#Repost @davidgarriguesyoga (@get_repost)・・・Of course, you want to do the yoga for your health, for flexibility, strength, mental clarity, for all these lesser reasons that we do it, they are important. At the same time, those are not the point, the point is very deep in there, it is communion with spirit. It is a realization of Self as spirit. I am not this body; I am not this personality, I AM everything, I am the source of existence. This body, I transcend it. I am the universal person, the cosmic person, THAT is my true identity. The way I discover that is through solitude; I withdraw myself, I seal myself off from everything out there to discover that I am unified with everything, I am the source of everything. Through that solitude, that stillness, that quiet, I get to the innermost place and understand the sacred foundation of all yoga practice. I’d like to thank all of the students who came out this weekend and shared the lineage with me in Edinburgh. You were an awesome group of students and I enjoyed working with all of you. I hope to see you again! Special thanks to #meadowlarkyoga and, of course, to Sarah Durney Hatcher, long time student and Ashtanga teacher extraordinaire. Jai! @ashtangaseradee ️Next weekend I am teaching at @yogabasebrighton and there is space available if you’d like to attend. #yoga #ashtanga #ashtangayoga #hathayoga #asana #pranayama #yogasutras #mysore #primaryseries #yogalife #yogalover #yogaeverydamnday #yogainspiration