Thursday, 24 November 2011

"Goldilocks and the 3 yogis ?"

The idea of the the Goldilocks perfect mean, "not too hot, not too cold , just right..." applies to many aspects of life. "Sthirum, sukham, asanum" in Yoga, the "middle way" in Buddhism and the search for a perfect planet for us to colonise in the future, in the realm of Astronomy. In Yoga the "Sthirum" refers to steadiness, "Sukham" ease and "asanum" posture (originally Patanjali's idea) . How do we combine them to find the optimum mix of these opposites, avoiding "weary warriors "( too much Sukham) and "solid soldiers "(too much Sthirum) ? I think it is a feeling , a rightness, an energy flowing  through the body and then the Yoga posture looks graceful and correct. The YogaSportsScience (TM) course I am following has triggered thoughts of sporting heroes who have found this polished perfection. For example,  Jesse Owens powering fluently to a gold in the 100m in the Berlin Olympics, you probably have some favourites of your own . So , like the "search boys" of surfing , looking for the "perfect wave, on the perfect day on the perfect beach..." we keep striving in our Yoga practice to achieve graceful precision - let's hope our Yogi friends bear with us while we are doing it !

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