Thought of the week
Have a great idea? Or an important project that you should be working upon? Yet, you find yourself planning a month long vacation, taking care of your friend’s problems, drinking a cup of tea or just cleaning the cupboard. In essence, doing anything except what you should be doing? Don’t worry, you are not alone! …
Why is it that we practice Yoga? Is it merely for our own benefit: for our health, our mind, and our spiritual upliftment? Or does Yoga have a greater role to play in our society? The story of Arjuna Perhaps the most profound text upon the philosophy of yoga is Bhagavad Gita. The two protagonists …
Why do we do what we do? More often than not, it is because we are scared. When I was young, my parents and my teachers made a big deal out of the importance of studying. “If you don’t study well, you will not get good marks. If you don’t get good marks, you won’t …
Should we do things spontaneously? Is discipline an antonym of spontaneity? In a recent discussion on our Facebook group about the philosophy of Yoga, one of our students made a very interesting comment while discussing the first sutra of the Yoga Sutras (Atha Yoga Anusanam – Now, the discipline of Yoga) : “When I hear …
A chaque fois que nous cherchons à être plus heureux dans nos vies ou trouver la paix, nous Whenever we think about being happier in our lives or finding peace, we tend to look at what we can change about our lives. We look to change our jobs, the place where we live or even …
What is the place of emotions in Yoga? Should we try and control them? Should we experience them to their fullest? Let’s take a look at both cases. Living the emotion to their fullest. When we are happy, this seems like the thing to do. After all, why not live life to its fullest? And …
What is more important? The problem? Or its solution? The past two weeks, we talked about two of the main causes of human suffering: our tendency to react to life, and the unending quest of becoming. But in truth, the problem matters far less than its solution. This doesn’t mean turning a blind eye towards …
Something that Emanuel Macron said right at the beginning of the COVID crisis remains ingrained in my mind. He congratulated his ministers on their excellent reactivity to the crisis. Reactivity. How well they reacted. He seemed to think it is a good thing. But are those who govern supposed to react to situations? Or are …
We spend our lives trying to become something. The poor wish to become rich. The rich are, of course, never rich enough. And we all want to become more and more beautiful. But above all, we wish to stop suffering. So, we look at ourselves. And we think that if we could change a few …
