Cato
Germany
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Posted - Jan 24 2020 : 10:02:06 AM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Topic Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Message Delete Topic
Hi all,
at the end of repeating each of the nine sutras twice, you continue for five minutes with "akasha - lightness of air".
Is there a reason for repeating that one and not another one? Or rather, can it be preferable to use "health" when you are fighting with health issues?
Christi
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jan 24 2020 : 10:29:38 AM Show Profile Email Poster Visit Christi's Homepage Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Hi Cato,
If you have a particular sutra from the list of 9, that you would prefer to use for the last 5 minutes of the practice, then you can use that. See here from lesson 150:
"If you do each of these nine sutras twice in your samyama session, it will take about five minutes. If there is a particular one you feel the need to do more of, then add that on to the end and do samyama with it for another five minutes. The cycles remain at fifteen seconds, and we just keep going with that for five minutes, by the clock for that last five minutes. If there is no preference, then you can do the lightness sutra for five minutes at the end." [Yogani]
However it is good not to be switching sutras often as the power of the practice comes from going deep with a set of established sutras. So, don't be using "health" one week and then "abundance" the next.
This is from
page 84 of the Samyama book:
"?when we begin a practice, we should commit to it in both structure and implementation over time,subject to adjustments required by prudent self-pacing, as necessary. This means aiming to keep our samyama routine and sutras reasonably stable overtime. It is how we will get the best results from them. When we do make additions or modifications, it should be with deliberation, and with the intent to stabilize the change in our routine." [Yogani]
Christi
Cato
Germany
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Posted - Jan 24 2020 : 11:11:53 AM Show Profile Email Poster Edit Reply Reply with Quote View user's IP address Get a Link to this Reply Delete Reply
Thanks Christi, this helps a lot!
