Meditation and Yoga Club

Written by Alex Massey

I sat down at a café last year and read “Mind, Body and Soul” on a coffee cup. I reflected on my practices in Yoga, wondering how an essential teaching of Yoga ended up on a cup? A message brought to me on what was a flat white coffee was a message holding the key aspects of human existence that inevitably lead us to enlightenment. Not that people were going to think this way, or even through the effects of coffee wake up to an experience of selfrealisation. The cup would most likely end up in the bin as the next daily routine takes hold of our existence. So, what then is “Mind, Body and Soul”? Well, it’s the three fundamental aspects to being human or in Yoga, being Yogi on the path of bliss. Most people think Yoga means a particular exercise, well that’s a start to the infusion, or medicine that prepares the body for the next stage.

Yoga means unification, unification through expansion. Yoga is a science evolved from systematic observations, experiments over thousands of years, and the guidance of elevated masters. Yogis have gained a deeper understanding of, and the relationship between, body and mind functions. By practising Yoga, we experience the expansive potentialities of the mind and realise who we are, drawing closer towards perfecting our human existence.

In applying Yoga techniques, we gain a better understanding of our body and being. Thus, strengthening, controlling, and directing our energy towards mental and spiritual achievement ultimately leading to perfection. This process is known as Bio-psychology of Yoga. We can start with the Yoga postures’ Asanas’ (posture held comfortably) which improve the glandular, nervous and skeletal systems, and then learn about the effects of food.

The company of inspiring people within the JCU Meditation and Yoga Club, will lead to your University year being positive, joyful and less stressful. So, the next time you are faced with the words “Mind, Body and Soul” on a cup of coffee or elsewhere, look up the JCU Meditation and Yoga club.

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