By Victoria Adamson
Whilst studying to become a yoga teacher, it’s so easy to become absorbed in the days or weekends of the course, feeling completely immersed in the yoga ‘way of life’. But how do we take this beautiful pr actice of the mat and into our life, with routines, timetables, money concerns, perhaps family and children to care for and a life full of external stimulation? After all, yoga is a science about how to live a better life and how to be content in every pr esent moment.
If we have a sense of wholeness and a sense of calm during the course, we need to know exactly why we feel this way. Is it being with like-minded people? Is it taking time to just ‘be’ with ourselves in a safe and gentle envir onment? Is it learning and feel ing the wonders of breathing, movement, meditation and philosophy? These aspects have to find a way into our daily life; they need to become our reality. If we take the eight-l imbed path of Patanjali, who codiied yoga into a pr ogressive and integr ated system so we could all have a taste of yoga practice, then step-by-step we can use the precepts of yoga to ilter into our lives.