Bhakti yoga is referred to as the yoga of love and devotion. In the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient spiritual epic, bhakti is one of the three paths to enlightenment: jnana = path of knowledge, karma = path of action, & bhakti = path of love.
Traditionally, each practice is devoted to a guru or deity/deities as a pathway to unconditional love. As David Frawley, the director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies, calls bhakti, “it is the sweetest of the yoga approaches...as one concentrates one’s mind, emotions, and senses on the ‘Divine’ in order to merge into the reality of divine love” (Yoga: The Greater Tradition, 2008).
In practice, bhakti has taken a more modern and down-to-earth approach. The ancient hindu deities are interpreted as various aspects of the Self and therefore, each practice is devoted to a specific part of ourselves in order to enter into that “romance” with all the unique parts of who we are and the lives we live.
Each practice is as varying as the people who practice it; from strong, energizing, solar flows to intentional, grounding, lunar movement as well as everything in between. The practice is dependent on that part of us which we choose to devote ourselves to (and, in essence, to love).
S H A K T I
divine feminine power
“…the power to be conscious, the power to feel ecstasy, the power of will or desire, the power to know and the power to act…” (Awakening Shakti 2013)
I N V E S T M E N T:
18€/person
Limit: 20 participants
T O B R I N G:
your yoga mat, yoga props (if you have them), water, & most importantly YOU!
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