“The tapas of yoga is based on the idea that our suffering is caused by our reaction to external events.   According to the yogic philosophy of the eight-limb path, we always have everything we need.  When we fail to believe this, we suffer.” Deborah Adele

 

Do you believe you have everything you need? Are you suffering in some way?  Rolf Gates states: "We already have everything we need to be magnificent; it is simply a matter of allowing ourselves to be who we are.  Suffering comes from our own resistance to being who we are."  

Are you choosing to suffer? 

Or are you aware of your own uniqueness?

Are there beliefs holding you back?

Are there any patterns draining you?

Are you resisting a part of yourself or your life circumstances?

 

Let’s use the “burn” of Tapas to continue to stay true to ourselves and embrace our struggles and our joys!  This is the hope of a yoga practice, we learn how to show up, accept and stay courageously.