#karandavasana

I remember Sharathji said in one of the conferences that every practice should contain at least some element of difficulty. If practice is too easy, the idea is that it won’t be able to teach us about the depths of ourselves. The elevation of yoga is truly the highest peak of human consciousness. In some sense it should be a little hard and present challenges that mirror the challenges of our lives. The yogi is a seeker of truth and the journey to the deepest truth demands strength, commitment and resolution from striving aspirants. Tapas is there to tell us that it is okay that our first attempt at a difficult arm balance is not a success. Tapas heartens us to try again, one more time or one thousand more times, to build the strength and learn the lesson our practice is trying to teach us. If we normally back away from hardship, Tapas is there to uplift us to rise up and meet hardship with a stronglove. Tapas is one of the most important tests along the spiritual path of yoga. Tapas teaches us a spiritual paradigm that change our response to hardship and struggle. By learning how to face those pains that lead to purification, of course not injury, we will learn how to lean in to the scary places in our lives. So, if our yoga practice is too comfortable, then we might benefit from challenging ourselves just a little. There are many forms of tapas we might choose from. Discipline is needed every single time that yoga asks us to change our lives. And truly, life transformation is where yoga has the power to be a change for the better of our lives.
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