“Yoga technology has the ability to create alchemical shifts towards Soul actualization. It is a common misconception that yoga is a specialized form of fitness with pretzel like poses, however poses are only a minute fraction of the whole. The sacred second century Bhagavad Gita illuminates yoga on an epic battlefield, yet gives no emphasis to physical poses. Later compositions such as Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras present a different looking road map, including physical poses, but the poses are only one of the eight pathways. Ultimately the journey of yoga leads the seeker to samadhi, Soul integration and union with the infinite source of creation.”
Read the full essay: “Yoga: Life Transformation Beyond Fitness”
by Dr. Christie Smirl
Kalavati Devi / Dr. Christie Smirl is a practitioner of eastern and western medicine, a Yoga teacher trainer and a spiritual devotee living in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Follow Kalavati Devi on her website at HealthierVibrations.com and on social media!
Kalavati Devi / Dr. Christie Smirl
· Doctorate of Ayurveda: American University of Complimentary Medicine
· Nurse Practitioner and Master of Science: Loma Linda University
· Ayurveda and Yoga Educator at Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS)
· Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainer, E-RYT-500, YACEP
· Param Divya Adishakti Sant Mat devotee and prasharak·
· Devotional Musician and Artist