August 2011
“Is it really that bad if someone sees who you are? Why is it humans have a problem with letting someone else see that they are human?”
—Joseph Gogler (via quote-book)
“The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (via herintuitionmagic)
Have you read any Recovering Yogi? (tumblr won't let me put the link) They 'deconstruct' their (old) yoga bios (search for bio roast), and after reading the articles I can't read a yoga teacher's bio now without cringing at some of the stuff they put in there. Not that I'm advocating Recovering Yogi wholesale, but it gives some food for thought, I think (sorry, that wasn't very helpful was it!)
Haha, thanks for that! It’s gonna make me think twice about writing my bio! xxx
Yoga CV
Well, as a brand new yoga teacher, I am left a little confused. How do I go about writing a great Yoga CV…? Help would be much appreciated my fellow yogi’s. xxx
Mantra of the Day: If You Think You Should, then You Shouldn't
Often we think we ought to do something, we should work in that field, study that matter, get married, have kids, buy that thing. The right thing to do is not what we should do, but what we love doing, what makes us happy, what makes our soul sings. Even it feels like not a real career, not conventional thing to do, do it. The use of “should” signals that it is the mind speaking, not the heart.
Don’t do what you think you should do, do what your heart wants to do.
exactly.
Hey, I saw your post on the Yoga stream and there is a great yoga/anatomy book. c:
It's called the Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by H. David Coulter
ISBN: 978-0-9707006-1-2
It's great! I it's everything you need! :D
Thank you!!!! xxxx
“It doesn’t interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon…
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.
It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.
I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”
It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
—Buddha (via kristenskydiver)
“Thank your organs. And, if you want to take it a step further, tell them, ‘I love you.’”
—The yoga instructor at the YMCA that one time (via iamsiriuslyriddikulus)
Living Yoga with Asami: EVERYTHING →
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Last night was one of the night, I felt EVERYTHING during my yoga practice.
Wednesday is the day I go to a studio and practice. I have full day at school; therefore, it is MY time to relax and have fun during the studio practice.
The teacher came into the room and said ‘I am facing a…
