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What is Blooming Lota Yoga? PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 15 July 2009 13:56

To break it down—it is:


Blooming: budding, growing, as in a flower… flourishing, healthy condition, prospering, to be in or achieve a state of healthful beauty and vigor… British slang, an intensifier, ex: she’s got some blooming nerve! (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blooming)

 

Lota: Latin, plural, gender neutral, vocative and nominative form of Lotus. The lotus, in Buddhism is a symbol of transformation. The lotus grows in the muck, the crap (if you will forgive the crass term) that collects in the bottom of the pool, and yet it transforms the filth into a beautiful flower. The lotus is a message to us, it tells us that we can transform all the painful and difficult circumstances in our life into something beautiful.

 

Yoga: from Sanskrit yog- to yoke or “something that binds together, a bond or tie” (Websters Unabridged Dictionary). Yoga yokes or binds together mind, body and spirit to one’s goal of becoming the most authentic expression of our highest selves.


To put it back together—it is:

Using yoga and mindfulness to decrease stress, anxiety, mental, physical and spiritual suffering leading to greater self-acceptance and compassion for oneself and others and to stand in solidarity with survivors of trauma to support them in their recovery using techniques of mindfulness, yoga asana, and pranayama, along with other talk therapy and clinical techniques.

 


 
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