Parvati Magazine February 2014 - Sobriety1 | Page 8

YOGA

TRUE SOBRIETY

What would the
world look like
if we could walk
through it with
the sobriety of
a newborn child?

W

hat is Sobriety?

There is one definition that many of us are all too familiar with: The abstinence from alcohol, drugs and
any mood-altering substances. Thus, the term “sobriety” is often thought of as the opposite of being
“under the influence” of some form of mood and
mind-altering substance.
Wikipedia offers another definition of “sobriety”,
as “the natural state of a human being given at