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Most of the time I teach yoga in English. And one day I’ll be able to teach yoga in Welsh too…
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Nevertheless the roots of yoga would have been in languages from the Indian subcontinent like Sanscrit.
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And whilst it is a beautiful language, I don’t use it too much: too much complex language can make the practice of yoga inaccessible.
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But this last year I’ve been running a yoga teacher training and one of the yogic concepts we have touched on is Koshas.
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Koshas is a Sanscrit word which doesn’t really have a direct translation. I usually explain it as ‘Layers of Being’.
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We are – and we are also more than – our bodies, our breath, our emotions, and our personal conciousness.
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Below is a meditation on the Koshas for you that explores this. It’s freely available on my YouTube. You can do it sitting or lying down.
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This was part of a longer workshop on Koshas I taught last month. (The full recording of this is on the Virtual Yoga Vault, which is my library of pre-recorded classes available to “All the Yogas” subscribers and Yoga Teacher trainees. Send me a message if you’d like to know how to get into the Vault…)
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And if you’re interested in Yoga Teacher training, I’ve uploaded some provisional information for 2021 here. Book a call with me if you’d like to have an informal chat about it