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“Yoga is not about touching your toes, it is what you learn on the way down.”

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“Yoga is not about touching your toes, it is what you learn on the way down.”

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So, let’s talk about the four paths to YOGA. We

So, let’s talk about the four paths to YOGA.

We know The Kleshas… (the 5 poisons that block our path to enlightenment).

We know the last of the 8 limbs of Ashtanga Yoga is Samadhi (enlightenment, oneness with the universe, bliss) ✨

But hold up, WHAT IS YOGA?

Merriam-Webster Definition of yoga 👇🏼
☝🏼 a Hindu theistic philosophy teaching the suppression of all activity of body, mind, and will in order that the self may realize its distinction from them and attain liberation
✌🏼a system of physical postures, breathing techniques, and sometimes meditation derived from Yoga but often practiced independently especially in Western cultures to promote physical and emotional well-being

Okay Merriam-Webster, use yoga in a sentence…

After 35 to 45 minutes of walking or light jogging, Randy also turns to yoga, which has benefits all its own.

Really? Randy Jackson’s weight loss journey in Good Housekeeping… That’s the yoga sentence Merriam-Webster went with 🤦🏻‍♀️

In The Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna describes yoga to Warrior Arjuna as “perfect evenness of the mind.”

“Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do. When the consciousness is unified, however, all vain anxiety is left behind. There is no cause for worry, whether things go well or ill. Therefore, devote yourself to the disciplines of yoga, for yoga is skill in action.”

Or my favourite -> “When you are unmoved by the confusion of ideas and your mind is completely united in deep samadhi, you will attain the state of perfect yoga.”

Maybe that cleared things up – maybe I just muddied the waters?

Alright, so how does one get to yoga? In Hinduism there are 4 paths to yoga…

Jnana: The Yoga of Knowledge
Bhakti: The Yoga of Devotion
Karma: The Yoga of Selfless Action
Raja: The Yoga of Self-Discipline

Check back tomorrow and we’ll expand on these four paths to yoga!

Waiting for yoga studios to open like..... Thanks

Waiting for yoga studios to open like.....

Thanks @indie88toronto for inspiring this post 😂
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Remember our Pilates Pop Quiz? 44 of you incredibl

Remember our Pilates Pop Quiz? 44 of you incredible people got the question about the 8 Principles of Pilates correct! Go team!

Now you can learn a little bit more, without another pop quiz, promise. FYI: Joseph Pilates has 8 principles for his method. Stott Pilates have 5 principles (Breathing, Pelvic Placement, Ribcage Placement, Scapular Movement + Stabilization, Head + Cervical Placement).

Today let’s look at Joseph’s original 8! Swipe through to read what each one refers to.

The next time you’re taking a Pilates class you can have these in your back pocket to connect more with the practice. 💛

We’ve been streaming live to you on these little

We’ve been streaming live to you on these little screens for what feels like forever now... as we grow together (even the pothos are growing with us) we want to make sure we’re still giving you classes that serve you best. And as it turns out, sometimes all you have to do is ask! We asked what classes and times you’d like to see added to the schedule and bam, now we know. This week you’ll see some new time slots, mini classes, class names etc on the schedule so we can keep growing together via these little screens until the yoga deck reopens!

Check out some new classes:

💛 Tues 7-8pm: No Flow Stretchy Time

💛 Wed 12:30-12:50pm: Pilates Arms

💛 Wed 4:30-5:30pm: Flow + Let Go

💛 Wed 7-7:50pm: Vinyasa Flow Hips + Heart

💛 Fri 12:30-12:50pm: Pilates Arms

💛 Sat 12-12:45pm: Vinyasa Flow Hips + Heart

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If you haven’t met Aliana (@yoginialiana) yet, y

If you haven’t met Aliana (@yoginialiana) yet, you’re in for a treat. Her guided meditations have been exactly what we needed this past year. She has a way of washing a sense of calm over you, and that’s not easy for many of us!

She’s not only an incredible teacher, she’s so much more. And while emojis don’t do her justice, here’s 5 that relate to her fun facts:

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Swipe through to find out what they mean!

And join her every Monday and Thursday at 8pm for a 30 minute guided meditation. 💛

Hi Everyone! In this week’s #TYCyogalab we’ll

Hi Everyone! In this week’s #TYCyogalab we’ll be continuing our exploration of the chakras. Last month we covered the root chakra, your overall sense of survival, and today we’ll be moving on to the sacral or svadhisthana chakra, your pleasure and creativity center.

The sacral chakra is the center of your feelings and sensations, and it seeks pleasure and enjoyment from life. When the sacral chakra is imbalanced you may feel a disconnection to your emotions, a lack of passion, creativity, low self-esteem, or co-dependency in relationships and external substances.

Swipe through to learn more and find affirmations to rebalance the svadhisthana chakra.

And here’s some extra info!

🧡Location: Below the navel, pelvic area
🧡Colour: Orange
🧡Element: Water
🧡Qualities: Creativity, emotional balance, pleasure, intimacy, sensuality
🧡Essential oil: Sage, jasmine, rose
🧡Stone: Citrine, carnelian, moonstone, coral
🧡Yoga asana: Deviasana (goddess), anjaneyasana (low lunge), mandukasana (frog), baddha konasana (bound angle/butterfly), malasana (garland pose), forward bends
🧡Bija (seed) Mantra: vam

- @jessicayoga__

What’s the difference between classical and cont

What’s the difference between classical and contemporary Pilates? Swipe to find out 👀

There are merits to both approaches, but at TYC we have a more contemporary approach to the Pilates method, unless a class clearly states Classical Pilates, you’ll be taking a contemporary Pilates class with us!

Yoga is a spiritual practice and an 8-fold path to

Yoga is a spiritual practice and an 8-fold path to enlightenment ✨

There are 5 causes of suffering (mental afflictions) that block us from enlightenment, or Samadhi.

Klesha = “poison.”

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali define the five poisons:

Avidyāsmitārāgadveṣābhiniveśāḥ pañca kleśāḥ

In English, the Kleshas are:

•Ignorance (denial of the spiritual world) (ávidyā),
•egoism (erroneous identification of the Self) (asmitā),
•attachment (rāga),
•aversion (dveṣa),
•fear of death (clinging to life) (abhiniveśāḥ).

AVIDYA:

Avidya, an ignorance or lacking wisdom regarding of the phenomenal world, a denial of the soul, or a spiritual ignorance. We become afflicted by believing this reality to be the only reality, and we neglect that the spiritual reality is the one true, eternal, and imperishable reality.

ASMITA:

Asmita, allowing our egos to identify us. In yogic philosophy, the ego is anything that blinds us from seeing our true Self. When we give ourselves labels, these are reflections of what our mind perceives. We view ourselves through the lens of our egos, we assume our outward self is the true Self.

RAGA + DVESA:

Raga, using “things” to bring us a sense of satisfaction/happiness. If we don’t get the thing, we are sad, when we do get the thing, happiness is short-lived, and now we want something else.

Dvesa, avoiding “things” we decide are unpleasant. If we had a bad experience, we start to fear repeating it, so we avoid it – people, places, asana, mediation or thoughts – because we are scared it’ll pain us again. If we cannot avoid the thing (person, place, experience) we suffer.
(Psst..You can’t avoid ALL the “stuff” that makes you “suffer”)

“But the disciplined Self, moving among sense-objects with senses free from attraction and repulsion and mastered by the Higher Self, goeth to Peace.” (Gita, II-64)

ABINIVESHA:

Abinivesha, fear of death, or a will to live fueled by fearing death. The physical body is temporary. We should make every effort to have a long, healthy and happy life, but we should not fear death. We do not need to cling to life because we know that this is a pit-stop on our way to the spiritual world 🙏🏼

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