tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post3693735226514963932..comments2023-05-25T04:48:19.856-04:00Comments on Yoga Chickie: The Opposite of Not DemoralizingYoga Chickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-88089407249915174772007-02-13T01:02:00.000-05:002007-02-13T01:02:00.000-05:00as an anusara yoga teacher and student of yoga for...as an anusara yoga teacher and student of yoga for over 10 years I have found this practice a way to embrace and uplift my body. no matter what your body does you area gift to the world. being diagnosed with MS and learning to embrace it as a gift has been my practice. FYI -there is a yoga studio in nyc called vira yoga, you may want to check it out. Astanga is great but perhaps you may find another practice which can take you deeper into enjoying your body no matter what it does. with love and understanding - your fellow yoginiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-67513564839053603042007-01-31T20:24:00.000-05:002007-01-31T20:24:00.000-05:00Sorry I wasnt trying to insult Americans, just wh...Sorry I wasnt trying to insult Americans, just what seems to be the american approach to yoga. But thats neither here nor there. the fact is you tried to make our teacher sound like an awful person, and you and I know thats quite far from the truth.<br /><br />i have problems with authority too and so i sympathize with you. And i understand that your blog is a way for you to work through things however i really think these are things that you should approach our teacher directly about first instead of having a pity party here.<br /> you are a very good person and a dedicated ashtangi and frankly thats the only way i'd like to think of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-80135401876130717542007-01-31T18:26:00.000-05:002007-01-31T18:26:00.000-05:00If I wanted another teacher, I would have gone to ...If I wanted another teacher, I would have gone to another teacher. I am struggling right now with the latest outbreak of my difficulty surrendering. My teacher is not the problem. Nor is he the solution. The solution lies within myself. The yoga is the tool.<br /><br />Clearly, from the varying points of view depicted in these comments, reasonable minds can differ about what I have written.<br /><br />But please, do not use my blog to dis Americans. Whatever I am talking about here has NOTHING to do with being an American. Who is anyone to belittle an entire country like that?Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-4747369577436773372007-01-31T17:56:00.000-05:002007-01-31T17:56:00.000-05:00I've been reading yr blog for awhile and now its g...I've been reading yr blog for awhile and now its getting tired.<br />the problem is not the teacher. And YC i really think you are doing your teacher a disservice. We all all know who he is-- and he's an amaaaaaaaaaaazing teacher. But the way you paint him here is as if he's some sort of control freak, which he's not. he's on of the most gentle,giving, and yes disciplined and sometimes stern teachers out there. You are learning from one of the best. But not everyone likes his style, and they simply go to another studio. easy american--"gotta have what I need, who cares about tradition or lineage"-- solution. The problem is not the teacher dear, frankly the problem is you, and thats okay--i'm not trying to slight you, just pointing out the obvious. We don't always match our teachers teaching style, and thats why there are tons of other teachers in NYc alone that you can study with that will give you what you crave. Go find that instead of painting your teacher--my teacher-- as something that he is not.<br /> shame on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-78132538170224246242007-01-31T16:26:00.000-05:002007-01-31T16:26:00.000-05:00Do you need any MORE proof that your teacher is se...Do you need any MORE proof that your teacher is self-absorbed jerk, and you are a masochist?<br /><br />I think I have to stop reading your blog. It is painful for me to watch you beating your head against this and still not realizing, not even considering that THE PROBLEM IS YOUR TEACHER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-20184844679408412542007-01-30T17:01:00.000-05:002007-01-30T17:01:00.000-05:00i'm sure you will get over this funk, i must tell ...i'm sure you will get over this funk, i must tell you something though, only in the last year (after almost 5 yrs of practice) i have been given two interm. poses and i was wondering one day, talking to my fellow ashtangi, do you think i can give them back, or, should i sell them to J. or even better, maybe i can sell them on ebay?<br /> you'll do fine, frustration is part of the practice.<br />ivdpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-24130401650793720372007-01-30T06:00:00.000-05:002007-01-30T06:00:00.000-05:00YC
Write down your options.
What is important to...YC<br /><br />Write down your options.<br /><br />What is important to YOU?<br /><br />I will email you later today.<br /><br />DKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-70133979551681943042007-01-29T20:57:00.000-05:002007-01-29T20:57:00.000-05:00What everyone else sees is that photo on the right...What everyone else sees is that photo on the right:: Yoga Chickie, A Different Perspective. If you can do that, why the pity party? Sir is holding you to the standard to which he thinks you are capable. If you believe otherwise, tell him, and I'm sure he will modify his expectations of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-77763084876033519392007-01-29T20:55:00.000-05:002007-01-29T20:55:00.000-05:00The second to last comment from Anonymous kind of ...The second to last comment from Anonymous kind of stung, but it is true. Guilty as charged. Ego, I guess, is the problem...I want to DO the poses, as opposed to doing the practice. I wish I didn't have to have been called out on it like that today, or ever, but I guess it's part of the process. I wonder what it will feel like when I practice and don't care whether or not I can do the postures, if I am true to my body at any given moment, at any given time. Am I even capable of that?Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-3905143391845805792007-01-29T20:50:00.000-05:002007-01-29T20:50:00.000-05:00What everyone else sees is that photo on the right...What everyone else sees is that photo on the right:: Yoga Chickie, A Different Perspective. If you can do that, why the pity party? Sir is holding you to the standard to which he thinks you are capable. If you believe otherwise, tell him, and I'm sure he will modify his expectations of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-73246528269210344502007-01-29T20:15:00.000-05:002007-01-29T20:15:00.000-05:00Sorry you felt so bad YC, but I have to say...you ...Sorry you felt so bad YC, but I have to say...you are regressing! Go to the shala, stand on your mat and do the damn practice. No extra prep, no extra poses no extra NOTHING. Every day. That's it. It may not feel great, but it seems to me that its in your head. If you do the practice - this practice - then it will happen. <br /><br />There is no need to talk to Sir. He's already told you what you need to do. Yes, 45 minutes to Supta K. End of story.<br /><br />What the hell happened here? Sounds like an old post from a year ag0 where you thought you knew better, where, b/c of your body and your meds and your joints, you knew how you should practice ashtanga. You knew you were wrong, you moved on and began to practice - and things have been great! Don't go back to your old ways! Stick to the practice.<br /><br />Or don't - but then don't go back to Sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-22100039477327336672007-01-29T17:35:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:35:00.000-05:00If he doesn't know about your meds then you probab...If he doesn't know about your meds then you probably shouldn't take the comment personally. It seems that a series of things (not getting adjusted in h.p., the comment, being told to go start backbending, today's stiffness, not enough sleep?) have had a cumulative effect. I get why he wanted you to do BB's (if everyone must be out of there at a certain time, then you SHOULD be finishing up with 30 minutes to go. Every teacher I know says the standing and closing sequences are the most important and the latter, when done properly, takes about a half hour). The comment is typical of a "traditional" (rigid) ashtanga teacher and is best ignored.<br /><br />Of course you should do ashtanga if that's what you like. But if you go to a traditional teacher, don't expect do do research poses in their class, and learn to love the pose you're on. It's not about the poses, anyway, or you'd be doing anursara or vinyasa flow or some other feel good-y yoga. It's about the breath/bandhas/moving meditation, right?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-64381634029975095982007-01-29T17:21:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:21:00.000-05:00I am also sorry you feel bad. I had a practice la...I am also sorry you feel bad. I had a practice last week that left me feeling defeated, sad and a little hopeless. Upon reflection, it seems that this too is part of the yoga. I do need to realize that there are some things that I may never do to the degree I would like, and that gives me the reminder that it is the practice, the journey, not the destination that is important.<br />On the other hand, it is quite frustrating to have Sir dictating what you can and cannot do in your own practice, and it is your practice. I am not a fan of that type of teaching as I feel you, with all the intuition and knowledge of your body which you have culivated over the years, know when things need to be "changed up" a little.<br />Your internal voice is wiser than any external teacher could be. Maybe talking with him would help, or it may just frustrate you even more. There must be other options for you in that big beautiful city if you should decide that a change is necessary. You do have special considerations. You have worked too hard to have your practice denied you. Ashtanga is not the only game in town, and maybe your body needs to have the freedom and the therapy of a slightly different practice. You could approach it with an open mind and heart and see what it brings you....Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336647207100402772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-57620836204009190362007-01-29T16:45:00.000-05:002007-01-29T16:45:00.000-05:00I'm sorry you feel so bad.
Here's what I'd do. I'...I'm sorry you feel so bad.<br /><br />Here's what I'd do. I'd ask Sir if I could book some time to talk to him. And then I would *ask* him about all the issues you are bringing up. I wouldn't *tell* him, I would ask him if he thinks these things can or should change your practice of Ashtanga.<br /><br />And then, I'd listen to what he had to say.<br /><br />And then I'd wait a bit for it all to settle, and see what I thought.<br /><br />I hope you feel back in good spirits again soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com