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YOGA - AN INNER JOURNEY

12/26/2015

 
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London, 2001. Living in a flat in Elephant and Castle with the most amazing view to the London Eye on the Thames, all the way up to St.Paul's Cathedral, for a while I used to wake up every morning with a few rounds of Suria Namaskar or the Sun Salutation, courtesy of my flatmate who had been practising asana for some time. This was the first time in my early twenties when yoga crossed my path.

After a while I wasn't living there any more and my interest in shamanism took over and I didn't follow through with yoga – apart from the occasional yoga class with a friend few times a year.  

Until now. Prior to my birthday this year, my partner, Gammadian and I were in Rishikesh leading one of our retreats in Recapitultion. Rishikesh is a very special place, not just because people say it is, but because it was chosen by the Rishis (sages) a long long time ago as a place of high vibration where silence happens effortlessly and naturally.
Gammadian himself stayed there for over 15 years when he first got to India as a teenager in the '70s. Many others did too. It has this captivating effect on you. Once you get there, the place enchants you. Meditation is easy in Rishikesh. Silence is home.

So, after our retreat we were planning on spending some more time in the mountains before we hit the beaches in Goa. As my birthday was coming, I thought what a lovely place for my birthday in the skirts of the Himalayas. I was born in the mountains in Bulgaria so I've always had a soft spot for them.  

Yes, and then Gammadian decides to present me, for my birthday of course, with a one month Yoga Teacher's Training. Yes, in Rishikesh. With our lovely host for the recapitulation retreat – Chandra Yoga International!

My first thoughts were, wow! Waking up every morning before 6am for pranayama and meditation doesn't appeal to me that much. I love my sleep!
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And I haven't really been practising yoga that much, aren't you supposed to have been practising like all your life to want to become a yoga teacher? I know Gammadian has and he was a yoga teacher! So then he explains that yoga, just like shamanism, actually helps one find a union, their inner seer and eventually can lead to a knowledge of eternity. And I was in!  
One month into the yoga journey, I developed strength in muscles I didn't know I had! And it was intense yes, but also fun and very enjoyable for me. The beautiful beings on the course made it even more fun and I realised that shamanism and yoga can walk hand in hand in my life complementing each other in amazing ways.  

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At the end of the course as I was already picturing myself lounging on a sun bed on the Goan beaches, our yogi instructors at the course, Dr.Sushil and Rachel, asked Gammadian and I to stay for an intern-ship and teach pranayama, meditation and philosophy.
​We readily agreed for we have found out that Chandra Yoga is a place of growing and evolving where teachers learn just a
s much, if not more, than their students.  

The following four weeks were a time for great learning and sharing for both of us and for everyone on the course. The students were all extremely dedicated, very open and driven. We found deep understanding and appreciation in them for all the practices and teachings that were presented. It was a magical coof.  mbination of energy, skill and talent that brought to fruition everyone's personal transformation. Such a delight to witness and be a part 
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Now, with all of it behind me, I feel content and abundant. It feels like there is more of it to come: more opportunities, more interactions, more inspiration, more power to be claimed in terms of self-knowledge.
​What an expansive life we all live. Let's share it, in love and light. Thank you, Spirit! Namaste!  

A WARRIOR'S YOGA: PEACE ON THE BATTLEFIELD

6/23/2014

 
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Peace for me is not the absence of war. It is a vibration that exists within us and needs tuning into, to feel it. This is about feeling good, it is that simple; A feeling of beauty and joy independent of the circumstances of our lives.
In the Bhagavad Gita, sometimes called the Song Divine or Song of Love, Krishna, is the warrior Arjuna's charioteer. Arjuna has been cheated of all his lands and possessions, by his uncles at dice. It has come to war.

Arjuna is beside himself on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. He bemoans his fate to Krishna, saying that his family is dear to him. “No good can come of this; even if I beat my uncles in battle I will be undone in grief at their demise.” he says.

Krishna attempts to rally Arjuna from his low state, telling him "arise warrior now is your destiny "Arjuna will not be persuaded and argues his case. 
Krishna says “Arjuna because you are my friend I will show you my real nature and my name. I am the unborn and the undying I am all worlds and dimensions. This earthly form you see is temporary.” He proceeds right there on the battlefield to initiate Arjuna into raj or royal yoga, the highest of unions. Arjuna realises who Krishna is as he is taken into a whirlwind of light and other worlds and sees the underlying nature of everything which he perceives as Krishna. 
“No man can do anything to any other man, you take too much importance on yourself to think you can kill or be killed.” Krishna tells him.

He continues “Arjuna now you know the name beyond names, which cannot be spoken. It is in you as a vibration, feel it. Remember this vibration in consciousness and fight.” This is the essence of the Bhagavad Gita. Remember me and fight. 

We tune into the most beautiful part of our self & act. This is taught in India as Karma Yoga - work union.

There are many details in the Bhagavad Gita. There are five horses on the chariot. Krishna says “Give me the reins, direct the senses with the heart, then you are free to fight. Fight with courage and accept this destiny and you will be spoken of with awe and love for generations because you have faced your foes and embraced your destiny as a warrior.” The five horses are obviously the senses, the chariot our physical body the battlefield the circumstances of our lives, Krishna our divinity our heart.
This secret unpronounceable name is life-force itself. It is spoken within us as the original vibration and delivers breath. The breath given attention will bring us to a place of being, independent of circumstance. The most beautiful parts of ourselves that we seem biased towards are joyous and harmonious in nature. This yearning to cultivate these qualities lie within us awaiting discovery. Even amidst the horror of war,  Arjuna, the archetypal warrior came to an indescribable peace  a place of alignment and acquiescence to his destiny. 
Peace is not a luxury it is a necessity to keep our balance in a changing world.

Accept and acknowledge this breath, tune into it, and align yourself with all beings that are consciously tuning into this vibration now.

Peace fulfilment and abundance be ours in this moment and in the coming year and decade.

    Gammadian Freeman

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