Because of the ever-increasing popularity of yoga, it’s hard to turn a street corner and not run into someone toting a rolled up yoga mat. Conversations between yogis can be overheard at gyms, cafés, bookstores, bus stops, bike paths, parks, you name it. Sometimes the things overheard seem so out-of-this-world it’s easy for someone to want to roll their eyes and burst the yogis’ bubble by telling them that no-one in their right mind would be saying things like:

“This morning my consciousness shifted away from my normal perception of reality to some esoteric space where I was witnessing myself have this experience.”

“I could no longer feel the boundaries of my body. I couldn’t define where I began and where I ended. All I could detect was this energy. I felt lighter in my body.”

“I felt my energy lift and my spirit surrender. I felt enormous and expansive. My spirit soared free. Nirvana, I found Nirvana.” Read the rest of this post»