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Globie
Happy Moon day-Rediscovery | | After spending the day in front of a screen I had to stretch a little bit, so came home and did 40 minutes of hip opening and backbending, which was nice and felt good, but I felt still observed the Moon day’s essence. I always feel more awake and with it after doing backbends.
The night [...] | | Read More | | 7/3/2008 12:52:01 PM |
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LI Ashtangini
Being in love | This post is dedicated to all of my single friends out there.
Top 10 reasons I am in love with BF.
1. He's friggin' hot. Maybe not to you, maybe not to the lady down the street, but to me he's the hottest thing around. He's not tall or burly or particularly muscular. He's certainly a little shorter than the guy I had in my head. But in my eyes he's totally fantastic look... | | Read More | | 7/3/2008 11:58:00 AM |
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Donutszenmom
Small things | | Wake up. Walk into the kitchen. Think, “Oh crap, I’ve given myself arthritis in my hips.” Consider how hip replacement will mean too much time off from practice. On the up side, maybe I can get bionic hips with freakish range of motion. Google glucosamine.
Start practice. La la la la la. Baddha konasana. Holy smokes, [...] | | Read More | | 7/3/2008 10:32:05 AM |
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Yoga Chickie
...and the livin is easy... | | But not so much the asana. Sometimes. Like today. Miracle of discipline that I even got my hung over ass to practice this morning. Went to David Burke & Donatella for drinks and dinner with friends from Bedford. The bartender rather liked me and kept filling my martini glass with increasingly creative versions of my initial pomegranate lemonade with citron vodka, straight up. At some point, ... | | Read More | | 7/3/2008 9:08:00 AM |
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My Yoga Blog
Mousse au chocolat | Je suis à Paris.
I arrived.
This morning I got up at 4 and this was an easy exercise. As usual I was too early at the airport. Finally I sat in the airplane and in less than 2 hours I was in Paris. I took a taxi to the hotel. A soon as I was in the hotel room I also was on the soft bed with the white linen. After 10 min somebody knocked on the door. It was my boyfriend to give me a... | | Read More | | 7/3/2008 7:38:00 AM |
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Mysore Musings
Hump day and related poses/Primary Series is like a treadmill set at "hills" | Thinking back to yesterday's practice and my body caught in a thick downpour of sweat, I try to recall what it was like to be a "beginner". I think it felt (physically) a lot like it feels right now. Some days I leave practice feeling like I took a nice nap or a warm shower; on other days, I feel like I fell off my bike, wrestled a bear, picked up a couch, or ca... | | Read More | | 7/3/2008 5:58:00 AM |
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Ashtanga Brighton Blog
Moon day potluck | | Thanks to all those who came round last night for the Moon day pot luck. It was a bit last minute but there was a good turn out with 7 of us packed into my little studio flat.
The culinary highlight (besides the chocolate) was definitely Shari’s very tasty quesadillas. I was a bit zoned out [...] | | Read More | | 7/3/2008 4:13:31 AM |
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Yoga Gumbo
Cool Things I’ve Come Across in Kansas So Far | | Kansas’ largest barn:
Bison jerky:
Fireflies:
Red-headed woodpecker:
Fireworks:
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Yogini's Quest
Technology | | I received a phone call tonight.
Guy, “Hi, umm this is Zach, I’m trying to get a hold of Mike.”
Me, “who? no Mike here, I’ve had this number for a couple of years.”
Guy, “Oh okay, whoops.”
Ten minutes later, text: “You sounded cute, are you single?”
For some gross reason this was flattering, I responded simply, “Well, I [...] | | Read More | | 7/2/2008 8:48:10 PM |
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Facing Inward
Packing | | I hate packing. I hate packing when I pack for me and I really hate packing for more than just me. It's always amazing to me that my children can pack up what is most important to them in the moment in their little backpack. It contains no clothes or other essential human hygeine items but always has an array of odd little things they clutch in their hands or a book that you've sworn they've read ... | | Read More | | 7/2/2008 8:04:31 PM |
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Visions of Cody
Song to the Siren | Okay, I think I’ve got this whole “living yogically” thing figured out.
But, like any good yogi wannabe, I’m going to have to lay it out as a list.
(Side note: why do yogis love lists so much anyway? Yogis are like the original anal-retentive thinkers. It must be all that moola bandha!)
1) Consumption
Starting with what we put i... | | Read More | | 7/2/2008 5:07:35 PM |
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Woke Up This Morning
When the teacher is ready the student will appear | Over the past year almost, other than the one off event where I helped my teacher back in Glasgow with her 1-2-1, I've only taught/helped out as part of the modules once a month on the teacher training course. And that's been deliberate. I know the arguments for/against teaching when you're not authorised and all, but as my friend in Miami put it "teach them up to what you know then be happy t... | | Read More | | 7/2/2008 9:06:32 AM |
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Of Yoga And Hummus
The Embrace- 2008 Edition | | Amma will be visiting NYC and North America again this summer, I am going with friends to the Devi Bhava on Thursday July 10th at 7 PM. This is a really fun event with music, a wonderful dinner and of course, a hug from Amma- come with us! For more information go to our Facebook Event or if you cant make it then 7/2/2008 9:00:00 AM |
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Ashtanga Student
Words Connect Us | Sometimes other people's words are so in tune and descriptive of your own life. Well said, JB. For you, S. Good luck out there.
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Alfia
Life is not fair | | My friend, who is getting a divorce, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. It is ER+, which is a relatively good news. It is not known if there was a lymph node involvement. She is holding up amazingly well. But it is a very sad atmosphere now in the lab. We just feel helpless somehow. :( | | Read More | | 7/2/2008 7:16:00 AM |
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Only Ashtangi In The Village
The more yoga I do the less time I seem to have to blog about it | | busy busy this past week, lots of yoga some good progress too, my standing now is the strongest it has ever been good rib opening alignment apparently is spot on, twists are pretty solid also. Still no floaty stuff going on more like thunking but hey ! Supta K is gradually opening my fingers now comfortably touch although dont bind. Plus I have finally started practicing headstand against a wall b... | | Read More | | 7/2/2008 4:05:00 AM |
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99 To 1
List 05 | | Canada day Tuesday
Loren's back
Her stuff is finding it's way back to where it belongs much faster than mine does after I travel
She can't locate her ipod however
Going to look at our vacation photos and do some chores
Good thing we don't have any photos of the drive to the airport with Colin and Hannah
Many of our appointments have lined up nicely
Ion goes back in 9 days
Smart arrives, no... | | Read More | | 7/1/2008 10:07:02 AM |
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Between Ease And Effort
Just the breath.. | I've never been that attentive to the breath...but lately, because of my wrist injury, I've had to slow down everything alot..and sometimes even resort to lowering down all the way to the floor and not do chatturanga etc. The wrists are much better now, but these few weeks has been a great opportunity for me to observe my breath.
And surprisingly, I found that I really enjoyed my breath... | | Read More | | 7/1/2008 4:43:00 AM |
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Peace Love Yoga
R.O.C. |
I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasure.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
you return to the source... | | Read More | | 7/1/2008 3:50:00 AM |
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Rew's Blog
happy anniversary | the gurlfriend and i celebrate 11 years today. wowee. we have now officially survived my twenties! to celebrate, she's taking her very first static trapeze lesson with me!!!
my week in seattle was really lovely. met lots of friendly new folks, enjoyed gorgeous weather, hung out with the parents, ate lots of good food. two favorite things to do: volunteer park, arboretum's japanese garde... | | Read More | | 7/1/2008 3:28:00 AM |
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Journeys
My scans were clear!!! | Yesss!! I had CT and PET scans last Friday and although I'd been sure they would be clear, as the date approached I started to worry, all the 'whatifs' were running through my head, specially in bed at night!
Anyway, I got a message from my doctor that they were negative / clear !! I'm seeing him again in a couple of weeks, and I'll see what he has to say then, but it is quite a relief!... | | Read More | | 6/30/2008 9:47:00 PM |
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Finding Om
How is this good? | | I have been struggling lately with the fact that I don't look the way I did 5 years ago when I was training for a bodybuilding competition and working with a diet coach who won Mr. Heavyweight Colorado for at least 2 years in a row. I will never look that way again. Even at that time I had the sanity to realize that I was going insane, very literally counting every gram of food that went into my m... | | Read More | | 6/30/2008 8:09:00 PM |
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Yogi One Can I Be
Like Seven Inches from the Mid-Day Sun | | Mercifully the temperatures have come down this past week in Toronto which means the Shala was a mere 28 degrees this morning. (Do they actually heat this place in June? Is this Bikram and no one told me?).
Even when it gets hot again, I think I’ve built up the stamina to manage, and my [...] | | Read More | | 6/30/2008 2:44:23 PM |
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Blog Dot Luke Dot Org
studying a foreign language based on word frequency | | in studying foreign languages, i’ve often wondered about learning words based on usage frequency. if your goal is to get up and running with basic conversation, then memorizing the most commonly used 300-500 words would probably be easiest. it would obviously leave lots of gaps, but you would probably have enough of a foundation to [...] | | Read More | | 6/30/2008 1:29:17 AM |
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driste
summer | | I love this time of year. And lately, I just can’t seem to get enough fresh fruit. Luckily, my farm share keeps me satisfied.
Today I had a donut peach, half a grapefruit, a handful of red grapes, some blueberries, an apricot, some sliced cantaloupe and a few raspberries. All local, all amazing.
What’s your favorite summer [...] | | Read More | | 6/28/2008 11:19:46 PM |
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Bhakti Collective
New Book on Kirtan | |
Author Steven Rosen and FOLK Books have just released a new book on kirtan. From the press release:
“The Yoga of Kirtan explores the history, musical dimensions, and emotional content of sacred chant. Through a series of intimate conversations, this volume brings it’s readers into the company of present-day kirtan masters, such as Krishna Das, Jai [...] | | Read More | | 6/28/2008 11:36:42 AM |
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A2Ashtangi
High School Reunion - Preparation Phase | I went to an all boys catholic high school, famous in the Detroit area for its chronic excellence in sports. Tonight is my 25th reunion, the first one I've attended.
So of course, I was thinking, "What is a fashion-conscious ashtangi to wear?"
For those of you lurking on ashtangi.net last summer, you know there is really only 6/28/2008 9:29:00 AM |
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Gaia
back from retreat!!! | | Yes, I went away again. I'm still processing, but I'm pretty sure it was really healing..
H and I went on a Mahamudra retreat with Yangsi Rinpoche. It means "great seal" and is about the nature of the mind meditation on emptiness and I will stop there because, it was super intense and potentially not something i was ready for. I mean, the topic, not the retreat.... | | Read More | | 6/27/2008 9:17:04 AM |
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Renegade Reality
Obama's support for the FISA "compromise" - Boing Boing | | There's been a great deal of chatter on the Viking list about Obama dropping the ball on this. I sooo want to see Obama in the White House, but this issue is decisive for me and the frustration it brings fuels the return trip to my anarchist roots. I hesitate to share this with folks as I don't want to lower Obama's standing, but damn, his support of this compromise negates a great deal of his pla... | | Read More | | 6/27/2008 4:51:00 AM |
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Tree Dweller Jess
Tasty Air | |
“When it is known that one takes about 30 cubic inches of air into one’s lungs in each inhalation, or about seven times the volume of food and water consumed, it can be understood why more people are weakened, devitalized, and poisoned by the pollution in the air they suck into their lungs than by [...] | | Read More | | 6/26/2008 12:47:12 PM |
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YogaVita
Goodbye Ashtanga Yoga School | | Last class this Saturday. Then AYS is shutting its doors forever. *Tear* Bye David–maybe I’ll catch ya in Mysore sometime. Bye Satya–thanks for all the killer Supta K and Kapo adjustments.
~Fin.~
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Colorado Ashtanga
Ashtanga Classes in Boulder | | I am always happy to pass along any information from ashtanga teachers in Colorado; here’s some information on ashtanga classes in Boulder!
KamaYoga = HOUSEHOLDER YOGA ! is traditional Ashtanga Yoga (the Primary series), taught by Kem Minnick at The Solstice Center, 302 Pearl St., Boulder, CO 80302.
Class is taught from 6:15 to 7:15 A.M. Monday [...] | | Read More | | 6/24/2008 10:51:34 PM |
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Daily Cup of Yoga
Check out the new Yoga Books page! | | Can a yogi ever have too many yoga books? I highly doubt it. My current collection of yoga books takes up about three feet of shelf space…and it seems to be getting bigger. I’m always somewhere in the middle of a yoga book.
If you’re looking for the perfect yoga book, you’ve come to the right [...] | | Read More | | 6/24/2008 8:56:13 PM |
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Still The Turning
Yucky! Fun! and Turtles! | I was sooo sick for the past few days! Some kind of flu or bug or something.
I haven't been sick like that since I was a kid! So glad it is over.
I'm traveling to DC on Thursday for a conference. I'm hoping to meet up with Alfia for yoga and science! Ooooh, fun!
So, this question is pretty played out, but I'm still struggling with Supta Kurmasana feeling in any way... | | Read More | | 6/23/2008 8:33:00 AM |
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The Downward Facing Blog
Sonic Yoga coming in July | |
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DJ Fallout and Vinyasa FLOW guided by Adrian Cox
Coming to elements on Wednesday nights in July
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8 Days A Week
Quick Notes | I've been appreciating my ashtanga practice from a different viewpoint this past week. Less judgement and more satisfaction with just accepting where I am. I'm grateful for that, and imagine it's related to the recovery work I've been doing off the mat. And ashtanga prepared me for that work, so it's sort of like coming full circle.
Took my first karate class on Friday. It almost felt... | | Read More | | 6/22/2008 5:57:00 AM |
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Yoga Maiden
The Welfare Poets: Sak Pasé | | May all beings everywhere be HAPPY and FREE !!!
OM PEACE - PEACE - PEACE
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Cherry Blossom
no spring | | i’m getting concerned because it seems like we’re losing the spring season entirely. one week it was 50 and COLD and the next it was in the high 80’s. i’m not exaggerating! i’m beginning to think chicago spring is a contradiction of terms. like san francisco spring is redundant. isn’t [...] | | Read More | | 6/15/2008 11:21:03 AM |
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Gratuitous Guest
A Slight Adjustment From A Good Teacher | | Yesterday I had a appointment down the Jersey shore about 50 miles from my office. My client offered to drive but last minute changed his mind and decided he would stay down the shore after the meeting. I thought it would be no big deal and that I would simply take the train home. Turned out to be about 100 degrees with no shade on the train platform. Had to wait an hour for the train. The ride ho... | | Read More | | 6/11/2008 8:27:00 PM |
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De Di In Diem
Mother Pain & God Trust | | Today is a day for dealing with family stuff (mentally, I mean). I went to my homeopath* and somehow ended up on the topic of my mom. So much pain there.
Over the past couple of years, I had come to the conclusion that endlessly analyzing my family situation and all the problems it brought, and [...] | | Read More | | 6/10/2008 4:35:14 PM |
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On The Ashtanga Path
Stormy | I started my sunday very sporty: I jumped out off the bed as I saw that the weather is nice, put on some jogging gear and started with a run through the forest. It was great, I enjoy the silence in the forest. Normally there is always some kind of noise around me, but when I run through the forest there are moments when only my own steps and breath can be heard. That is really restorative.
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Ashtangis Cook
The oddly delicious zucchini crumble | | It isn't that I don't like zucchini, it is just that I find them uninspiring. They are okay to look at, I don't mind eating them, but thought of cooking them is not thrilling. This was until I found a strangely appealing "'zapple' crisp" recipe in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue of Yoga Journal. I love apples. I love apple crumble. Maybe I can trick myself into loving zucchini? And with that, I was o... | | Read More | | 6/5/2008 10:28:00 AM |
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Living Breathing Yoga
Inner Asteya | Sharath gave a conference last night and I was reminded of a practice I had last year when out of frustration I choose to quit early.
I was fed up, had had enough, my back was sore, I had no energy, and in my mind I wasn't "progressing."
As I left the shala my teacher looked at me and said, "weak mind". Something sunk in my chest. I was heart broken, angry, and wanted to cry. But... | | Read More | | 5/26/2008 7:44:00 AM |
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The Elephant's Belly
Oldness | | Creaky bones Jones. Damnit, I don’t want to feel older. I don’t want to feel the wear and tear. A major disadvantage to starting yoga early in your twenties is by the time you’re in your thirties, you can see a stunning difference in the ability of the body to adapt.
In particular, it sucks.
I just [...] | | Read More | | 5/23/2008 4:34:47 PM |
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Ashtanga Santa Barbara
Yogamind | | (Note after the fact: go figure: I consider this my definitive statement to date and probably the last word for a while, and yet at the time of this writing, it has received exactly zero comments, over a month from publication. Compare this to the previous post which was deliberately polemic in nature, and received more comments than any other post [...] | | Read More | | 5/20/2008 2:53:54 PM |
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Same Same Only Different
Peter Sanson workshops rule! | | Peter Sanson was here for 4 days, doing a workshop. I had heard great things about him, and was interested to see what he was like. Well for once, everyone is right. He's wonderful. If you ever get a chance, go study with him. His Mysore classes were good, great adjustments, not too strong, just insightful. He would not let anyone away with sloppiness in practice, so would berate you in good h... | | Read More | | 5/5/2008 9:51:00 AM |
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Yoga Spell
Guru Pitka | | Mariska Hargitay, I honor the place where laughter and rolling on the floor become one.
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Lymphoma Journey
New template - I did it! | Well, I just couldn't leave this blog with that other boring, boring template! So I've found another one. It came from the same place as my other new one (see the link at the bottom if you're interested).
And now to my final health report for now! I had another blood test last Monday and saw my doctor the following day. (my birthday!!) The blood test results were - well, I was going to ... | | Read More | | 4/28/2008 11:06:00 PM |
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Julie's Lotus Garden
Busy with baby… and yoga! | | Wow, it’s been almost 3 months since I last posted! I’ve been really busy with Baby Audrey, obviously, but also with yoga.
Baby stuff first: our little girl is absolutely amazing! She’s got two teeth now, started both eating cereals and sitting up without support last Saturday. She is such a good baby, so playful, so [...] | | Read More | | 3/14/2008 5:06:15 PM |
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Yoga Mama
Last week in Goa | | Okay, so since I have last posted we have moved to another place to stay. You can see Jason’s blog for reasons why (rats). We are staying at an Indian resort, and things are going much better since we moved. In India, the word “resort” after or before a name does not mean what you [...] | | Read More | | 3/5/2008 12:23:07 AM |
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Ashtanga Yoga In My Days
Oh, February is gone | I must have had an overdose of blogging in January. Luckily not of yoga...!
I have more or less managed to keep up my minimum daily practice of at least sun salutations. If I am right, I have counted 4 or 5 missed days: busy Saturdays, one funeral, one sick leave.
There was almost a two-week break from the full practice due to influenza, but I did one Bodyflow class and prati... | | Read More | | 3/4/2008 7:19:00 AM |
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Hanuman Tat Sat
The dust of my Satguru's lotus feet | 
Valentine's day arose with a half-moon in the eastern sky... | | Read More | | 2/16/2008 3:09:00 PM |
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CJ's Magical World
So long people | Hey all,
I've decided to blog privately from now on. It has been nice being here and it has given me the opportunity to meet many cool people.
I will of course continue to read your blogs and comment here and there as well, adding my 20p.
If you would like to continue to read me, drop me an email here: cjs.temporary at gmail dot com and I'll email you the new loca... | | Read More | | 2/14/2008 3:56:00 AM |
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but I was alive
Vanilla-scented laze | | It’s been a slow week over here at Chez but I was alive. Between the moon day and then three four days of Lady’s Holiday, there was pretty much no yoga.
I don’t know what my body’s deal is, but it’s felt the need to throw me for a loop these past few months. [...] | | Read More | | 2/11/2008 7:33:25 AM |
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Ashtanga Diary
Not enough time for the practice I wanted | | Waking up in the morning has gotten easier all of a sudden. Maybe it’s all the weird time zones I’ve been flying in and out of. Whatever it is, I’m glad that mornings are almost… dare I say it?… enjoyable.
I woke up at 7 and prepared for practice. This usually involves changing into some yoga [...] | | Read More | | 2/6/2008 3:30:38 AM |
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Road To Mysore
LA Bound | | I'm currently at the Bangkok Airport waiting to board my plane back to LA. I can't believe this is the end of another amazing chapter of my journey. I'm not ready for it to end. My life in LA is boring compared to my life in India/Thailand...Thailand have become my second favorite city and will be flying through Bangkok whenever I head to Mysore.
I left Mysore last Sunday. I hate leaving Mysore... | | Read More | | 1/25/2008 3:30:55 AM |
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The Looking Bird
Mysore | | It's been almost a year since I last blogged. I can't believe it but I leave for Mysore in 3 days. So, at the urging of those in my life who are worried about me traveling so far, those in my family that are scared I'm joining a cult and never coming back, and the ashtangis I practice with daily who can't make the trek yet themselves, I've decided to resurrect my blog and share my experiences. ... | | Read More | | 1/14/2008 1:53:00 PM |
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Coming Home
Back to the mat | | Most of the time between Thanksgiving and the holidays was deliberate rest period for me. My knee had become painful again and I thought rest would be a good experience, though I did breakdown and practice a few times during that period. I am now practicing sporadically again and have practiced 3 days in [...] | | Read More | | 12/30/2007 9:49:22 AM |
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Indian In America
Am I a star now ? | I'm thrilled that people read my blog and even posted comments. Its fun to interact with people this way. In the blog world , the blogger is like a celebrity, a star :).
Anyways life is very busy now. Boss thinks I need to do more and more to have a strong footing in the company. I kind of agree with him. In this IT industry or perhaps even in other industries in America the corporate p... | | Read More | | 12/2/2007 5:58:00 PM |
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Mind Tides
over the edge | | I was on the mat but feeling a bit like a bird with a broken wing this morning. No flying for this bird today… Just slow and steady and very very gentle… soft. Pain in a few moments, and an immediate backing off - was nervous of going too far too soon and living to regret [...] | | Read More | | 11/21/2007 11:22:37 PM |
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Vegan Ashtangi
My first yoga class | | I taught my first yoga class ever last Saturday morning. I wasn’t sure if it was right for me to do it and was quite nervous before starting. I felt a great sense of responsibility for being the person who’ll provide a bunch of people with their first contact with yoga. Let me say that [...] | | Read More | | 10/22/2007 2:40:46 AM |
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Wandering Mind
New Moon Madness | | I'm watching so many people close to me bottoming out and I can only hope that today is very bottom and it all goes up from here. I know my mood tends to swing down around the new moon and I was trying to be more observant this time and I think it helped to keep from being so affected. But I'm blaming my friends situations on the moon as it's entirely based on views and mental dispositions and t... | | Read More | | 10/10/2007 6:12:00 AM |
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Ashtanga Traveler
The week before... | | ... the workshop weekend is all coming together.... Peter Sanson is coming across to my little island to give a 4 day Mysore Style workshop.... I am just so excited. It is spring and I am looking forward to 4 days of class in a row (I have done about 4 classes in the past 6 months so I am ready for my teachcer to be there). But it is a little daunting to have a big list of names in front of me, s... | | Read More | | 10/8/2007 9:05:58 PM |
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A Slow Moving Deep Stream
A Crisis of Faith | It is important to recognize that everyday experience, or being-in-the-world, is the primary object of human experience. Spirituality can be and is often used as a means of escape from facing everyday life, and the challenges it presents.
Genuine spirituality, as I conceive of it, simply has to to be relevant to daily life. All talk or speculation over matters of the spirit has a tendency to... | | Read More | | 8/3/2007 9:07:00 PM |
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Wide Eyes
A little less yoga, a little more soccer. | | I worked a couple of hours overtime yesterday which I didn’t mind, but that meant I missed the start of the yoga class. So instead I went home, sat infront of the television for an hour and ate peanut butter cookies. Oh man that sounds sooo bad. Not that I’m watching my figure *coy giggle.* [...] | | Read More | | 5/9/2007 6:47:11 AM |
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1 Percent Productions
Too experienced? | | Ok so I am really pissed off today! Not only did I gain back that 10 pounds I lost on the Master Cleanse (whoever said sperm has no calories was WRONG WRONG WRONG) AND I've been fired from my teaching job! Yes, apparently some old bag complained to managment that I wasn't 'experienced enough' as a teacher for her. She told management she wanted someone with more 'life experience; and possibly kid... | | Read More | | 4/23/2007 1:45:00 PM |
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The Body Electric
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle! | | Stoked. The Teach added Kurmasana and Supta Kurm. Been having up and down practices with some hip pain moving around. Got the accupuncture and It seems to be fading away, leading to the rockin practice today. Floating, flowing.
Went to my frind Thomas' class on Sunday with my friend Lady Kat M. It was great to see Thom. We used to study together at the Monkey Shala, and He has been teaching at Y... | | Read More | | 2/20/2007 12:10:51 PM |
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Saysasana
| Nothing but good news! Seriously, I am so waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Practice has been great. Grabbing heels in kapo, still landing Bakasana B but I'm still a little afraid and dragging my tail bcs of it. My students have been gifting me with kick ass CD's to play in class, Prana yoga pants, electronic japanese buddha thingys... Classes have been big and I have a works... | | Read More | | 2/12/2007 12:26:00 PM |
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Tartan Yogi
Idling | | I have just received my copy of How to be Free by Tom Hodgkinson, the man who also wrote How to be Idle. The idea being that you can spend your time doing things you actually want to do rather than toiling away at the 9 to 5 of work. Thus forming in my mind a great plan where I only work three days a week and do yoga or assist yoga classes the rest of the time, with time off for the drinking of wi... | | Read More | | 2/8/2007 9:57:41 AM |
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Crash Test Ashtangi
The story of a crash test ashtangi | | I’m a 28 year old nursing student who has been doing ashtanga periodically since 2003. In between these great periods of doing ashtanga, I’ve also been practicing the fine arts of drinking heaps of red wine and smoking cigarettes. Closing in on the venerable age of thirty, I decided it was time to kick the [...] | | Read More | | 1/24/2007 1:45:54 PM |
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Peacock Feather
Moon Days | | What to do on a moon day? Go to the beach of course. I was a bit hesitant to do asana on a moon day, but could not resist. The Fire Island waves were big, choppy and erratic, no doubt due to the high energy. So the question is, should one practice on a moon day or [...] | | Read More | | 11/10/2006 12:36:47 PM |
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Frabecca In Mysore
Pumpkin! | 
Rebecca was due on October 2oth, so now 10 days over, we plan to induce in the morning to have a Halloween baby! Rebecca is doing ... | | Read More | | 10/31/2006 12:16:00 AM |
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Gypsy Sister
Aloha! | | Greetings from Maui! I have returned to this magical isle where my troubles just seem to melt away! Of course some have been replaced by others but in general I'm relaxing and taking a much needed rest from teaching. I'm practicing with my teacher, and ironically it's not as intense as it is in Taipei. Maybe I'm not working as hard, maybe it just feels easier, I'm not sure but I'm still enjoying m... | | Read More | | 10/30/2006 3:02:02 PM |
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Self Practice
Vinyasa is so much fun! | | How does Yoga work without vinyasa? Its so much fun anyways, I don't think I could dispense with it. The temp of the room I practiced in this afternoon was 64, but I still worked up a pretty good sweat by navasana. Progressing into handstand with navasana is slow going still, but seems like I am unlocking some secrets. It IS a strength thing, partially, but a lot of it has to do with how you use t... | | Read More | | 10/20/2006 1:18:51 PM |
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Note To Self
Um Yeah… | | Dear Purusha,
I have a bug up my ass and it’s from this comment we got the other day:
“Who told you that “There is only here and now”…
“I am” sense ? The sense of presence ?
It is just sound.. bzzzzzz, nothing else.”
There is no here and there is no now.
There is no prakriti and there is no purusha.
There [...] | | Read More | | 10/5/2006 8:00:03 AM |
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Ashtanga OZ
Assisted Dropbacks | I was introduced to dropbacks this morning and "Oh my God! How amazing are they!!!!". Up to today I was doing 3 or 4 rounds of 5-8 breaths each of standard Urdhva Dhanurasana. My teacher asked when was I going to try dropbacks, so I said how bout now, so we did. When going back for the first time I got all of these memories from when I was learning... | | Read More | | 6/29/2006 11:17:00 AM |
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Chatvari
DO we ever learn? | |
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Don Goldwater, nephew of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater, caused an international stir this week when EFE, a national news agency of Spain, quo... | | Read More | | 6/24/2006 3:28:14 PM |
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