By Jayaprada Radhika
When attending a yoga teacher training (YTT) immersion it is important to understand this is not a holiday or a retreat. Expect long days and to be challenged and also uplifted potentially like never before.
The whole universe is made up of energy, including our physical bodies and also energetic bodies. Yogic practices move and transform our being on a profound energetic level and in the process many things within us may surface and ‘come to light’ so as we can view and ultimately release them leaving us lighter, happier and more self-aware. If we can gain some clarity around potential feelings that may arise during an intensive YTT immersion it may help to detach from the emotions, so there is less power given to potential negativity that may arise from buried past emotional issues.
Firstly understanding who we are and who we are not is useful. Yogic science explains that beyond this temporary body and the coverings of the mind that give us illusory perceptions of reality, we are ‘Saccidananda’ ‘eternal, all knowing, and full of bliss’. Our true nature does not doubt, worry, fear, nor analyse for it is already complete. It is the mind with all of its storehouse of past imprints, ‘Vrittis’ in Sanskrit, that clouds perception to make us think otherwise. During a YTT these Vrittis or misconceptions can surface as we are stirring the pot so to speak of our past baggage.
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