KULA'DA YOGA CALISMALARI

Kendinizi gelistirme yollarindan birisi de vucudunuzla yapacaginiz calismalardir. Yoga ilmi binlerce cesit durus (asana) sunar; bu duruslar fiziksel ve bedensel boyutunuzu gelistirir. Yoga duruslarini dogru ogrenmek daha sonra gelen nefes, konsantrasyon ve meditasyon calismalarinda enerjitik, zihinsel ve sinirsel boyutunuza emin ilerlemek ve kendinizi derinden dogru bir sekilde kesfetmek icin sarttir.  

Her insan vucudunun yapisi farklidir. Dolayisi ile mukemmel yoga durusu yoktur; mukemmel caba (tapas) vardir. Bu caba insanin kendi vucudunu iyi tanimasi, vucudunda herhangi bir bolgenin nasil calistigini anlamasi ve yoga egzersizlerini kendi vucuduna uyarlamayi ogrenmesidir. 

Anusara yoga tarzinda hizanizi ve temelinizi kavrayacak, var olan potansiyel enerjinizin en ust seviyesine cikarak yasam gucunuzun farkina varacaksiniz. Beden-Zihin Butunlesmesi -Body Mind Centering- metodu sayesinde nefesinizi, dikkatinizi ve farkindaliginizi en derindeki hucrelerinize yonelterek yogada bahsedilen beden-zihin-ruhsal birlikteliginin ta kendisi, somut ornegi olacaksiniz.  

1999 yilindan beri yoga ile ugrasan Naz Anusara yoga ile Beden-Zihin Butunlesmesi metodlarinin sentezini yaparak sizlere eglenceli, rahatlatan ve kesfettiren bir yoga deneyimi sunmayi amaclar. 

"KULA VE MANEVI ARKADASLIK" yazisinin tercumesi

Istediler diye yaziyorum yoksa kendi kendimi tekrarlamayi hic sevmem:

Budizm "guzel arkadas" denilen bir kavramdan bahseder. Bu arkadas sizi manevi yukselten kisidir. Yalniz umutsuz veya stresten gerilmis anlarinizda bu guzel arkadas oyle bir sey soyler ki zihninizi tum negatif ve yargilamalardan arindirip bulundugunuz anin kiymetine ve edilen lafin bilgeligine ceker.

Kendinizi gelistirme yoluna girmisseniz eger onunuze bir suru engel cikacaktir. Size bu engellerin aslinda icinizdeki gizli potansiyelleri cikartacak birer arac olduklarini guzel arkadasiniz size hatirlatir. Yine bu arkadas sorunlarinizin sadece size ozgu olmadigini soyler ve alginizi kucuk dunyanizdan buyugune cevirerek benzer kargasalarda debelenen insanlara sevkat duygu ve farkindaliginizi asilar. Bazen sizden sadece kendiniz olmamizi, kalbinizden cikana itiraz etmeyerek o duyguyu ozgunce yasamamizi ister.

Kula Sanskritce bir kelime: Guzel arkadaslardan olusan bir topluluk. Guzel arkadaslar sizin en samimi dostlariniz degil de hayatin ozune inmeyi ve cesurca kendileri olmayi niyet etmis kendilerini gelistirmeye adamis kisiler. Hissettiklerinizi anliyorlar cunku sizle ayni yoldalar.

Kendini gelistirme yolunda ilerleyenler baskalariyla paylastigi oranda buyurler. Hareketle vucudunuzu tanimak, sifa ile derine inip duygusal ve ince enerjitik boyutunuzun farkina varmak, gerektigi zaman gulmek veya sessiz meditasyonda oturmak bu yolun taslari; bunlari size destek gosteren samimi ve rahat bir toplulukta yapmanin zevki is bambaska olacaktir.

KULA AND SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP

Buddhists have a term "kalyana-mitra" which means "beautiful friend." This beautiful friend is the one who uplifts you all the time. No matter how bad your day might be, how lonely or frustrated you might feel, this beautiful friend says something so wise that it shifts your mind instantly from the negativity and judgment and lets you focus to the preciousness of the moment or the thing said.

If you are on the path of yoga (a.k.a. path of self-growth) the most likely to happen is that you might forget. You might forget how far you have come on the way... For instance... you struggle in a pose that should happen easily right 'cause you have been working steadily for it... but damn... it is not happening and you are ready to quit. But can you notice all the information that registers into the data of your cells in the meanwhile, which one day all of a sudden, will manifest itself surprisingly, perhaps not in a yoga pose but in an intelligently managed crisis situation at work or at love.

Well... if you have a beautiful friend, he or she will remind you this. This person may not be your best friend but he/she is on the same path for sure.

Beautiful friends also remind you that on the path of self-growth there will be obstacles that actually serve you to push your limits so you end up discovering your hidden potentials. These friends remind you that your situation, however desperate, is not uniquely yours... that you can offer compassion towards others in similar struggle. Or these friends simply let you feel whatever is pouring from your heart and you know that it is okay to express yourself honestly in their company. Again... it is not what they say or do, but how they make you feel.

I found a very humble description of mine of the term "kula" in my earliest yoga philosophy notes: It is a community of the heart. It is a group of like-minded people, people who support each other. It is a group in which you choose to participate because of all the things mentioned above.

Kula is a community of "kalyana-mitras" - beautiful friends.

If you practice yoga you are gaining a tool to empower yourself. Yoga is about having choices. You can choose your kula, people who uplift you. People who understand the immediacy of life and tell you to live it shamelessly. People who take you back to the path whenever you are confused. People who offer plain laughter but also know the place for an eye contact. There is a common saying: "You become the company you keep, so keep good company."

After all, it feels so good to stretch each other's arms and plug them into the shoulder sockets before the yoga class begins...