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Advanced Yoga Practices Note: For the Original Internet Lessons with additions, see the AYP Easy Lessons Books. For the Expanded and Interactive Internet Lessons, AYP Online Books, Audiobooks and more, see AYP Plus. Lesson 178 - Dharma (Audio)
From: Yogani New Visitors: It is recommended you read from the beginning of the archive, as previous lessons are prerequisite to this one. The first lesson is, "Why This Discussion?"
A: Your "painting meditation" is beautiful. Everyone should be so blessed to find inner silence in the work they do. I'm sure it has brought you much peace and spiritual growth over the years. It is called our "dharma" - activity we do which supports our spiritual unfoldment. Adding sitting yoga practices such as deep meditation and spinal breathing will broaden and stabilize your presence in silent pure bliss consciousness. One of the wonderful characteristics of yoga is its connectedness through our nervous system. By this I mean that your painting meditation will help your sitting meditation and vise versa, and so too will breathing (pranayama) methods interconnect with the other practices you are doing. All yoga practices connect through our nervous system, producing a leveraging effect, taking us ever higher. By the same principle, one kind of practice will often lead us to additional kinds of practice. The nervous system instinctively knows what it needs once the inner doors begin to open. So, it is likely that your painting meditation has increased your receptivity to other methods of yoga. I wish you all success on your continuing inner journey. Enjoy! The guru is in you. Discuss this Lesson in the AYP Plus Support Forum Note: For detailed instructions on employing desire and action on our spiritual path, see the AYP Bhakti and Karma Yoga book, and AYP Plus.
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