{"id":2289,"date":"2015-12-17T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2017-09-08T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:18:26","slug":"what-is-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/what-is-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Yoga?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is yoga? \u00a0A pretty big question!<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patanjali\u2019s first Yoga <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sutra\">Sutra<\/a>, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atha Yoganusasanam, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kind of asks the same thing and it took that great sage a life time and 196 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sutra\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sutras<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (pearls of wisdom) to define it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear what Yoga is to You! \u00a0The answer will be different for everyone and there is no right or wrong!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get you started, we interviewed some of our favourite teachers at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/charityyogaday.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yoga Garden Party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last summer including <a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/profile\/clivefogelman\" target=\"_blank\">Clive Fogelman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/profile\/mimikuo-deemer\" target=\"_blank\">Mimi- Kuo Deemer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/profile\/naomiabsalom\" target=\"_blank\">Naomi Absalom<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hear their answers to the big question in this video\u00a0and then tell us your answer below!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9xIVQkT3B3g\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/profile\/clivefogelman\" target=\"_blank\">Clive Fogelman<\/a>: \u2018It is a reminder each day to give something back to ourselves.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/profile\/mimikuo-deemer\" target=\"_blank\">Mimi- Kuo Deemer<\/a>: \u2018To Yoke together the parts of myself that feel fragmented or disconnected, I feel that my body, mind and spirit come together.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/profile\/naomiabsalom\" target=\"_blank\">Naomi Absalom<\/a>: \u00a0\u2018Helps me to find a place in myself which is important, soulful, helps me to ground and connect to people\u2026\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">John Scott<\/span>: \u201cIt is my rock in life. . . \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t be shy, go ahead and comment in the box below!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">We can\u2019t wait to hear what Yoga means to you!<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-10.58.15.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2300 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-10.58.15-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-16 at 10.58.15\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This blog was extracted from interviews at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/charityyogaday.org.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Yoga Garden Party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0This fabulous annual charity event raises funds for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehopefoundation.org.uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hope Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and gives yoga lovers an opportunity to get together and share their practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb_wrap\"><a class=\"fb_link\" onclick=\"fbs_click('https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/what-is-yoga','');return false;\" href=\"#\">Send to Facebook<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is yoga? \u00a0A pretty big question! 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