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Yoga and The Twin Flame Journey
Exploring the Twin Flame journey through the lens of Yoga
We’re so used to thinking of Yoga as a physical practice on the mat — be it asana, breathwork, or meditation. However, in my experience, yoga goes far beyond what one does on the mat. Yoga is about how we live. The mat is a space to build the tools we need so we can then put them into practice in the real world.
Many forget the first two limbs of yoga as they move into the latter limbs, but of course, this is why Yoga isn’t linear. They’re called limbs for a reason — we use all of our limbs concurrently to move the whole body. No one limb takes precedence over another. And so the Yamas and Niyamas that lay out how we act in the world with ourselves and each other are just as important as any other limb.
When I discuss the Twin Flame (or Divine Counterpart) journey as a yogic path, this is what I mean: the living of Yoga. The Twin Flame journey involves deep mirroring of the self through the other, which aids us in the practice of our Niyamas — especially discipline, self-study, and surrender — and it forces us to learn unconditional love, which is the ultimate goal of our Yamas.
Beyond this, though, I’ve found the journey can be easily mapped onto two of the three paths of Yoga laid out in the Bhagavad Gita.
