How Do You Apply The Organic Energy Principle In Anusara Yoga?
Anusara Yoga, a modern school of Yoga initiated by John Friend, follows the Hatha Yoga path to God consciousness. Anusara means “flowing with grace,” “going with the flow” or “following your heart”). Anusara Yoga poses incorporate the Universal Principles of Alignment, of which the five main alignment principles are: Opening to Grace, Muscular Energy, Inner Spiral, Outer Spiral and Organic Energy. Each principle appears in sequence in each pose. In every pose, each principle forms a base for the next. Infuse every pose with meaningful intention that is related to the “grand purposes of yoga,” which include awareness of the inherent goodness of one’s being and aligning with the Divine. Set your mind for your practice, and recite the Anusara Yoga opening invocation (Gate Latch Asana) in either Sanskrit or English. Sanskrit:Om Namah Shivaya GuraveSaccidananda MurtayeNisprapancaya ShantayaNiralambaya TejaseEnglish :I offer myself to the Light of Pure Awarenesss, who is the True Teacherwith
