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Fire (agni) is at the core of yoga practice. In the spiritual sense, fire refers to the core of consciousness, the infinite divine energy that has the capacity to be and to become whatever it wishes. Fire is shakti, the creative energy of Brahman. At the level of individual consciousness, fire expresses itself as the indomitable power of will and determination. It is fire that enables a yogi to cultivate and maintain a radiant body and a brilliant mind. In fact, all forms of change—physical, mental, and spiritual—are totally dependent on fire. Yoga sadhana is the process of attending the fire within us, and self-realization dawns when we gain direct experience of this internal fire. References to fire in authentic yoga texts are not symbolic. Fire is a living truth. —Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Inner Quest L2025 haven
