The Heart of Yoga - Your Experience Required

There is a classical Indian story about three blind men and an elephant. Each of the three blind men are trying to understand exactly what the elephant is like, but experiencing different parts of the large creature. The first blind man is feeling all over the leg of the elephant and says, "It is like a strong tree." But, the second is holding the trunk, explaining, "It is like an ever changing vine." The third blind man is running his hands across the large body of the elephant, exclaiming, "No, it is endless, like a wide mountain." What does this story have to do with Westerners and Yoga? To each of the blind men, the conclusions they have reached about the Elephant is correct, given their experiences and sensory data. Based on their experience with the elephant, t View the rest of this article