“everyone and everything around you is your teacher”
~ Ken Keyes JR
~ Ken Keyes JR
The Spiritual Warrior
The next time you are practising the warrior series (Virabhadrasana I, II, III or IV) consider these points...
• Gandhi saw the battlefield as a metaphor for our internal conflicts, and Arjuna as the archetypal warrior within – one who sees through the illusions to the truth, and is able to act with courage and unwavering focus.
Can you find in this centre the Heart of the Peaceful Warrior?
• It is not that warriors are merely violent, rather they hold firm to their stand, allowing the challenges and adversity to flow over them, without altering their core.
“It is the clear space of awareness from which the necessary wise action within any moment can be found…”
Notice how holding onto unnecessary tension tends to shift our focus off centre.