Today, we continue to slowly re-open as the air quality improves. And it’s the feast day of one the most well beloved saints: St. Francis, The patron saint of Italy, as well as environmentalists, and those who work on behalf of animals. All animal rights activists as well as climate change scientists and politicians involved in securing rights for the environment and for animals are all uplifted today.
Yoga honors both the physical form, and the right relationship to its environment. In this way yoga practices can be seen activism, especially as is related to the yamas and niyamas… the principles underlying the path. Ahimsa necessitates non-violence to all. This simple and direct rule encompasses St. Francis’s domain. In Italy, and everywhere.
Do you love animals? And the environment? Ki to Happiness loves “all creatures, great or small”, (Aitareya Upanishad).