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• To be in the flow is to look at whatever arises with freshness and freedom. It is simply to open our hearts with love to the present moment without clinging or pushing. Anusara is accepting the world and ourselves as we are, and then responding with love. — John Friend, Anusara Yoga Teacher Training Manual (5th Ed)

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Opening Invocation
Anusara Yoga*

OM

Namah Shivaya Gurave

I honor the auspicious light and goodness in myself and

all beings that is my true teacher

Saccidananda Murtaye

Being, consciousness, and bliss embodied

Nisprapancaya Shantaya

Never absent and full of peace

Niralambaya Tejase

Fully free and radiant.

OM

* This is my own personal rendering of the Invocation, which reflects my nontheist beliefs, but which I believe still stays true to the meaning. For other interpretations, please see the translation at the beginning of the Anusara Yoga Teacher Training Manual or just enter “Anusara Invocation” into your favorite search engine.