When you think of spirituality, remember that being spiritual is not an act of reaching something outside of you. Your spirit is within you, as your breath and as yourself. It is the spirit in you that pulses through you while animating you without failing in its support for you.
With spirituality, you are reminded everyday that you are connected to the universal pulse of life. And it is with yoga and spirituality that you find it possible for you to dissolve any crust you have around your heart so that you can experience and relish the radiance of spirituality.
The actual relationship between yoga and spirituality can be understood when you realize that breathing is an important exchange of matter and energy in the universe. Every breath you take sees an exchange of carbon dioxide molecules from your inner body to the surrounding air. Even an interruption of a few minutes in this process can bring about irreversible damage to your body as the brain and body becomes starved for oxygen.
The heart is the organ that helps you with your breathing and can be considered to be the pulse of life in your body. Breathing is the rhythm of the primordial sea and the ebb and flow of matter and energy to your body. And what better way in improving your breathing and the amount of oxygen to your body than with regular yoga.
It is while understanding the important role that breathing has in mindfulness and healing that yoga and spirituality has found a linking between the two. It is through yoga and the many pulsations of the body that are emphasized on through yoga that you tend to get connected with the Lord, and the experience of being alive. With yoga, you improve your breathing stamina, and thus find it possible for you to have longer periods of connection with the Lord, and spirituality.
With yoga, you tend to start self reflecting and become aware of your body, your feelings and your surroundings. Once you realize all this, you tend to stay in tune with your needs and the needs of others. And what do you reach with this, empowerment. Once you learn more about you and your body you find it easier to promote your level of achievement.
Remember that 'knowledge is power'; so once you know who you are and what you can do, you find it possible to play an important role in what you intend to make of yourself. There is no fixed time for you to turn to yoga and spirituality to walk the spiritual path; now is the time for you to remember that your spirit is within your reach.
Once you develop a routine of yoga and spirituality, you learn to do things not only on a physical level, but also on emotional level. This is how you learn to integrate your mind, emotions, spirit and your body as a potential spiritual movement.
Today all yoga practitioners vouch that yoga has many benefits that include psychological and spiritual benefits. And with the scientific crowd providing sufficient evidence for benefits of yoga, it is the spiritual benefits that are most pronounced.
Different people think of spirituality with different views; most of the time it is related with religion and god. However in yoga, it not only deals with God but also with your inner conscious and soul. Yoga is considered today to be a means of reaching your inner consciousness as it triggers the energy circles of the body with which you can reach the epitome of energy.
So with the rejuvenation you experience with yoga, and the path you find to attain spiritual liberation and salvation with yoga, yoga is something those seeking enlightment should practice.
Darren Williger is an over-caffeinated, low carbohydrate eating, winemaking enthusiast who writes for MicroKarma.com, CoffeeZen.com, and PrimeYoga.com
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