The Root of Yoga Practice

Jim Tarran

Allow prana to flow by moving in as you let go (let the sun be guided by the moon). Note all release is natural; be with your experience but give it space. This is the root meaning of any yoga practice.

Be led in yes (sun) but surf the flow of natural release from the inside (moon). Everything is, by its nature, in a state of releasing as soon as its cause has passed (arising, passing) – this is what resistance is. As long as there is patience based on this knowledge, then you will be able to be in touch with this truth. Just as when a flower is only glanced at, it may seem to be in stasis, but when stayed with, one can watch it open and close, so be aware and ‘surf’ in.

Quotes

Come, Kalamas. Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another's seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, 'The monk is our teacher.' Kalamas, when you yourselves know: 'These things are good; these things are not blamable; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness,' enter on and abide in them.

— The Buddha