tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post113743466690023662..comments2023-05-25T04:48:19.856-04:00Comments on Yoga Chickie: Rogue YoginiYoga Chickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137446518202068322006-01-16T16:21:00.000-05:002006-01-16T16:21:00.000-05:00Hmmm...moderation. I think I've heard of it. Exac...Hmmm...moderation. I think I've heard of it. Exactly what is it anyway?<BR/><BR/>8-0Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137445559733675812006-01-16T16:05:00.000-05:002006-01-16T16:05:00.000-05:00Non attachment could be practiced on a lot of diff...Non attachment could be practiced on a lot of different levels. You are not a sadhu, you have not renounced this worldly realm. <BR/><BR/>How about attachment in moderation?<BR/>Does that work for you?<BR/>SusanLees Lamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405350119148566356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137444560572567992006-01-16T15:49:00.000-05:002006-01-16T15:49:00.000-05:00It's just that we do become attached to our practi...It's just that we do become attached to our practice. I don't see any way around it. I think it is an inherant paradox in the system. Or maybe when we are "fully" enlightened, we can sit all day needing nothing, wanting nothing, craving nothing. I don't know...don't think I ever will!<BR/><BR/>LaurenYoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137443338091744212006-01-16T15:28:00.000-05:002006-01-16T15:28:00.000-05:00Sometimes we actually crave the things that make u...Sometimes we actually crave the things that make us out of whack. Like you may enjoy the firey side of your dosha it may fuel your passions and you get ATTACHED(lol) too it. <BR/>As far as why we practice, I have this drive to practice. I was drawn to yoga for unknown by me reasons. I just went one day. I have made some physical improvements, it has made my mind more peaceful both of which propels me to do more of it. It's only when I start to wish I could do this or that that I become frustrated. <BR/>I don't know, maybe I am missing your point.Lees Lamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405350119148566356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137443159572729382006-01-16T15:25:00.000-05:002006-01-16T15:25:00.000-05:00Thanks Vanessa. I wonder why they are not practic...Thanks Vanessa. I wonder why they are not practiced that way here. Any insights?Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137443080648964472006-01-16T15:24:00.000-05:002006-01-16T15:24:00.000-05:00I think what I was trying to say (I can't say for ...I think what I was trying to say (I can't say for sure...I was just reacting to what I read without planning what I wanted to write...without thinking I was going to write about it) is that there is an inherant paradox in the whole notion of the physical practice as a tool toward something, be it enlightenment (pretty abstract concept) or peaceful existence (less abstract concept) or eternal youth (not as abstract, but still kinda). Hmmm....now, how can I explain this thing I am trying to say? It's like, if you want to this "thing", whatever it is, and you do yoga hoping to get at this "thing", then there is something to which you are attached. If you detach, then will you continue on with your pursuit? Would you even want to detach if your pursuit was worthy? (What would have happened if Dr. MLK, Jr. was detached from his goal of peace?) Anything with any kind of promise or goal or carrot attached has that paradox. Passion balanced with detachment, diligent practice balanced with letting go of effort. <BR/><BR/>If this were simple, we'd all be pretty bored....<BR/><BR/>Dosha - it looks like my nature, as it is right now is pretty solidly in the pitta range. As I suspected. But I do adore Bikram class - and I do feel like it does my body good now and then. How can that fit in with such a pitta person as I am?<BR/><BR/>LaurenYoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137442760223716362006-01-16T15:19:00.000-05:002006-01-16T15:19:00.000-05:00Prasarita A and C are still practiced in Mysore as...Prasarita A and C are still practiced in Mysore as in the Yoga Mala description.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1137442487311061382006-01-16T15:14:00.000-05:002006-01-16T15:14:00.000-05:00Do you think Guruji is succumbing to old age and d...Do you think Guruji is succumbing to old age and death? He said his life is "on fire" to someone.<BR/><BR/>I think this is more a promise of trancendance of them, not so much a you will not get old and you will not die. But the sutras, don't they say the same. But to be a true YOGI, is not something that I will become in this lifetime. I posses no gifts of that nature! I am a simlple yoga practitioner!<BR/>I take it as it is, as it just is:injury, bliss, samadhi, pain sorrow, joy,all of these are yoga.<BR/>I feel asking for some kind of reward aside from the yoga itself is selfish.I have already been given the gift of the yoga it self.<BR/><BR/>Also, my teacher trained with David Swenson last summer and the jump is with hands on the hips per Guruji and Sharath. Also, as a rebel against all things alignment oriented I love the lack of it in ashtanga. I like to be adjusted into a correct form, I like my body to find the correct alignment. Not my mind. <BR/><BR/>Did you find out your dosha? Glad you had a good practice!Lees Lamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405350119148566356noreply@blogger.com