{"id":4625,"date":"2014-08-28T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T04:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2014-08-28T00:01:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T04:01:15","slug":"wanderlust-teacher-training-living-intention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/ja\/journal\/wanderlust-teacher-training-living-intention\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Wanderlust Teacher Training: Living with Intention"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy Champ took the Wanderlust Voyager Immersion program at Wanderlust Squaw Valley and wrote about her experiences. To learn more about the Wanderlust Yoga Teacher Training program,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As we progress through life, the reality of \u201chow things really work\u201d has the potential to throw us off course. Though we must inevitably accept his premise, Buddha\u2019s conclusion that \u201clife is suffering\u201d isn\u2019t exactly the cheeriest approach to the situation.<\/p>\n

Luckily, there are other ways of living that supersede simply taking it all in stride. Aside from hedonistically over-indulging in all the luscious sights and sounds of the world, in Yoga we have something called a sattvic<\/em> approach.<\/p>\n

Sattva<\/em> is a pure kind of relaxed, yet alert, energy. It is one of the three gunas, or qualities of the universe, in classical Indian philosophy. Sattva rests somewhere in the middle, between the other two qualities: rajas<\/em> (hyper-excited, stressed) and tamas<\/em> (lazy, lethargic).<\/p>\n

Sattva is the feeling we get after savasana, when we use our arms to push ourselves up to a comfortable seated pose. We chant Om and say Namaste to our teacher. It\u2019s an amazing feeling, to be completely relaxed and open, but it is often a fleeting sensation.<\/p>\n

In our Wanderlust Teacher Training we learned more about yoga\u2019s philosophy, the yamas (disciplines) and
\nniyamas (observances), the social ethics of yoga which lead us to learning deeply about our true self.\u00a0Living yogically is living with purity and attention to ways that we can bring the feeling of sattva into our everyday lives.<\/p>\n

But to do all of that, in today\u2019s world, with all of the toxins, pollutants and traffic jams out there, is sometimes difficult. We want to forget about the challenges, and sink deeply into our practice. Like our guru, Yoga can be a protection, like an umbrella for our life.<\/p>\n

Instead of worrying about how it all fits together, or if we are making progress, we can choose instead to live with intention. Living with intention, we choose our goal and we are very specific about it. We don\u2019t worry about how much it costs or how far away it is. We accept our intention to live with sattva as our motivation, but then we let go of it. Instantly. We don\u2019t have to pray about it, or ask God, or send an email to our Higher Power. Just walk away.<\/p>\n

Instead of struggling, we allow the subconscious mind to actualize the intention. We don\u2019t do any work at all. The way the mind works is more powerful than any machine ever designed by humankind. The consciousness of mind is limitless, and with intention setting, we open ourselves to allowing the power of imagination to guide our subconscious.<\/p>\n

When we live with intention, we simply state our intention to the universe and allow the subconscious mind, as well as the collective unconscious of the world around us, to manifest our intention. You do not need hard work or effort to achieve sattva or yogic ethics in your life. Write down your intention (eg: \u201cI intend to live harmoniously with my friends and family\u201d) and let it go. Say your intention as an affirmation if you like.<\/p>\n

With intention setting, there is no need to engage in creative visualization or brainstorming. The point here is that there is no trying involved whatsoever. In order to access the true power of the higher mind, control must be relinquished. Our ultimate goal is to Be Yoga and not just Do Yoga, setting an intention is one way of opening ourselves to seeing how that might be possible.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Wanderlust Teacher Trainings<\/span><\/a>\n

—<\/p>\n

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