Spice september 2016 issue ipad pdf

VIEWPOINT ||||| YOGA
THROUGH THE MYSTIC EYE
SADHGURU IS A YOGI, MYSTIC AND VISIONARY. AN INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED SPEAKER, SADHGURU’S WIT AND
PIERCING LOGIC PROVOKE AND WIDEN OUR PERCEPTION OF LIFE. IN THIS SERIES, SADHGURU ANSWERS QUESTIONS, AND
OFFERS REFRESHING PERSPECTIVES ON DIVERSE TOPICS
bring this quality, but we should keep in
mind that they are not the only thing.
For someone getting started with yoga,
they can take up something called upayoga,
which gives you physical and
psychological benefits but doesn’t touch
the spiritual dimension. It can be learnt in
five minutes and can be practiced
anywhere. Once people experience the
benefits, they will naturally seek yoga in
a more serious manner.
Sadhguru with Juhi Chawla
JUHI CHAWLA
Actor
If you’re a beginner, what is the best
practice to follow the path of yoga in its
true form?
Sadhguru: Yoga is not just about morningevening
practice. Every aspect of your life
– the very way you walk, breathe, interact
– should become a process of yoga.
Yoga is not something that you do. Yoga is
something that you become. If you
cultivate your body, mind, emotions and
energies to a certain level of maturity, a
quality arises within you where being
peaceful and joyful is not determined by
anything outside of you, it is determined
by you. Yogic practices definitely help
UPA-YOGA: IGNITING
YOURSELF FOR ACTION
High on Yoga is a pioneering initiative
by SpiceJet and Isha Foundation, which
offers you a series of simple yet potent
Isha Upa-Yoga practices on f lights.
Below, Sadhguru explains what
upa-yoga is.
Sadhguru: In vernacular languages,
“upayoga” refers to something useful,
but actually it means sub or pre-yoga.
Yoga itself is not an exercise. It is a
technology through which a dimension
beyond the physical becomes a living
reality within you. So, it needs to be
handled in a committed atmosphere.
But upa-yoga does not demand that nor
does it cause problems if done
improperly because you can’t do it
improperly – it’s very simple.
Upa-yoga exercises muscles and
lubricates joints, improves neuronal
regeneration and memory, reduces sleep,
activates the spine and brings a deep sense
of peacefulness. The practices are available
on apps and at http://isha.sadhguru.org
SpiceJet welcomes its passengers to ask Sadhguru questions on yoga, health, wellbeing and other topics of
general interest. Select questions will be answered in forthcoming issues. Please email your question to
mediarelations@ishafoundation.org For more of Sadhguru’s wisdom, visit http://isha.sadhguru.org
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