Yoga Practice to Love Yourself as Who You Already Are

In this competitive, fast-paced world, it is difficult to find a place where there is no eyes of judgements nor comparisons around us. Who is wearing the most expensive clothes in the group? Who has the best body figure? Who is getting the most attentions? Who is the most beautiful one here? Is his occupation better than mine? Is she earning more than me? It is an endless comparisons and judgements, and none of them mentioned above is real, but it is all made ups in the mind. Everyone is beautiful in their own way, and there is no “perfect” body figure because all of us have different structures and genes. It is just meaningless to compare ourselves to others because we are all different, and we are all one.

Yoga teaching opens our eyes to see things as it is, to see things without filters. We all have been through the times where we feel inferior to someone, or superior to someone, but yoga let us re-realize that nobody is superior or inferior to anyone and everyone is equally beautiful and miracle. What makes us shine to the outside world is the inner clarity and purity. When yoga practice is done properly with consistency, we get that inner beauty that naturally appears to the outside world, the true beauty that no materialistic objects can destroy.

Rishikesh, the birthplace of yoga (also known as the world capital of yoga) is the best destination for anyone who wants to know yoga and practice yoga in the most authentic way possible with clarity. There are a lot of yoga schools in Rishikesh that deliver yoga teacher training courses. Yoga teacher training courses held in Rishikesh by yoga schools are usually recognized by Yoga Alliance, which is the biggest yoga alliance recognized internationally. Among those, there are only a few yoga schools that have been delivering yoga very authentically and consciously to deliver yogic knowledge as it is without modifications.

Himalayan Yoga Association has been operating their yoga teacher training courses for almost 10 years, and it is known as one of the best yoga schools in Rishikesh that offer Yoga Alliance accredited yoga teacher training courses throughout a year. What makes Himalayan Yoga Association outstanding is their pure intention. The founder of this school, Yogi Himanshu never calls himself as a guru, where almost all the other yoga schools are selling their school names by calling the founder themselves a guru. Yogi Himanshu’s purpose is simple. It is to deliver yoga as it is as our great yogis have left their wisdom to this world long time ago. He has no desire to be admired, but to deliver the best time and knowledge to the people coming to Rishikesh in search for a truly happy life. In their best yoga teacher training courses in Rishikesh, India, you get to learn not only all the different aspects and approaches of yoga, but also how to live consciously by experiencing events held by the school. They hold both weekday and weekend excursions to the must-visit places in Rishikesh with no extra cost.

As you learn and practice yoga with Himalayan Yoga Association, you will get to feel your inner true being that has always been shining even in the darkest time of your life situation. Yoga practice allows you to know the true Self, the consciousness that are connecting all the existences, you and me, you and the universal consciousness. You will get to learn and feel that you are complete as you are already. If you are living in a fast-paced world where people care about materialistic stuff and labels, it might be difficult to imagine a world where there is no comparisons and judgements exist, but it does. By coming into and living in the best yoga school in Rishikesh in India such as Himalayan Yoga Association for a few weeks or months, you will be surrounded by authentic and conscious people that are working there to deliver the best experiences, the yoga teachers who are carefully selected  professionals in their teaching fields in Rishikesh, and the fellow students who have the same or similar purposes being there to learn yoga, you will see a whole new world where you feel accepted as who you are regardless of anything.

Let’s take a body image and physical differences among us as an example. When we practice asanas (yogic postures), according to yogic teaching, we need to concentrate on our breathings, inner states, there are certain focus points we need to set our eyes on. If you have been to any yoga (asana) class in yoga studio, you may have noticed that other students are looking at others and having a competitive emotion. And if you have noticed that, you must have been looking at others and have felt comparisons. That means, you were not practicing asanas properly but doing some physical exercises, looking like yoga asanas. Even in the one-hour asana class of authentic yoga school, there will be a lot of teachings that go beyond the physical aspect.

You will also notice the negative energy coming out from those people who keeps a feeling of comparisons are actually invading themselves. You can choose your inner states consciously.

Learning in the environment where there is an authentic and positive energy is crucial to get the most from your yogic journey especially if you are still new to this field because when you have become a conscious person who can see things by living a yogic life, you no longer get affected by outside situations, but if you are still new to it, even if you think you are practicing yoga and living every day consciously, the surroundings still could eat you out without you noticing it. Choose the best yoga school in Rishikesh, India to begin your yogic journey where there are no comparisons, no judgements, no exchange of any negative energy exist.