How is Yoga like an airplane?

Yoga is an incredible vehicle for self-transformation

Yoga has the power to transform who we are on every level. It can take us from one possibility within ourselves to another higher possibility. Many people are using yoga in this way right now across the globe to develop themselves physically. This is a common impression of yoga. That is to develop the strength, flexibility and physical health of the body. 

Yes yoga can do this. But that is not what it was meant for. Yoga is a holistic development system. That means that it can improve every level of who we are, if we understand the principles of yoga and apply it in our lives. It can help us to become more emotionally intelligent and improve our mental ability. More importantly it can take us to a higher spiritual possibility. ​
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Yoga is like an airplane? 

Imagine an airplane, with its massive jet engines. You have taken your seat, buckled up and now its taxiing down the runway. It's picking up speed and power. You feel the thrust and the vibrations. And then imagine at the last minute just as you are ready to take off, the pilot pulls off onto the highway! 

Just think about this huge airplane, jet engines roaring, heading up the highway. Seems like a ridiculous idea and a ridiculous sight!

When we use yoga solely for a physical reason, just for our strength, flexibility, and a great looking body - it is like this airplane driving on the highway. Certainly the airplane can do that, it can get you from point A to B, and perhaps with extra style points as well. But we can all agree that the airplane was meant for something more. 

In the same way, yoga is meant for much more. Yoga is an incredibly sophisticated science that can help us to develop our potential on every level. ​
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Incredible destinations await you

An airplane allows you access to places across the globe. It has that ability to let me, a person who lives on a small Caribbean island, travel further than our ancestors could have imagined. 

Yoga has the ability to let us reach possibilities we cannot even imagine yet. It can take us towards the spiritual possibilities that we hold within ourselves. It can take us to our higher potential. Through the disciplined practice of yoga we can venture into the unknown within us. 

That is the promise of yoga. That it can take us to incredible possibilities in our life. Physical possibilities, like strength, flexibility and health. Emotional and mental possibilities, actually improving our intelligence on every level. And most importantly it can take us towards the spiritual possibilities that lie dormant within us.