On the Practice of Yoga

The purpose of yoga is to facilitate the profound inner relaxation that accompanies fearlessness. The release from fear is what finally precipitates the full flowering of love. In this state you will love what you see in others, and others will love you for having been seen. This is the softened perception of the world that yoga promotes.

Therefore, the apparently simple benefits that accrue from the regular practice of yoga can change your life in very profound ways. Do not underestimate the value of being balanced, centered, and coordinated, of being strong and light of being more flexible, without pain, experiencing the subsequent feelings of invisibility or transparency, and of being more sensitive…

Yoga will make you sensitive to the stillness, the presence, the hush, the peace of God. This deep inner stillness is at ehe core of your being. It is the ground, the joy of your being. The radiant peace you’ll experience is what happens naturally when the creative energy of God is allowed to flow through you unobstructed.

Eric Schiffmann