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Yamas, Niyamas & Bears… Oh My!

May 1, 2006 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes explores her place in the food chain, her back garden & her dreams in the 1st of a 10-part series exploring the yamas & niyamas.

From ascent magazine, issue 29, spring 2006:

Like many in the West, I began the practice of yoga exclusively as a physical experience. Gradually, however, what I thought of as a series of exercises began to influence more than just my physical body. I have grown more patient as I move my chin slowly and gradually toward the floor in Kurmasana, the Tortoise. The focus of my mind has sharpened in its intent as I have learned to balance in Bahasana, the Crane. These and other “animal” asanas have encouraged me to see yoga not just as fostering a relationship with the Divine, but also with the world I inhabit…

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