Jnan yoga or the yoga of knowledge-knowing oneself is a rather dry subject and I have only heard the greatest of seers deal with it with some degree of credibility. It is a yoga for those among us who are rational, questioning, inquiring, investigative and experimenting by nature. Swamiji dealt with it very skilfully and tried to simplify it as much as possible for the layman. He quipped that if you go wrong in your physical yoga techniques you could perhaps blame it on your instructors. But jnan yoga is a tireless undertaking by the self to know the self. Any impediments and its consequence we have to bear it ourselves. It is a very difficult yoga to pursue.
NB: I would be happy to give more details of the speech to those who are interested.
The workshop consisted of physical postures, like the four count rolling that prepares our body for the more difficult postures, leg raises and cycling to strengthen the thighs and lower back. and the all important shoulder stand,s the fish, the plough, and the wheel.
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