Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 This same feeling would also occur after a good run or a good swim. All the more reason to enjoy it. I don't know how old you are but you will gain plenty of understanding as time passes of the inherent impermanance of the body. Yoga is a great way to maintain the integrity of the body. Be in the moment, the good, the not so good and the euphoric. Nora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 Kill joy would be Hanumasana after the feel good factor;) Just kiddin'... >From my experience, the feel good factor is a potpourri of emotions - euphoric stillness, gentle stillness, silent stillness, non-violent stillness, non-reactive stillness, unattached stillness, inward stillness. The idea behind the practice is to feel this way 24X7. Yeah, and this takes a long time. Hence the idea of practice everyday. The more the stillness, the more one is detached to the idea of permanance and hence to the inherent impermanance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 A good point! After thinking about this, I think the feel good factor can come from a sense of achievement after much practice and persistence. The body is a vehicle but few people achieve a high level of mastery of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 You won't always feel good.... there is also "bad days" where your practice doesn't work as "you want" and there is your work: not being attached to the "good way/feeling" . Everything is yoga, everything is part of you.... good and bad practice.... you are impermanent so, everything is impermanent.... body, practice, feeling.... The euphoria might come from the stamina.... but this is endurance, this means you are getting stronger.... not necessarily that you are in a certain mood.... What is also important is the aim of your practice.... if there is competition, comparison, there is attachment to a certain way or form or a certain idea. If the aim is to get calmer and sharper on your mind, more flexible and open.... then you are able to draw your self inward and do it as a meditation discovering what is inside you. I am also Buddhist, this is my point of view... hope it helps!!! namaste pia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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