Just wanted to share something that I found on tumblr... why we really do yoga. Not to be bendy and in shape but to connect with our inner self and calm our minds.
Physical form and poses, although useful along the way, are not the end goal. It simply does not matter whether your hamstrings are long or your body is toned if you are not a nice person. Alternatively, a person practicing the most basic level of yoga while maintaining a heartfelt devotion to living a more compassionate and peaceful life is perhaps a very accomplished yogi. Whenever excited students would bring in photos of contortionists and other extremely bendy people to show Jois and his grandson, Sharath, Jois would always take time to look deeply at the image. Then his furrowed brow would clear and he would say, “That not yoga. That only bending. Yoga means self-knowledge.” — Kino MacGregor, The Power of Ashtanga Yoga
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