How to Practice Tapas in Yoga
Tapas is loosely defined to mean enthusiasm, excitement and discipline towards yoga--a sort of inner fire to be the best you can be while practicing yoga. In order to fully commit to yoga, many believe you must practice tapas in its entirety. Read on to learn how to practice tapas in yoga.
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Instructions
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Find self-discipline to practice yoga. Creating tapas with your yoga means starting daily practice for even a few minutes at home each day. Instead of making excuses, find a way to work yoga into your life.
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Listen to you body and work harder to make it balanced. Never give up on a yoga pose or do it half-heartedly. Find the tapas in yourself to take it to the next level.
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Strive for purity. By practicing tapas, each pose creates raw energy that stimulates the muscles and the mind. By practicing tapas and exhibiting purity in daily life, you are constantly becoming closer to your soul, or god, depending on what you are searching for.
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Practice tapas with each asana. Push down a little bit further, breathe deeper and strive to reach a higher spirituality.
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Simplify your life to practice true tapas. As you unclutter your mind from material possessions, you may be able to more closely focus on the teachings of yoga. With the distraction of television, MP3 players and cell phones, you need to exert extra tapas to make it through the day.
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Learn to appreciate stillness. Tapas does not need constant movement. Energy can be created from remaining perfectly still. Discipline is needed to hold the same pose for 15 minutes or more. Let tapas keep your arms from sagging, your back straight and your head in the asana.
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Remember that tapas is a yoga concept that can be applied to any part of your life. It is not something that must be done, it simply is done. It is an internal discipline that drives you forward, using yoga as its medium.
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Tips & Warnings
Tapas carries over to daily life as you choose a proper diet and lifestyle that works in conjunction with your yoga practice.
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Comments
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simplelife
Jul 08, 2009
Thank you. I needed this article. It seems really profound to accept that yoga is something that is simply done everyday even if it can only be for a few minutes (as opposed to saying that it "must" be done). This gives me, as I renew my practice of yoga, a new and deeper perspective.
