Much More Than Yoga

Richard Woltjer

November 2, 2016

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Much More Than Yoga

I walked into the Ravenna Body & Brain yoga center for the first time about six months ago. My body is aging but fit, stiff and inflexible. Have done yoga before and knew I would slow the aging process, get body freedom and accrue other benefits from the stretching. Little did I know. This is no yoga studio! I got all the above only six months into an on again, life interrupted practice. And I continue to receive so much more.

Far more than these words will tell. I've always known that my mind was like a trap that I'm caught in. Thinking addiction with all its colorful and not so helpful side effects. This small, comfortable studio secrets a group of Zen Masters, people who live the life they share with us when we come to regroup in their presence. Don't get me wrong, they don't call themselves Zen Masters. They just exude that mind/body quiet and spirituality that's uncommon in my waking days. That if which I yearn for more. It's a bit of bait and switch.

You can come and do the yoga, earning body awareness, flexibility, and resulting higher levels of sheer presence without going for more. But those on a Path will find more immersion irresistible, if at your own pace. This is my experience, that may not be yours. It's ok. Their yoga alone is worth far more than the cost of a punch card. Enjoy!

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