Where Do You Come From?

Truth is one; paths are many.
- Sri Swami Satchidananda

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What kind of yoga do you practice?  For those who don’t practice yoga or dabble in it only once in a while, this is a logical question. 

Outwardly, it seems like there are different types of yoga.  Hatha, vinyasa, and ashtanga are some of the different types of yoga, right?  (What’s the difference?)

If you’re just getting started in exploring yoga, congratulations and welcome!  You might want to look at this infographic to get a sense of what kind of practices are included in the Integral Yoga tradition, which is the tradition Rita (my co-director) and I follow.

When I talk with committed students of yoga (and wow, have we been having some interesting discussions in our Yoga Sutras study group this past month!), there’s often a sense of understanding between us.  “You know what yoga really is. You feel it.”

Because yoga is not entirely logical.  Yes, you can apply logic to yoga to deduce how yoga consistently produces its effects when practiced for a long time, with one’s whole heart, and without break.

But that is only one side of yoga - the “science side” if you will - the what and how.  There is also the art of yoga and that you can only feel.  The art of yoga answers why we practice yoga.

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