Belief and Direct Experience
This question of a belief system is very important to many people, but to us here in yoga what is important is that you find out for yourself. You don't begin the practice of yoga and meditation with a belief system. That is the difference between a religion and a science. In a religion you must believe first and practice afterwards. You declare your belief, and then you start practicing your religion. In a science, on the other hand, you practice first and believe afterwards. When you go to a research lab to take a course in chemistry of physics, you don't stand there at the door and cross yourself and say, "I declare my belief that water is H-2-0." No, you walk in there, without declaring any kind of belief; and your chemistry professor or physics professor says, "Take this flask, and connect this here, and do this there, and boil it here this way, and so on and so forth;" and then you see that water is indeed H-2-0, and you believe.
Swami Veda Bharati
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The Himalayan tradition of yoga and meditation has remained unbroken for thousands of years; it has been passed on from master to master. It is an ancient, holistic system of physical, mental and spiritual practices.
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"When people talk about yoga science, they often think it has something
to do with the physical body only. Yoga is a science that deals
with the body, breath, mind, soul—and ultimately the universe itself. It is
both practical and theoretical."
--Swami Rama of the Himalayas--
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- meet the teacher
- Jenny Pretor-Pinney
- brief description
- The yoga-institute in England of Jenny Pretor-Pinney. See: www.yogaplace-co.uk...
- internet
- www.yogaplace.co.uk
EUROPEAN
SILENCE RETREAT+
TEACHER TRAINING
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SWAMI RITAVAN
SWAMI NITYA
STOMA
ASHUTOSH
16 - 23 OCT 2010