There is Yin and Yang in everything, they cannot be separate. This is a great verse from the Tao Te Ching to help us take a more holistic perspective than just reducing things to this or that, especially with tendencies to make something better than or worse than. Try not to get caught up in the yoga wars of which is better yoga Yin Yoga or Yang (Power Vinyasa styles of yoga). Both are necessary and if you look deeper than reducing things to a style you will see the beauty in the whole of yoga. Perhaps that is what is meant by “Power” Yoga after all, and its been lost in translation.
Verse 54 – The whole is in each part
Whatever is planted deeply
Is not easily uprooted.
Whatever is embraced sincerely
Does not crave escape
Ever since we lost our intuition
As our main guide in life,
These virtues have had to be
Consciously cultivated to survive.
Cultivate them in yourself
and they will be genuine.
Cultivate them in your family
And they will surely flourish.
Cultivate them in your community
and they will be long lasting.
Cultivate them in your country
And they will be widely propagated.
Cultivate them in the world
And they will certainly become universal.
In this way you will know others
By what you do yourself
You will know families
By what you contribute as a family
You will know the world
By what you do as a planetary citizen.
How do we know all this?
Because we know
That each part is the whole,
And the whole is in each part
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