My grandmother practiced yoga for fifty years. She called it sitting down.
Asana means seat. Not pose. She had it right all along, the vocabulary just hadn't caught up.
What does your practice look like without the words?
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My teacher smiled when I said namaste in Rishikesh. Not the smile of a thing going well.
He waited. Then asked: 'Do you know what you just offered me?' I didn't.
What word do you say without knowing?
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'Fiesta' in English means party. In Spain it means something you cannot translate.
I had watched my own language flatten. That gave me the eyes for Sanskrit.
Which word from your culture lost its weight in translation?
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#eastmeetswest #yogaroots #sanskritwords
'Karma's gonna get you' is not karma. Sanskrit philosophy is not cosmic revenge.
Karma is cause and effect across time, not cosmic revenge.
What word do you think travels farthest from its meaning?
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https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-sanskrit-words-we-misuse-c06ca9e8b162
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#yogaculture #westernyoga #authenticyoga
#yogawisdom #culturaldepth #mindfulpractice
For years I said Sanskrit words as reflex. Now they slow me down, each one requires something.
Not guilt. Not rules. Just paying attention to what you've been given.
What shifted when you started paying attention?
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#authenticyoga #yogadepth #sanskritwords
She gave it freely. I needed a studio and Sanskrit vocabulary to accept it.
Wisdom doesn't need a certificate, but sometimes we won't receive it without one.
What wisdom do you need permission to trust?
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#yogaphilosophy #authenticwisdom #ancestralwisdom
#meditacion #spirituality #embodiedpractice
Stillness and Rest
Spring is starting to stir in the Northern Hemisphere. As I gently emerge from a season of stillness and rest, I am called to reflect on how rest is a beautiful embodiment of the teachings of the Yoga Sutras.
Enjoy these free yoga practices that allow you to embrace stillness and rest.
https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/2026/04/09/stillness-and-rest/
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Stillness and Rest
Spring is starting to stir in the Northern Hemisphere. As I gently emerge from a season of stillness and rest, I am called to reflect on how rest is a beautiful embodiment of the teachings of the Yoga Sutras.
https://thunderhoneysnowstudio.ca/2026/04/09/stillness-and-rest/
#Yoga #FreeYoga #NewBlogPost #Rest #RestIsResistance #Stillness #YogaPhilosophy #YogaSutras
Prana isn't breath. I thought it was for years. So did every studio I practiced in.
Ananya said: 'Prana is not something you breathe in. It is something you are made of.'
What changed once you knew the philosophy beneath?
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#yogawisdom #breathwork #contemplativepractice
#sanskritwords #yogadepth #yogalearning
She never called it pranayama. She said: breathe like the mountains breathe.
I was ten. The Sierra Nevada held still on the horizon.
Who first taught you to slow down?
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#breathwork #granada #embodiedwisdom
#yogaoffthemat #ancestralwisdom #spanishculture
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