01. MY THREE POSITIVES.
1. Nature is waking up after winter – the first greenery has appeared.
2. Cycling.
3. I finally feel recovered.
02. MY REFLECTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.
One dictionary definition: a like-minded person is a person who shares the same thoughts, views, and beliefs as someone else.
There is a wide range of issues on which beliefs can be shared, so it turns out that the same people can be like-minded on one issue, but irreconcilable opponents on another.
This immediately explains the recommendations to discuss yoga and avoid everyday matters. Most likely, most people came to MYYU yoga to study; in this regard, they are like-minded and can interact positively until some unrelated issue arises where they disagree. And how, in a land of Lilliputians, can a war break out between two factions: the Pointy-Ended (who break eggs from the pointy end) and the Blunt-Ended (who break eggs from the blunt end).
Does this distinction seem ridiculous to you? But for some, it's important. And here comes the concept of tolerance for differences in others, also a wide range of options, with varying tolerance for each.
Perhaps these differences in tolerance are karmically determined. For example, if an excellent student in school was bullied by foul-mouthed bullies, then an association from the past will immediately trigger with the foul-mouthed bullies. Or a person of a nationality with whom there was a war in the past can immediately evoke negativity.
And then there are the semi-animal reactions: when someone (un)accidentally offends you, you immediately need to fight back and hit them back, so they don't do it again. It's important to learn to understand and manage your emotions, especially when the cause isn't clear, but if it's already going strong...
But all of this can be ignored, especially if there's something that holds you together with great force. For example, two employees might hate each other but love their paycheck and are willing to coexist for it.
What do people who come to study yoga have in common?
Apparently, the desire to know or study yoga or to hang out in a community. Again, for some, this desire may outweigh all misunderstandings, but for others, it may not.
Let's go further: not only can one study in different ways, but the concept of yoga can also mean very different things.
Even if we limit ourselves to yoga as a system of self-knowledge, we can come up with opposing versions of this self-knowledge.
A living example: meditating on your chakras in a cave is yoga, but is studying anatomy really yoga? While both can be considered self-knowledge, many perceive anatomy as a science (and yoga isn't a science, checkmate). Why should I correct my posture? I'll breathe with a crooked spine and perhaps fall into samadhi?
Simply put, different people have different opinions on what yoga is and how to study it.
I think it's axiomatic to compare a community of like-minded people to a man-woman couple.
They met. They learned something superficial about each other, got married, and it turned out that everyday life quickly dissipated their love, so much so that they could divorce. It turns out he thought his wife would cook him delicacies every day (like his mother), but instead he had scrambled eggs for breakfast, scrambled eggs for lunch, and an omelet for dinner. And she was counting on her husband to completely renovate the apartment (like her friend's husband had done), but he doesn't even know how to hold a hammer. You can blame each other and argue, but essentially, this is an attempt to force your own ideas onto a free person.
My favorite psychologist (Nikolay Kozlov) recommends discussing all these issues in advance to ensure expectations are realistic – he even compiled a lengthy questionnaire for the couple, asking about who will be doing what in the family, and who has different views on various issues.
If MYU devotes so much time to anatomy, maybe it should be advertised as part of the curriculum, included in the preparatory courses, and the importance of understanding the body should be explained so that it won't be a surprise later?
Furthermore, decentralization and freedom, as a consequence, the absence of party politics – one person thinks one thing, another thinks another; if they disagree, they quarrel, and then they go their separate ways. Is it possible for opposite directions to exist in one school at the same time? Create separate groups for the sharp-pointed and the blunt-pointed so they can peacefully coexist? Even better, create a competition to see who can discover themselves the fastest (5 points to Gryffindor).
It seems like it all boils down to a lack of information for me...
And I also have problems with information perception.
03. MY YOGA INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK.
With pleasure.
04. MY GRATITUDE AND PRAISE.
To those who continue to develop.
05. I WANT TO PRAISE MYSELF.
I'm getting enough sleep.
06. PERSONAL YOGA PRACTICE FOR THE WEEK.*
Yoga every day - Hatha, Kriya, Mantra.
07. DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING.*
None.