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Number 89September 2008

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My apologies for the technical difficulties with the last newsletter. Our website was under the weather and making most of the links in the newsletter invalid. If you wish to visit the links that were not working last time, please view the August newsletter online at: www.yogabasics.com/yogabasicsnews/yoga_news88.html

Sometimes things do go wrong in life, beyond what we can control, maintain and supervise. At those moments when things don’t go our way, we get to choose between cursing and fighting and suffering, or to let go and surrender to the flow of the universe. Unfortunately, most of the time we need to experience the suffering of the struggle before we realize the peace of surrender (prapanna). But once we do surrender to the circumstances of the universe we can again take a deep breath knowing that things will be okay.
Namaste,
Timothy Burgin
Founder & Executive Director
YogaBasics.com

New Writer on Board: Maya Koenig
I am proud to announce and welcome Maya Koenig to the YogaBasics.com team. Maya is a recent recipient of our Yoga Scholarship program and will be sharing her journey of going through a yoga teacher training program, and her experiences of becoming a new yoga teacher in the world. Currently Maya is a Sophomore at Brandeis University in Massachusetts.

Athletes find Support in Asana
Watching the Olympics this past week has led me to wonder how professional athletes find balance. There, on the television screen, are a plethora of young, determined athletes with a solitary focus, to win. Their bodies show the commitment to their sport with powerfully strong muscles in sometimes disproportionate bulk. Some have worked their whole lives for this experience of competing in the hopes that there hard work will lead to reward. In the Olympics it is a medal, Gold specifically, although there are a couple of others we don’t hear much about, and in other professional sports it’s the championship, the title, the ring that drive these athletes to push beyond their perceived limits mentally and physically and reach for the victory. In order to help these athletes find equanimity, both physically and mentally, many coaches and trainers are looking toward inclusion of yoga in the routine of the professional athlete.

Gurus Going Green for the Ganges
For Millennia the river Ganges in India has been the most revered river in the world. Hindus who worship the river as the goddess Ganga consider it to be sacred, and believe that bathing in Ganges will purify the body and the spirit. As death approaches it is believed that drinking water from the Ganges with the last breath will ensure that the soul attains freedom, and upon death, cremations by the tens of thousands are performed every year at its banks on funeral pyres made of wood set fire and sent into the river taking the soul of the deceased straight to god. But today, as India becomes on of the most industrialized nations in the world, the holy river Ganges is suffering. Pollution levels in the river are at an all time high, and rising exponentially is the number of worshipers. Now, in response to what is quickly becoming a dire situation, Gurus and spiritual leaders are rallying together in an attempt to improve the conditions of this ancient and venerated river.

Yoga Lesson: One-Pointedness
We often find our mind in a state of all-pointedness, focusing on countless different directions, distractions and thoughts. The yogis tell us that this state of all-pointedness scatters our awareness while dissipating and draining our energy. Conversely, creating a steady, one-pointed focus of our mind concentrates and conserves our energy and personal power. A fundamental teaching of yoga is the practice of cultivating one-pointedness (ekagrata), which in turn develops the focus and concentration needed for holding yoga poses and meditating for extended periods of time.

New Kirtan and Chanting Books
Kirtan (call-and-response Sanskrit chanting), is becoming increasingly popular in the West. Three recent books aim to describe this practice to newcomers and experienced chanters alike. If you are interested in learning about the practice of Kirtan and about the popular Kirtan wallhas (performers) then one or more of these books will definitely appeal to you.

The Yoga Practice Guide
An excellent resource for the sequencing of yoga postures, this large-format spiral-bound book is divided into 5 levels of sequences: beginner, intermediate, intermediate/advanced, advanced and restorative. Each of the sequences have an easy to follow format of simple black and white drawings in long rows, which are beautifully illustrated.

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