Christmas is the celebration of life and a reminder that our essential nature is peace, happiness, love, giving and joy. It is an event to be celebrated at every moment in life for a year even though celebrated outside once a year. That is what yoga declares as the goal of life. A Sufi proverb says, ‘if you have, share and celebrate and if you don’t have, meditate and enjoy’. How true it is in life when we are subjected to hardship and conflicts in our day to day life. Here are the 5 ways, you can celebrate Christmas, to make your entire life a celebration. more at http://www.examiner.com/article/christmas-5-ways-to-celebrate-according-to-yoga

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Christmas – 5 ways to celebrate according to yoga
• Christmas is the
celebration of life and
a reminder that our
essential nature is
peace, happiness,
love, giving and joy.
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• A Sufi proverb says, ‘if
you have, share and
celebrate and if you
don’t have, meditate
and enjoy’.
©Acharya Girish Jha for Authentic Yoga Tradition (TM) and Shreyas, USA LLC. Read disclaimer at www.girishjha.org

2. Christmas – 5 ways to celebrate according to yoga
1st way- awaken to peace
and happiness
Sit with eyes closed in front of
an image of Christ and move
the mind consciously on the
image from top to the toes
repeatedly for 15 minutes.
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The 2nd way – take charge of
inner purification
Bring purity of mind by dropping
the negative thoughts every
day.
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3. Christmas – 5 ways to celebrate according to yoga
3rd way – forgive all those who
sin……….
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We remember the famous
phrase of the prayer, ‘forgive
those who sin……………….’
Yoga always inspires one to
forgive oneself and others. It
can only be done through
contemplation not in words by
sitting daily for a few minutes
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4. Christmas – 5 ways to celebrate according to yoga
4th way – food for one and all
Yoga says, one should divide
one’s belly into four parts – fill
two parts with food, leave one
part for air and fourth is kept
empty for easy digestion and
absorption. However, the best
thing is offering the food
4 consciously to relations, needy
as if coming from Jesus.
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5. Christmas – 5 ways to celebrate according to yoga
5th way – wait for Santa Claus
within to change
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Why not celebrate this
Christmas coloring the mind
with Santa Claus deep within.
This will help the mind to
remove all frustrations, conflicts
and tensions that are
preventing one to move ahead
in life.
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