losing track of my breathing. Forgetting the standard and routine objects of focus make it hard to reach a divine state. I personally struggle, but I applaud those who can reach that place.