rasa lila

rasa [=] taste; essence; savor; juice; nectar of delight (from the root ras = “to feel”)

lila [=] play; pastime; divine play

For some traditions, creation is a play of the Divine, existing for no other reason than the mere joy of it. The Universe is the Play of Consciousness.

Rasa Lila Yoga is an invitation to live your yoga practice, and your life as well, as that Play of Consciousness. It is an opportunity to experience this embodiment, through yoga, through play, tasting every experience as Divine; because the promise of yoga is that inside of every experience there is the final taste of the sweetness of Ananda, divine Bliss. If we take the premise, as taught in the ancient Tantric texts, that the essence that pulsates at the core of everything is goodness, that “everything is Shiva” [Shiva = goodness, the Auspicious One], then all flavors in life, although different, are worth it to experience. From that perspective, tradition say that, if we embrace life to the fullest and we can drink directly from the nectar of our heart.

Rasa lila is that “play of the infinite flavors of experience”. The Supreme experiencing Itself in infinite forms that are you and I, and our experiences. Then, as my teacher Douglas Brooks says “the problem is not to feel but we have to refine how we feel”. And that is yoga. Yoga is the process of refining our senses, our mind, our heart, so we become able to fully experience our true nature.

Es la celebración de estar vivos como verdaderos seres Divinos.
Rasa lila also literally means the “sweet pastime”. It is Krishna’s favorite past time as he dances with the gopis, bewitched by the sound of the music from his flute. Rasa lila is the eternal dance of the Universal with every individual soul. It represents the intimate relationship between each Individual Self (yes, you too!) and the Ocean of Grace of which we are part of. Rasa Lila is the dance we experience with every breath, the Universal taking form as prana Shakti, pulsating and dancing inside of every one of us. It is the celebration of embodiment as truly Divine beings.