Miracles

"There are only two ways to live your life. 

One is as though nothing is a miracle. 

The other is as though everything is a miracle."

 

-Albert Einstein

 

This quote made its way into my reading path today, and thought was a good one to post as my family and I had just been discussing the miracle of our chickens laying an egg....everyday!

 

Namaste.

Pamela Nelson

www.plnyoga.vpweb.com

 

Ultimate Result of All Ambition

"To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition."

 

-Samuel Johnson

 

I read this quote in a great book given to me 15 years ago for Mother's Day, and is still worth meditating on.  Why do we work so hard?  To be happy at home...yet if we are never home, because we are out working so hard, we will ask, why am I working so hard..oh ya..to be happy at home.

 

In that- being happy at home may not just be in our physical houses..but at home in our body, breath and mind, no matter where we are or what we are doing.

 

Namaste.

Pamela Nelson

www.plnyoga.vpweb.com

 

 

 

 

From the Vedas

The following regarding the Vedas is from Prashant S. Iyengar, in his essay, "Glory of Yoga".

Prashant writes,

"The Vedas hold that the human body is the entire cosmos in micro or atomic form.  It houses the Universal Spirit with all the divinities.  The science of yoga thinks of the world in the same way.  It comprises of the different yogic paths:

-yog (union with reality)

-viyog (eradication of negative attitudes)

-prayog (experimentation)

-viniyog (employment of positive inherent qualities)

-upayog (utilization of supplementary virtues from outside)"

Yoga practice then is much about prayog - experimentation with the qualities of the yamas and niyamas...and also with the asanas, pranayama and all the limbs of yoga.  We should all experiment to find our own truth in yoga.

Prashant also gives a view maybe not always considered...that much of yoga is based on viyog or expulsion.  "We need to expel the tamasic nature, rajasic nature, viciousness and ignorance.  Strangely, yoga sadhana is primarily viyog sadhana." He writes.

From there through viniyog and upayog, one can realize yog, or union with reality.

Prashant Iyengar writes, "Thus, the various yog-sadhana of yog, viyog, prayog, viniyog and upayog are described in a logical and threadbare manner, in the science of yoga.

Namaste.
Pamela Nelson
www.plnyoga.vpweb.com

PLN Yoga Studio - New Logo and Studio Sign

Thanks to Mark-It Signs (www.markitsigns.ca) in Prince Albert for the help creating my new logo and studio sign.

The PLN does stand for my initials - but I also think reads kind of like a license plate - plan ...so PLAN YOGA into your daily life!!

Or

PLN Yoga into your life..

Namaste.
Pamela Nelson
www.plnyoga.vpweb.com

Thanksgiving - Giving Thanks

In the spirit of Thanksgiving - I would like to give thanks for the gift of the breath.

The breath supports and sustains us through all that life throws our way...good, bad, happy and sad...
Breathe well.

Namaste.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Pamela Nelson
www.plnyoga.vpweb.com

On Yoga

 

Yoga works from the inside out,

helping us to confront things

we might prefer to avoid.

Like a mirror, the practice offers

a clear reflection if you take

the time to look within.