The Yoga Bomb – Can which Explode with Flowers?
There seems to be a lot of confusion, everywhere. No-one quite knows what to believe in anymore. There’s just so much information out there as well as different cultures as well as different people just seem to do things so differently. So where do you start? Your Facebook Newsfeed? Well apparently we judge each different. I’ve seen so many online debates concerning yoga – people loving which – people ridiculing which – people mindlessly competing for a prize which will never come. however why? Why are we being so mean about which all?
According to the online debates raging at the moment, if you say namaste in Bali, you will probably be laughed at. You have to say Om Swastiastu. Some expats in Bali seem to be battling with each different in terms of how much they know about Balinese Hinduism. The debates rage as well as there are some valid points. however the main fear seems to be which: Bali is usually changing, as well as people are scared. Yet we also have to remember which within the bleak darkness of which world, Bali is usually also shining with all of its organic food, community as well as environment action as well as health as well as mindful practices. as well as many people are coming for the yoga – the Balinese have been practicing which for centuries.
So what if, despite all the debates, which was as simple as ‘keep your body as well as mind healthy to ensure you can do more positive deeds on the planet’ or ‘moan about everything through your computer, however don’t actually do anything about which?’ (as well as let’s not forget which millions of people on which planet don’t even have clean water, let alone a computer – so if we moan, which should be about the important issues.)
Yet which debate is usually a slippery one – some yogis have fallen onto the path of money, which’s true, as well as people are always going to find black holes where all the love as well as tolerance seeps out. For the sake of which article, I’m not going to judge as well as I’m going to accept which yoga is usually very real for many people (including myself).
Mandala Bali
So where do you start in Bali? The first step might be to find a genuine teacher as well as practice which helps you to grow. The annual Bali Spirit Festival has many different yoga teachers through across Bali as well as the globe, as well as houses different styles. which’s also quite expensive.
however there are lots of fair-priced places across Bali which organise not bad yoga retreats which has a focus on sustainable living as well as the environment. Mandala Bali is usually one of those places as well as I recently had a chat with Kim Slippens about the project. “The Mandala Bali retreats are designed for anyone interested in a natural way of life, being one with the Earth as well as the ocean. The core intention is usually to get ourselves closer to which oneness of all – to connect deeper with our higher selves by cleansing our bodies as well as purifying the mind through yoga, breath work, nature explorations as well as creativity. We offer a variety of daily yoga classes as well as workshops including talks on permaculture as well as raw food, intuitive painting class, acro-yoga (partner) session, guided surfing as well as meditations. We are all here together, connected in one way or another. With everything moving so fast which is usually easy to forget what which is usually which we are meant to do here. We carry within us an immense power as well as responsibility to protect as well as preserve our Mother Earth,” said Kim.
Offering surfing meditation classes at Mandala Bali is usually Dimi who also runs his blog, Universe Lovers. I met Dimi at the cob workshop as well as was inspired by both his as well as Kim’s energy. As I slurped on coffee througout the day, Dimi munched on fruit as well as by the end of the workshop, Kim had us covered in mud as well as doing yoga poses – being in Mandala helped me to remember how to have fun.
I asked Dimi more about his practices in meditation which he combines with surfing. “Surfmeditation is usually the foundation of surfing on ocean waves as well as meditation with the raising of the kundalini energy, the disclosure of higher consciousness. Meditation is usually the knowledge as well as the ability to master the spiritual body. Surfing is usually the knowledge as well as possession of the physical body. Surfmeditation frees you through the inner fears of the future as well as lets us live within the present,” he told me.
Freediving World Champion William Trubridge
different centres are using yoga to enable them to explore the natural world, including Apneista in Amed, Bali. Using a combination of yogic practices as well as breathing techniques, practioners are using these skills to enable them to freedive to extraordinary depths within the ocean. William Trubridge currently holds the globe record for no-fin free-immersion freediving reaching depths of over 100 metres as well as within the recent documentary Breathe about his life, William revealed which he practices yoga daily.
Yoga is usually growing in popularity across the globe as well as not just in Bali. however why? I asked Kim about how she first discovered which path. “My ‘yoga journey’ began as I commenced feeling more conscious about my body as well as mind. With all the troubles of the modern world I felt a great need to stay grounded as well as calm to discover what which is usually I actually came here to do. I am sure which which could be a reason why yoga is usually right now spreading all over the globe, not merely for the physical act of doing exercise however for finding which stillness within. I found myself experimenting with different types of yoga as well as meditations as well as realized which I enjoyed bringing my awareness into the present moment. Eventually my journey led me to India to study more intensively as well as I took a teacher’s training course. Back in Bali, I began sharing my practice as well as here I am teaching most days of the week, always learning something fresh – which is usually what keeps me on the path of yoga – uniting all which is usually, one step at a time.”
Let’s not forget which yoga’s sanskrit root is usually to yoke (to join) – union with the flow. Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in ourselves which we might think which doing yoga photo shoots in a sacred Balinese temple is usually a not bad idea. As the online debates continue, humility is usually considered to be a better idea as well as I quite agree; along with respecting the Balinese ways as well as each different, to ensure we can all evolve together within the flow, in peace as well as quiet, perhaps which has a nice cup of tea.
Yoga at Mandala Bali
Further Information
For more information about yoga retreats at Mandala Bali, please email: mandala.bali@hotmail.com
Freediving as well as Yoga Documentary: Breathe (2011)
Bali Spirit Festival: www.balispiritfestival.com/
Apneista Freediving as well as Yoga: www.apneista.com
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The Yoga Bomb – Can which Explode with Flowers?
The Yoga Bomb – Can which Explode with Flowers?