Many people come to yoga via the physical discipline of hatha yoga. It is a great place to start, but at some point, we start to ask ourselves important questions about our life, and want to find ways to improve it. I think that this can be where an intentional spiritual practice can start to germinate, and we can remold what is a very fixed set of prejudices and loyalties that are within us all. It does not have to be that difficult if we bring the teachings consciously into something we do every day, like shop for food, 
cook and eat!
The “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” is an ancient text that many yogis become familiar with. Making the teachings come alive in our daily lives on practical basis however, can be a little challenging. Patanjali “seasons” throughout the yoga sutras that success comes with “Constant practice and continued dispassion”, which indicates that we need to live our practice, and not just practice it a few times a week.
We are immortal, and as such, can never die. What then would you do for the rest of eternity if you became enlightened? We are here to enjoy ourselves and not become an evangelical yogi, trying to convert the whole family to become vegan and think the same way we do. To try to understand, and more importantly, embody the teachings takes time, as we have all the time in the world mystically, why not have fun with 12 vital sutras that can change your concept of what you thought the yoga sutras could be about. Avidya is, of course, the basic reason we are all here. We have forgotten our true nature or we would not be here. Most people cannot remember what foods that they have eaten at the end of the day. So how can we remember how we can bring the teachings alive in our life, chew them over and digest what is meaningful?It is from this viewpoint that Camella Nair will be talking about the yoga sutras in her scheduled workshop on Saturday at 9am at Stargate Productions.Camella will be introducing “Cooking the Yoga Sutras” at the Sedona Yoga Festival In February and at the Bermuda Yoga Festival in April 2014. For more information about Camella, visit her site at:
