“When a gardener plants an apple seed, does he expect apples to appear at once?
Of
course not. The gardener waters the seed, watches
each day,
and feels happy seeing the growth. Treat the body in the same way.
We water our asana and pranayama practice
with love and joy seeing the small progress.
While we know what the goal is, we do not
focus on enlightenment.
We know that when our practice is ripe, illumination will occur….” B.K.S.Iyengar
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There's
so much to learn from the symbolism of the garden. Each Spring as enter my garden I find the same
joy of the first golden leaf of Fall or the first fallen snow of Winter. But how do we take
the first joy and sustain it through our lives? ......more to come soon!
