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Our Internal Tree - the Lungs

Read with Your Heart as well as Your Head

Our first week of reading Tree of Yoga for Summer Book Club is a great overview and introduction to the whole book! Hope you keep reading!

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SUMMER Book Club 2025 is HERE!

“TREE of YOGA” by BKS Iyengar will be our 2025 Summer book Club for The Yoga Place.

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FINALLY! – Dhyana and Samadhi

The final thoughts on the final limbs of yoga from our rereading of The Introduction to “Light on Yoga”

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Focus!

The 6th limb of yoga is Dharana, the focus and concentration of the mind.

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Sensory Energies

Pratyahara – the 5th limb of yoga – turns our senses inward where we can begin to discern our own Truth within.

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Yoga’s Bridge from the External to the Internal

Our external practices of asana and pranayama are the bridge toward the more internal and sensitive practices of yoga.

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The Disciplines of Yoga

The Niyamas are the second “limb” of yoga. They are the individual disciplines we follow to stay on the track of practice.

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LOVE the Yamas

Love is the common thread throughout the Yamas, the moral foundations of Yoga : non-violence, truth, non-stealing, moderation, and non-hoarding.

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Guidance and Practice

Guidance is needed on this path of yoga. Who do we turn to in this modern age to shed light on this vast subject?

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Obstacles and Remedies

The path of yoga requires one-pointed focus and attention to face and overcome obstacles in our way. Be aware of the obstacles and know their remedies!