Ayurveda and Yoga in Oakland, Berkeley and Bay Area

Controlling Body and Mind with Yoga

There are some people who simply take each day as it comes, content to stagnate in their current states without wanting to change the status quo. And then there are the others who are constantly seeking progress, always wanting to improve themselves in some way or the other. The second category is more likely to exercise, effect a change in diet, make a voluntary change in lifestyle, and more specific to our topic, take up yoga as a means to control one’s mind. Yes, that’s right – yoga, the ancient art form that we all know has various benefits, can be used as a means of willing the mind to do what you want it to do.

 

Maya

Maya is derived from the Sanskrit maa, meaning measure and yaa, experience. It pertains to that which we can measure and experience, that is, reality. This reality however varies from person to person as it is a product of time, space, cause and effect and is ever-changing.

Maya is know as a mesmerizing beautiful illusion. From within that illusion, we do not know that we are illuded and this state of illusion is one of being fully immersed within the illusion or maya.