bio: a bit of a biography. i have practiced yoga and meditation at different points of my
life. my most recent practice has been pretty consistent since 1999. i practice
iyengar yoga. i certainly do not consider myself an expert, though it is a topic i take very seriously and have studied.
i am not a yoga teacher, although, i have filled in for my teacher on a few occassions.
i am keeping this yoga blog for a number or reasons. first of all, to experiment
with a different style of blogging, next, in a hope it will enrich my practice - by focusing my reading and by keeping my focus on my
daily practice - on and off the mat, and lastly, in an attempt to provide a resource for new and experienced yoga practitioners -
a resource that will contain links to what i find interesting, informative, etc., about yoga admittedly, filtered
through my own biases. i keep another weblog _monk in case you are interested
in the more mundane events of my life, or a potpourri of random thoughts.
9:28 AM
target has a funny ad. a woman in a yoga class having difficulty with an asana (putting her foot behind her head - can't recall what it's called) and the target dog is on the next mat with some tylenol doing down dog.
while some might consider this disrespectful, i think it's ok to laugh at oneself once in a while - no sense being grimly serious.
the only issue i would have is that yoga shouldn't hurt. if a yogi or yogini is forcing a pose to the point of pain, they are ignoring ahimsa and not being mindful. i think i myself may have gone too aggressively at some back bends a few weeks back after a period of inactivity and have been paying for it since.
posted by Mike at 9:28 AM