tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post5569918357456206220..comments2023-05-25T04:48:19.856-04:00Comments on Yoga Chickie: Turn, turn, turnYoga Chickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-70516754800475968862009-03-05T05:03:00.000-05:002009-03-05T05:03:00.000-05:00You can still keep some yoga. It will just have a ...You can still keep some yoga. It will just have a different place in your life and may give you different things<A HREF="http://www.sivanandabahamas.org/" REL="nofollow">retreat yoga </A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-7115343533277755962009-01-24T21:45:00.000-05:002009-01-24T21:45:00.000-05:00maybe when you started you needed a way to control...maybe when you started you needed a way to control, or at least re-invent your body after the uncontrollable trauma of cancer. Maybe now you need a different focus, physically and mentally. Not necessarily no yoga, but perhaps not a consuming ashtanga practice. Maybe the yoga was the boat you rode through the last few years of your life to this new spot, and now you will find another way to move on. You can still keep some yoga. It will just have a different place in your life and may give you different things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-91958697525114777412009-01-20T14:29:00.000-05:002009-01-20T14:29:00.000-05:00Boo hoo. A very good, but sad post. You LOVED as...Boo hoo. A very good, but sad post. You LOVED ashtanga. And you were a huge inspiration - and teacher - for me. All of your R&D poses and props and the insight into the progression of the poses - stuff you've showed me over the last 18 months or so - have been immenslely helpful.<BR/><BR/>I will miss your blog, if you stop. Can't you at least write a book or make a video of your R&D and prep stuff? You can help the rest of us "crack the code"<BR/><BR/>But I know there really isn't a code to crack. It really is 99% pactice and 1% theory.<BR/><BR/>But you made it fun and exciting, with a different way of looking at many of the asanas. Please stay with it...you have the 2nd and 3rd series waiting for youlgrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193578327429638299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-44327671011459821472009-01-20T13:00:00.000-05:002009-01-20T13:00:00.000-05:00I am so NOT a runner. I'll have to live vicarious...I am so NOT a runner. I'll have to live vicariously through you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-28746037619759460082009-01-20T10:40:00.000-05:002009-01-20T10:40:00.000-05:00You are probably aware Beryl Bender Birch (influen...You are probably aware Beryl Bender Birch (influenced by her husband, an ex world class runner) is (or used to be) really into running, and both Power Yoga and Beyond Power Yoga interweave the 2 disciplines. I believe BBB at one time designed the official streching workout of the NY Road Runners club, based on Ashtanga.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I don't think running is a life-long sport for most people--all that impact. All the runners I know get sidelined by injuries eventually. But on the other hand, running outside is really one of the most joyous activities I can think of. I recently started biking to work, well first to Ashtanga practice, and then to work!<BR/><BR/>CrottyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-62967281708860268972009-01-19T19:06:00.000-05:002009-01-19T19:06:00.000-05:00I would be doing the "yoga web community at large ...I would be doing the "yoga web community at large a nice favor by going onto something else that will allow you to again just focus on the physical." REALLY? WOW..<BR/><BR/>You give me a LOT of credit for my influence on the yoga web community at large. Thanks!Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-64127048717999471892009-01-19T15:09:00.000-05:002009-01-19T15:09:00.000-05:00Of course you are bored. Your approach to this pra...Of course you are bored. Your approach to this practice from the very start was going to cause that eventually( extreme over focus on asana).Your focus has to change if you really are interested in what this practice can really offer you. I don't think you are interested in that honestly, which is totally fine. You would be doing yourself and the yoga web community at large a nice favor by going onto something else that will allow you to again just focus on the physical. Your life lesson seems to be entrenched there, and there is nothing wrong with that, but it's not for everyone and it's personally not why i practice either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-61041523583249611802009-01-19T10:59:00.000-05:002009-01-19T10:59:00.000-05:00I might add that over the summer and into fall I w...I might add that over the summer and into fall I was majorly into running, and I got up to around 12 miles. I ended up injured (related to running) and ill (unrelated to running) and oddly enough, it was yoga that sustained me during this time. I had to return to full primary, and stick to it daily (I'd been lax about it for awhile, especially while on such a running kic.), and my illness (a life threatening one, actually) retreated, and I defied the doctor's predictions. Now did my recover relate to yoga--who knows. What I do know is that it made me feel sooooo much better, and it was there for me while running wasn't. So just my own story--doesn't necessarily apply to anyone else. I just thought I'd put that out there.<BR/><BR/>TaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-41795996481955515142009-01-18T19:47:00.000-05:002009-01-18T19:47:00.000-05:00oh, how you remind me of ME!too funny~ Change is G...oh, how you remind me of ME!<BR/>too funny~ Change is Good!<BR/>xoTracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897030352337267652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-70122677105112211252009-01-18T12:46:00.000-05:002009-01-18T12:46:00.000-05:00Hey YC! I do both--running and yoga. You don't h...Hey YC! I do both--running and yoga. You don't have to pick. <BR/><BR/>You may end up losing your yoga, and then again, maybe yoga is now becoming a part of your life rather than your life. I think some teachers talk about having yoga become your life is the worst thing that can happen. It should be like brushing teeth--just something you do. <BR/><BR/>Anyway--things come and go. That's the way of it. Whatever happens is good. And if not, you'll change this accordingly. Best!<BR/><BR/>TaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-21607889723736068782009-01-18T11:57:00.000-05:002009-01-18T11:57:00.000-05:00I love your honesty. Kudos!I love your honesty. Kudos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-13057449868758731112009-01-18T11:54:00.000-05:002009-01-18T11:54:00.000-05:00This a very good post, Lauren.I don't think yoga i...This a very good post, Lauren.<BR/><BR/>I don't think yoga is about conquering asana challenges. It's about settling your mind. The way to do that is to pull apart your personality and your habits - your subconscious - and figure out what you're doing and why. Self-study.<BR/><BR/>So you've identified that you like to overcome difficult challenges and once they're transcended you lose interest in them. There's nothing wrong with that. But the pressing question is why?<BR/><BR/>Practice whatever makes you happy and helps you to live a good life. You don't have to do yoga to do yoga!<BR/><BR/>:)codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12932501175244666099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-6924403527310198632009-01-18T10:04:00.000-05:002009-01-18T10:04:00.000-05:00It is always good to take a break from practice or...It is always good to take a break from practice or it might be time for you to consider going to India to practice...and not necessarily Ashtanga with Guruji...but seek out the experience on that level and you will be changed forever by yoga. You will be knocked down, lifted up, humbled and definitely will not be feeling jaded. I know it's hard to make the trip when you have family to think about...so just an opinion for the future:)<BR/>I think it's great to mix it up and I wish I could run but alas my lungs are permanently damaged so there is never enough breath for that. <BR/>Hoping you won't stop blogging :)<BR/>Peace,<BR/>AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com