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Yoga in Daily Life: Planting the Seeds of Peace

Yoga in daily life is a holistic practice uniting physical postures with social action, inner peace, and universal love.

Yoga in daily life extends beyond āsanas and prāṇāyāmas to include social activities that unite hearts as a bridge. The system is based on human anatomy, physiology, psychology, and culture, tolerant of all beliefs. It supports ethical education. Postures like Kathuprāṇam strengthen the body, improve immunity, create humbleness, and grant peace of mind. Forget the past, forgive, and set visions to love, unite, understand, forgive. Positive thinking nourishes the senses with positive vibrations. Be like a flame, humble, bowing to take divine energy from the earth. A tiny seed grows into a large tree; efforts will eventually flourish. Love each entity at least as much as oneself. Hate the sin, not the sinner. Breathing practices like mild bastrika purify and energize. Relaxation and mantra repetition bring awareness and lightness. Be an instrument of divine light, stretching as a bridge from heart to heart. Peace is welcomed through humbleness, surrendering, accepting. Solid resolve achieves everything. Greet the Divine Mother Earth and bring energy to the universe.

“Love each and every entity. If not more, then at least that much, as much as you love thyself.”

“We hate the sin, not the sinner.”

Filming location: Humenne, Slovakia

Good morning to everybody. How are you? Good. Dobre. You look a little cold. That is not a good sign; the yogīs should always feel warm. Don’t make so many blankets and jackets, and what is that? Throw it away. Put your jacket out. Don’t spoil people. Yes, come on, Vajrāsana. So this morning we planted a beautiful peace tree in Humanae, one of the last cities before the borders of Ukraine, Russia, and Poland. It was in a beautiful castle, with the respected mayor of the city, and the park around the castle is also known as a peace park. There the peace tree stands, and it is something beautiful. So it was nice, and thank you for your participation. We had a nice walk through the pedestrian street in the middle of the city. In the afternoon, you can go and see many things that are very nice from the village’s side – cultural and farmer markets, things like that. There is also a children’s market, like a Christmas market. And may you find something good for your Christmas presents for your families. So you can go shopping. Of course, of course, the supermarket is different. But you should go to the small shops and see some typical cultural and historical things from this part of the country, Slovakia. Also, they have very famous Slovakian cheese, and they also have typical Slovak cheese here. So there are many nice things. Of course they have wine, but that we don’t buy. The city was beautiful. So, number one, Kāṭūpraṇām. And so, yoga in daily life – that does not mean that we only practice āsanas and prāṇāyāmas. But also doing social and historical activities, to unite the hearts of the people, so you become a bridge. And you know, there was a light. Oh, now the wind is blowing to the left side, your left side, and the right side. Oh my God, the tree is so harmonized. Flexible. So flexible. Very good. Very good. Go ahead. And now the tree is expanding its branches. And now, do like this. Very good. Yes. Oh, beautiful. Trees get fruits, and branches go down. Go ahead. So, yoga in daily life is a system developed very carefully according to human anatomy, so it has been tolerated, all the anatomies, physiology, psychology, mentality, and culture of different countries. Why is the tree getting tired? A tree is energy. And also, that every belief, every tradition can practice yoga in their life. Very good. Oh, stress again, the peace flame. Jīvana Jyoti. And now the tree is moving in a different direction. Very good. Yes. Oh, just moving. That means humbleness. That means surrendering. Oddovzdanie. That means accepting. That means peace is welcomed. You know, I greet you. I bow down to you, I welcome you. Now palms are going like this, down, down, beautiful. So also, yoga in daily life is supporting education, ethical education. That is very important. It has a lot of things to do with education. It has a lot of things to do with education. Krásne, prekrásne. We open a little bit, and, of course, we love our neighbors. We look to our neighbors, hello. Yes, right and left. Love your neighbor. Yes, we do. We acknowledge our neighbors. Yes, that is very good. Yoga in daily life is not one-sided. It takes with all, very good, go ahead. Oh, how beautiful, very nice. And that is, of course, our flame of peace. And Oṃ Dīp Jyoti, chant Oṃ Dīp Jyoti. Oṃ Dīp Jyoti Namaha, Oṃ Dīp Jyoti Namaha. Oṃ Dīp Jyoti Parabrahma, Oṃ Dīp Jyoti Parabrahma... Dīpam Sarve Mohanam, Dīpanam Sajjate, Sarvam Sandhyā Dīpam Sarvasatyam, Śubham Karoti Kalyāṇam Chant. Svārthabuddhi vināśāya dīp jyotir namastute. Vibhodam number two, Kathūparṇam. Yes. Correct. Elbows on the ground. Forehead on the ground. Lord, forgive all my mistakes. Bless me with good health, bless me with harmony and peace, with love and mutual understanding. Let me be the light in darkness, and let me be the bridge, heart to heart. Wherever I come, may I bring this divine light to enlighten the hearts of all. Let me be the instrument of your love and light. To serve thy divine creation, let me stretch as a bridge, from heart to heart, culture to culture, country to country, and tradition to tradition. Lord, let me be Thy instrument. Three. You are a beautiful bridge. Yes. Yes, you are uniting. Be strong, be solid. That’s it. Kathuprāṇam is that exercise, or that posture, a combination of particular postures that strengthens our body, improves the immunity in the body, creates humbleness, and gives peace of mind. It removes the stress of the day, and now for that beautiful. That’s it. We will always look to our future. We will all forget the past. We forgive, and we will forget. Past is past. Don’t cry for the past. Do not suffer with your thoughts of the past. Let your past memories be gone. Have a vision for the future. Five visions, five goals: to love, to unite. To understand, to forgive, that’s it. High like a mountain. Solid. Five. And let fresh blood flow. And let fresh blood flow into your head. Let the mountain not hold water for itself. Everything flows down automatically. Similarly, also the good qualities and your blood flow towards the head. The head is that which has all the jñānendriyas located. And the jñānendriyas get very good nourishment with positive thinking. As soon as you think positive, the vibration in the blood becomes positive. It’s beautiful with such positive thinking. And with solid saṅkalpa, we make this step forward. So, how beautiful is the step towards peace, the step towards harmony, and the step towards good health. Yes, we come forward. We are not afraid. We will ever and ever work for all. Always be ready to take a step to help all. That’s very important. Yes, our steps, our work in the name of God, in the name of beauty, in the name of forgiveness, in the name of forgiveness... You are like a hero. Yes, that’s it. And let us be like a flame, and humbleness. We bow down. That’s eight. And completely to nine. That’s it. Nine is very, very beautiful. Feel the solid ground under your feet, and greet Divine Mother Earth. And take the divine energy from the Divine Mother Earth. And we bring this to the entire universe. Deśa. Oh, very nice. Very beautiful. Take off. Stand up. Levitate, oh, we have still a long distance, but we will, straight, very, very nice, but without the help of the Divine Mother and God, it will not be possible for us. And so, Mother, and now are the days of the Divine Mother’s Navarātrī, and so we again come and touch the Divine. Very good. With this kind of feeling and solid saṅkalpas, you will achieve everything. A very tiny seed of a tree, a tiny seed takes time to grow into a large tree, but it will definitely grow. Similarly, whatever you do in your life, everything will become one day that large. A tree whose branches will embrace the entire earth, those branches of your love, your work as a piece, nothing will go lost. Dvanáct. Press your hips down. Stretch your shoulders. Expand your chest. Vypr̥te hruď. Yes, look up. Yes, always high vision. All, let your back muscles contract. Feel the spine. Oh. Stretch the spine. Release all the stiffness. Ah, now very beautiful. Velmi pekné. Now, which number have I forgotten? Thirteen. Thirteen. Oh. Thirteen. Thirteen. Yes, now you are stretching. That’s what I wanted. You look beautiful. You look beautiful. You look like a crescent moon, like a new moon. Yes. I got a medal today from the city hall, by the mayor of the city, V kaštieli. With the key of the city, with solid, strong hands. So this key is on strong hands, and the beautiful moon is symbolizing that you can spend a peaceful night in our city when the moon and the stars are out. Yesterday we had a peaceful night, no? Yes, except a little alcohol was singing on the street. That belongs to modern civilization. So, 14? Yes. Look, there is that human, the symbol. That’s it. So that was what I got. You see, my hand is also very strong. So, 14, then 15. And you are singing, happy with your neighbors. The peace tree is now grown, singing and nicely moving. Wait. Wait a moment. Fast left. Left. Here left. Right. To the right. Beautiful, the flame of life, the flame of the job. Act with forgiveness and understanding. Don’t blame; try to understand the person. Mahāprabhujī said, “Love each and every entity. If not more, then at least that much, as much as you love thyself.” Do you love others like that? Or how many negative thoughts do you have? How many negative arguments do you have towards someone? Even one is negative. You should not be negative. Mahātmā Gāndhījī said beautifully, “We hate the sin, not the sinner.” Did you ever try to understand this? This is a complete surrendering posture. And you feel so comfortable and warm, and protected. It’s just like a posture in the womb of the mother, yes. Bring your hands to the back. Oh, more beautiful. That’s very good. Now, deep inhale, and exhale. Again, hands in the front. Khatūprā Nām, number three. Number four. Number five. Now we do mild bastrika. Twenty times with left nostril, twenty times with right nostril, twenty times with left nostril, twenty times with right nostril, twenty times with left nostril, twenty times with right nostril, twenty times with left nostril, twenty times with right nostril, twenty times with the left nostril, twenty times with the right nostril. Twenty times with the right nostril, twenty times with the left nostril, twenty times with the right nostril, twenty times with the left nostril, twenty times with the right nostril, twenty times with the right nostril, twenty times with the left nostril, twenty times with the right nostril, twenty times with the right nostril, twenty times with the left nostril. Twenty times with the right nostril, twenty times with the left nostril. Then you change nostrils from left to right, then with both. That’s one round. For half a minute or one minute rest, then again begin. Five rounds. After this round, take your mālā in your hand and repeat your mantra. Keep your eyes closed. Sit straight upright. And relax the whole body. Be aware of your being here in this hall. Will you be aware of your presence here, in this hall, physically and mentally? Relax the whole body from the toes to the top of the head, up to the crown of the head, down to the toes. Relax. No tensions at all, physically or mentally. Feel yourself being in this hall. You are relaxed. You are relaxed. Comfortable. And you feel happy. Repeat your mantra. Relax the whole body, from the toes to the top of the head, and from the top of the head to the toes. Relax. I know that I’m inhaling. I know that I am breathing, and I know that I am exhaling. Yes, feel your inhalation and exhalation. Do not change the breath rhythm. Let your breath flow as naturally as it is. At the time of inhalation, your body is inhaling prāṇa, śakti, prāṇa, life force, and at the time of exhalation, your body is exhaling all kinds of toxins. You feel relaxed, you feel energy, and you feel warmth. Relax. I know that I am inhaling; my body is recharging, Kaśmīra prāṇa. And I know that I am exhaling. I feel the purification. I feel very light. Relax. Outer world, physically feel your breath. Once more, feel your whole body. Three times, deep inhale and exhale. Deep inhale and chant Oṃ. Slowly close your fists, open the palms, close the fists, open the palms, close the fists, open the palms, stretch your hands and your shoulders, and slowly bring your palms together. Put your mālā around your neck, and slowly bow down. Touch your head to the floor, with your hands and palms touching the ground, and your forehead also touching the ground. Feel the blood circulation towards your head. It is very good for your eyes, for your ears, and for your memory. With the help of the hands, slowly come up. Hari Om.

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