Normal People Doing Yoga Poses in The Real World

By FizX on March 4, 2016@fizx

Jordan Berger, a 30-year-old yoga instructor who lives in Sydney and works in an alcohol company, has created an Instagram account where he posts photographs of people doing yoga poses in everyday environments.

“The goal is to raise awareness about mindset, rather than yoga as just the crazy physical postures,” Berger said. “It is not about the physical, it is about the mental and spiritual guidance.”

“It tends to be people wearing athletic clothing and model women. It is super hot chicks, in leggings doing various postures but with not a lot of substance or yoga mindsets,” he said, referring to the hordes of Instagram accounts focussed on the glamorous yogi set.

Utthita Parsvakonasana – Extended Side Angle _ Only when you transcend the mind can you understand it. This is where yoga differs from most other psychological approaches _ They usually believe you have to understand everything with the mind and that beyond it you cannot understand anything _ Yoga claims there is a knowledge possible without the mind and that to know the true Self, we mustn't merely just think. To understand the Unlimited One, our higher power, we must transcend and get into the unlimited – S. Satchidananda on sutra 2.1 _ You know how people say to "get out of your head"…we say it for a reason! Today, try more BEING and less DOING and see what comes up for you _ You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🙏😋👊🏻🍔⚡️👍🏻🔥😛💪🏻🌵😜😎🇺🇸🇦🇺👌 _ @igniteyoga_ali is wearing @bardot / @drdenimjeans / @vanguard05 / @davidjonesstore / @arnhem_clothing _ @igniteyoga_ali is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving in Sydney, Australia _ #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict

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Natarajasana – Dancers Pose _ Expression of your true authentic self can only reflect back on you as BLISS _ SAMHADI (Bliss) is the final stage in Patanjalis' 8-Limbed path of yoga. One aspect of progressing along the path is practicing SATYA, or truthfulness _ If you can always be TRUE to who you are, then there is no need ever to worry about weather you are on the right path _ You don't need a mat to practice yoga 👻😈👽👹💀🍄🐯⚡️🐞🍭🍬🍫🍥🍰🍧 _ @mitchy_b_ is wearing @countryroad / @lifeafterdenim / @annexbondi _ @mitchy_b_ is a dental professional, Jewelry designer & yoga lover _ #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga #australia #yogaalliance

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Vasisthasana – Side Plank _ Yoga philosophy speaks of two things; PURUSHA & PRAKRITI. The Purusha is the true self. It is the Purusha who SEES. The Prakriti is everything else. All other things besides you are the SEEN _ We tend to identify ourselves with what is SEEN, with what we possess _ Everything we call ours cannot be US! "My body, My mind, My knowledge, My house…" This identification with other things is the cause of all our pain. _ Instead, if we are just ourselves always, things may change or stay as they are, but they will never cause us pain because the changes will be in the things we possess and not in us – S. Satchidananada on sutra 2.17 _ You don't need a mat to practice yoga 👍🏻⚡️😜😛👌🇦🇺👊🏻😄😘🇺🇸😋😁😎🍔🌞🙏🔥 _ @zuzusmooth is wearing @timberland / @industrieclothing / @mjbale _ @zuzusmooth is a Brand Ambassador for @campariofficial and @aperolspritzofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor _ #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga

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Dandasana – Staff Pose • Connection to others is an essential part of feeling ALIVE • Although yoga promotes healthy self-study (SVADHYAYA in Sanskrit), we must not get stuck in our own world • Do the work on yourself to make your connections with others more LOVING, CARING & GENUINE • Today, call a friend that you haven't connected with in a while • Notice the smile on your face and in your heart • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 👍🏻⛵️🇺🇸🐨🇦🇺🍹😋🍰🔥⚡️⭐️🇮🇱🍹🙄😀 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @industrieclothing / @mjbale / @timberland • @zuzusmooth is a Key Account Executive for @campariofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving

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Eka Pada Bakasana – One Legged Crow Pose • If we adopt a spiritual approach to life, which above all else involved cultivating a tranquil mind, we are possibly less likely to experience physical illness • We certainly are more likely to enjoy the benefits of serenity, and we become increasingly capable of serving others by manifesting such virtues as kindness, patience and generosity • Yoga was designed to make us whole in every respect. This is TRUE health – Georg Fuerstein • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🍔👌😛🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻😎🐯👊🏻🔥😋🙏⚡️😃😜😚😆 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @matuseinc and riding @surfboardsbydonaldtakayama • @zuzusmooth is a Key Accounts Executive for @campariofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving • #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga #australia #yogaalliance #budakon

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Ardha Matseyandrasana – Half Kingfish Pose • You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you and allowing that goodness to emerge • But it can only emerge if something fundamental changes in your state of consciousness – Eckhart Tolle • Today, DO LESS & BE MORE. Consider that you already are enough • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 👍🏻🇺🇸😜🍔😁🌞😘🐞⚡️🍔🇦🇺🇦🇺🐯🔥👌😲👻😎 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @bananarepublic / @industrieclothing / @timberland / @spyopticaustralia • @zuzusmooth is a Key Account Executive at @campariofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving • #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga #australia #yogaalliance

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Navasana – Boat Pose _ Happiness is already in us. Wherever we go we reflect our happiness onto people and things _ When we see a smiling face and feel happy, it is because the smiling face reflects our happiness _ No one can ever give us happiness or unhappiness but can only reflect or distort our own inner happiness – S. Satchidananda on sutra 2.5 _ Share your inner bliss with the world today and see what reflects back to you. Everything you need to shine is already within you _ You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🇦🇺🙏👍🏻😎😄👊🏻🍸⚡️😘🍜🌞🇺🇸😛😋🔥😉👻 _ @nat_armstrong_ is wearing @nike and a random thrift shop purchase 😉 _ @nat_armstrong_ is a project manager for @corona and @ltcreatures in Sydney, Australia and is a power vinyasa yoga instructor at @fitnessfirstau _ #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga #australia

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Malasana – Yogi Squat Pose • By the establishment of truthfulness, yogis get the power to attain for themselves and others the fruits of work without doing the work • In other words, things come to them naturally • All nature loves an honest person • Then you not need to run after things, they will run after you • And if you are always truthful, a time will come when all you say will come true – S. Satchidananda on sutra 2.36 • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🍰🍹👍🏻😊🍔🇺🇸🐨🇦🇺🛥👊🏻🌞😏🍪😝😜 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @timberland / @spyopticaustralia / @industrieclothing • @zuzusmooth is a Key Account Executive for @campariofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving

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Pincha Mayurasana – Feather of the Peacock Pose • Yoga is the gradual process of replacing our unconscious patterns of thought and behaviour with new, more benign patterns that are expressive of the higher powers and virtues of enlightenment • It takes time to accompany this far-reaching work of self-transformation, and therefore practitioners of yoga must first and foremost practice PATIENCE – G. Feurstein • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🌞👍🏻🔥😎👊🏻😛🙏😘🇺🇸👻🍔⚡️😜🐯😍😂 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @industrieclothing / @timberland • @zuzusmooth is a Key Account Executive for @campariofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving • #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga #australia #yogaalliance #budakon #loveandalliscoming #practiceyogacgangeyourworld

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Lolasana – Hanging Lotus Pose • As a result of contentment, one gains supreme joy • Here we should understand the difference between CONTENTMENT & SATISFACTION • Contentment (Santosha in Sanskrit) means just being as we are without going to outside things for our happiness • If something comes, we let it • If not, it doesn't matter • True Santosha means neither to like or dislike – S. Satchidananda on sutra 2.44 • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 👍🏻🍰🇺🇸😜🇦🇺🙏🎂🍷🎉⚡️🎈🐨⛵️😍⭐️ • @mitchy_b_ is wearing @nanajudy_ / @annexbondi / @converse / @mitchy_b_

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Padmasana – Lotus Pose • YOGA is learning to stop how the mind turns things around • Calming the fluctuations of the mind leads to total mastery over our thoughts • Rather than being controlled by them, we can CHOOSE how our mind builds our world • We are constantly in a 2 way conversation with our mind • Just don't let its voice overpower your own • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🙄⚡️🍦🌴🙏👍🏻🍗🍩🇺🇸🇦🇺😀🐨🔥⛵️🍹 • @mitchy_b_ is wearing @dead_studios / @merefootwear / @countryroad • @mitchy_b_ is a Jewelry designer, dental professional and an inversions addict

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Balasana – Childs Pose • If you will it, it is no dream • If you dream it, it is no accident • If you believe it, just love…and all is coming • Our higher & lower mind (MANAS & BUDDHI) create our reality and our wildest dreams • Through YOGA (Union) we can find that magical place of actually LIVING our dreams • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🐨😛😎🇦🇺🔥👍🏻🐋👌😍🌞🇺🇸🍔😜⚡️🐯 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @industrieclothing / @bananarepublic & driving a slick @mercedez_benz_official • @zuzusmooth is a Key Account Executive for @campariofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving

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Natarajasana – Dancers Pose • The very first step to living in permanent SAMADI (bliss in Sanskrit) is simply being AWARE that you have a choice • This awareness isn't always easy • You can train your mind to CHOOSE joy over sorrow, pleasure over pain • Nothing happens by accident • OBSERVE the world around / inside of you when you choose to make decisions that only serve you and others POSITIVELY • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 👍🏻🍷🍔😘🇦🇺😉🇺🇸⛵️⭐️👊🏻🐨😀🍹🍰💪🏻 • @evoke_love is wearing @mura_boutique • @evoke_love is a certified yoga instructor, artist and fairy of love

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Virabhadrasana 3 – Warrior 3 Pose • The past has no power to stop you from being present NOW • Only your grievance about the PAST can do that • And what is a grievance? • The baggage of old thought and emotion – Eckhart Tolle • Old memories live in a part of our brain that yogis refer to as CITTA • When you are completely PRESENT in the current moment, you begin to live free of past impressions on your mind • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🍷👍🏻🐨🍔😝👊🏻🇺🇸🍹⚡️🔥🌴🇦🇺⭐️⛵️😂 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @industrieclothing / @timberland • @zuzusmooth is a Key Account Executive for @aperolspritzau in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving

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Vrksasana – Tree Pose • A life in Yoga is one of moral and ethical do's (NIYAMAS) and don't (YAMAS) that progress us down the 8-Limbed path to bliss • Each one of us will have a unique balance of these codes of conduct within us. No one is perfect • Even a little indulgence from time to time is ok if it is done with LOVE & COMPASSION • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🇺🇸👍🏻😜😉🌞😲🐞🐯😛🔥😋👊🏻👊🏻😁😎😋😚😘 • @zuzusmooth is wearing @bananarepublic / @industrieclothing / @crocs / @spyoptic and is eating the greatest Bacon, Egg & Cheese of all time! Thanks @eggslutla • @zuzusmooth is a Key Accounts Executive for @campariofficial in Sydney, Australia and is a certified power vinyasa yoga instructor at @powerliving • #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga #australia #yogaalliance #budakon #loveandalliscoming

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Uttanasana – Intense Forward Fold • AVIDYA is to mistake the impermanent for the permanent, the impure for the pure, sorrow for happiness & the not-self for the True-Self • To fully dismantle AVIDYA is the deep goal of yoga & demands a radical shift of consciousness • The good news is that just recognising that you're entranced is to begin to wake from the dream • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 😛🔥😍😜🇦🇺👍🏻👊🏻😘😉👻🇺🇸👌🌞😏🐯😂🍸 • Photo by @_rawvisualz_ • @yogaandblues is wearing @tropicaljeans • @yogaandblues is a dancer, psychology student and yoga lover 🇮🇹 • #patanjali #yoga #yogaeverywhere #YogiAssignment #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yoga #yogaeverydamnday @powerliving @wanderlustausnz @yoga_suitra @mens_yoga #bestyogaphoto @bestyogaphoto #yogalife #meditation @boysofyoga #boysofyoga #instayoga #instayogi #myyogalife #howyogaworks #fithappyhealthy #namaste #yogi #yogagram #yogaaddict #aloyoga #australia #yogaalliance #budakon #loveandalliscoming #practiceyogacgangeyourworld

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Adho Mukha Svanasana – Downward Facing Dog Variation • As life carries us along our journey, the teachings of yoga remind us not to dwell on what has passed or what is coming in the future • But to FOCUS on the moment that is directly in front of us • This gives us the AWARENESS to disconnect from the fear of what could go wrong, rise above, and express ourself in the most playful way – Mitch Browne • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🍰🔥🌞🍷👊🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🍹🇦🇺🐬🍣😜🐠⭐️💪🏻 • @mitchy_b_ Is wearing @merefootwear / @lifeafterdenim / @annexbondi / and Jewelry by @mitchy_b_ • @mitchy_b_ a dental professional, aspiring yogi and Jewelry designer

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Krounchasana – Heron Pose Variation • To live in the moment is innocence, to live without the past is innocence, to function out of the state of NOT knowing is innocence • And the moment you function out of such tremendous silence which is not burdened by any past, out of such tremendous stillness which knows nothing, the experience that happens is BEAUTY – OSHO • YOGA teaches us to calm the fluctuations of the mind and find CONTENTMENT in the present moment • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 👍🏻🍄😛🍔🇺🇸🕶🇦🇺🍾🌴👊🏻😎💪🏻🙏🐨🍪 • @elenamarks is wearing @nancyroseperformance • @elenamarks is a Brand Ambassador for @embodywellnesscompany and an avid yogi

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Danurasana – Bow Pose • We should analyze all our motives and try to cultivate selfless thoughts • That is our first and foremost duty • How do we know whether our thoughts are selfless or not • We have to watch carefully the moment a thought form arises in the mind & become analysts • This itself is YOGA practice; watching our own thoughts and analyzing them – S. Satchidananda on sutra 1.5 • You don't need a mat to practice yoga 🤓😝🇦🇺🐨😘🇺🇸⚡️🌞👍🏻😜👊🏻🍔😮🦁🌴 • @emily.obrien is wearing @freepeople • @emily.obrien is a yoga teacher at @hegelyoga in Tempe, Arizona and has the most epic bendy backbends 👍🏻

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