The Complete Yoga Community

The word that is “yoga”…

Yoga is a constant source of inspiration to so many of us. Many know this truth: yoga
fundamentally changes us. With time, yoga tattoos itself on the inside and we begin to awaken more and more naturally to this “union” that is “yoga” and all that it brings.

There are many ways to practise yoga, many ways to find yoga, many ways to understand yoga – in the end, it’s all yoga – and yoga should be celebrated! Complete Yoga is exactly about celebrating all that is beautiful in life and in yoga. With man’s tendency towards making judgements, creating “isms” and labels for things,
the word “yoga” itself becomes a good word to reflect back on as it reminds us of truth, togetherness, unity, connection and our oneness with all life.

One of the first teachings of yoga is that life is difficult and, once we have accepted these hardships and our personal and collective challenges along the way, we are free to be joyful in the knowledge that the world is always exactly as it should be. This is the “celebration” of yoga – the growing awareness and trust in universal principles that ultimately sets us free.

Therefore, with the intention of celebrating the many divine aspects of life and holistic living, the Complete Yoga team got to cooking up an issue that celebrates and expresses the sacred spirit of yoga. More than anything though, it’s the warmth and sincerity of the proudly growing yoga community that allows us to do what we do.

Through inspiring, encouraging, enlightening and hopefully also, just relaxing you, the message of yoga, as is subliminally written in this issue too, is that you should revel in the wonders and many mysteries of life.
Hopefully you’ll emerge brightened from the experience, and experience is what we yogis hold dear.

There are too many fabulous reads in this issue for me to highlight just one (or even just a few), so let’s rather trade – we share with you and you share with us what this wonderful word “yoga” means to you.

As we grow in consciousness, let our yoga become that shining beacon of light, as we fill the world with our collective radiance. This is the spirit and celebration of yoga – the union, the joining together, the weaving of a collective tapestry that we call yoga and indeed life.

Hari Om Tat Sat,
Angela