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Sankalpa: An awareness that guides your way home

January 3, 2017 By Rupali Embry Leave a Comment

Finding your way home with your sankalpa

In one of my previous posts, I talked about how an awareness of and the subsequent despair about our common human suffering (saṃvega) can cause the awakening of a desire (pasada) to pursue Dharma, the path to Truth. I believe that many of us teach yoga because this pasada has been awakened within us. It […]

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Saṃvega and the beginning of yoga

December 6, 2016 By Rupali Embry 3 Comments

Buddha and boddhisattvas

When you’re teaching dozens of classes each week, it’s easy to run out of inspiring themes to talk about at the beginning of class. Both Tania and I had enormously full schedules during the tine we were running our yoga studio. We were teaching private sessions outside of the studio as well as carrying a […]

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