Rehabilitating the mind through yoga

Himalayan School of Traditional Yoga teacher Sameera Khan has teamed up with Bodhgayashanti Sanctuary in creating awareness and spreading the teachings around traditional yoga practice.

“Traditional yoga is all about simplicity and about being natural, a yogi is natural (a state where the body, mind and soul are in unison). This leads to health and equanimity, a state where we are happy and without anxieties, anger or stress,” said Khan.

“Yoga, as we see it in today’s modern world, has lost its soul so to speak. It has been adulterated and diluted into forms of exercise that more commonly omits the original teachings of traditional yoga.

We do not look at yoga as exercise but rather as a set of practices that help take one back to one’s original state. Health and wellness is just an amazing by-product of this sacred practice.”

Khan added, “Yoga is medium that was compiled and passed on to us in the form of scripture which includes the original yoga sutras (verses) by the great sage Maharishi Patanjali approximately 2000 years ago. Himalayan School of Traditional Yoga aims to promote a culture of yoga and make it accessible to all of mankind, beyond boundaries of country, religion, gender, class and wealth.”

Classes are held every Saturday from 9.30am to 10.30am at the Bodhgayashanti Sanctuary in Glen Austin and are free of charge.

“A donation would be gladly welcome and will be given to the sanctuary to be used for humanitarian activities.”

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