| We live in a time when the masses have to be | | | | them to every day life. |
| impressed by the extremes. When people think of | | | | The value of a sage cannot be under estimated. |
| Yoga, they often think of circus tricks, pretzel bodies, | | | | Unfortunately, the news shows us that wisdom and |
| and gymnastic feats. Feats of physical prowess are a | | | | common sense have been taking a "vacation" for |
| wonderful thing, but you do not need a Yoga teacher's | | | | awhile. In Yoga, a sage does not need a light show, |
| instruction, or a sage's advice, to perform them. | | | | fireworks, smoke, explosions, or special effects to |
| When I was visiting a colleague's Yoga studio, a young | | | | capture the imagination of his or her Yoga students. |
| woman signed up for a free introductory Yoga class, | | | | In Yoga, we look to the sages of the past, and |
| and a free Tai Chi class. Before the Yoga class | | | | present, through the written or spoken word. The sage |
| started, she was walking on her hands, touching her | | | | is a Yoga teacher who can capture your imagination |
| heels to the back of her head, and doing full splits in | | | | and guide students without any special effects. |
| every possible direction. She also put on the same | | | | Maharishi Patanjali might be the first sage that comes |
| performance before her Tai Chi class. | | | | to your mind - when thinking about the Yoga sages of |
| Needless to say, she did not sign up for either class. | | | | the past. |
| About Yoga: She claimed that one Yoga class was all | | | | So, where do you find a sage? Please remember that |
| she needed. She had "been there and done that." She | | | | a sage is usually a mentor of spiritual and philosophical |
| was bored by Yogic philosophy, Pranayama, and | | | | subjects, who is a source of profound and innovative |
| meditation. She had "mastered" everything about Yoga | | | | wisdom. |
| in one beginner class. | | | | This does not mean he or she has to be a Yoga |
| My Grandfather used to say, "You can't reason with a | | | | teacher, but this is someone you can constantly learn |
| horse's tail." So, there was no point in reasoning with | | | | from. If you need a notebook to keep up with all of the |
| someone, who already has all of the answers to life's | | | | wisdom you hear from your mentor, then you have |
| many mysteries. In my life, my Grandfather was to be | | | | found a genuine sage. |
| the first of many sage's for me to learn from. He did | | | | The true sage has been where we desire to go and is |
| not know much about Yoga, but he knew a great deal | | | | capable of teaching all of us. |
| about common sense, philosophy, and how to apply | | | | |