Yoga: Perfect Truths about Yoga
Posted on October 27, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Turbaned gurus, sing-song mantras and bodily contortions . . . the
promise of true enlightenment and omphaloskepsis (contemplation of the
naval) completes the cliche. But don’t knock yoga till you’ve tried it,
and then only with respect.
Turbaned gurus, sing-song mantras and bodily contortions . . . the promise of true enlightenment and omphaloskepsis (contemplation of the naval) completes the cliche. But don’t knock yoga till you’ve tried it, and then only with respect.
Yoga means to bind together — variously joining sun and moon, left and right, male and female, and any number of yins and yangs — through ascetic techniques of meditation and exercise. The goal is physical and mental balance.
