How To Do Karma Yoga Video

Karma yoga refers to the universal principle of cause and effect. Learn how to practice Karma yoga in this video lesson.

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Prioritize service & action
Let go of ego & materialism
Stress selfless service to others

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. My name is Cindy Mastry, and in this clip, we're going to discuss karma yoga. The Sanskrit term, kar, means action or to do, so karma yoga is the yoga of action. The action is living life with selfless service to others. So, service is the most important point. You have to totally let go of your ego, let go of all materialistic items and do nothing but serve others. So there can be no ego attached to that service, so the service you have to do cannot be recognized. Also, there can be no fruits of your labor. So it's selfless service, basically without anybody knowing about it and without getting any kind of payment for it. So, charity work where you don't get paid and no one knows about it is a perfect example of karma yoga. So karma yogis believe that by selflessly helping other people, they will attain enlightenment, reach the divine. So, again, selfless service to others cannot get any fruits for the labor and you have to have total non-attachment to material items.

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