tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26554414949217981492024-03-13T11:00:41.514-04:00Jaya Yoga VirginiaCommunity yoga- Changing the world one savasana at a timeJayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-23995921298721440122011-12-01T07:16:00.002-05:002011-12-01T07:17:09.894-05:00Ashtanga Yoga Method by Kino MacGregor<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></span><br />
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Ashtanga Yoga Method<br />
by Kino MacGregor</b></span></b></span><br />
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In the Ashtanga Yoga method it is recommended that you practice six days a week. Traditionally the six day a week practice was meant to be done in what is known as “Mysore Style”. In this method of practice you follow your own breath and movement not the guidance of a teacher leading a class through the same movements. Named “Mysore Style” after the city called Mysore in southern India where the Guru of Ashtanga Yoga, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, lived and taught for his entire life, this method of practice is the safest and best way for students to practice. Memorizing the postures allows students to focus internally, which is the real goal of yoga. When you do not know what you will be doing next your attention will always be on your teacher rather than within yourself. Once you memorize the sequence of postures that your teacher determines is right for you the entire practice transfers deeper into the subconscious level. Practicing in the Mysore Style method allows you to have days where you go deeply into your practice and also days where you go gently into your practice while performing all the same postures. This natural variation prevents injury, trains you to listen to the body and increases internal body awareness. Additionally, Mysore Style is the only place to safely learn the most advanced postures of all the series of Ashtanga Yoga since very few individuals can perform and teach these highly challenging postures. It would certainly not be advised to try these postures casually just for entertainment. The advanced postures of the Ashtanga Yoga method are magical, intense and worthy of the respect that only a dedicated Mysore Style practice can give them. <br />
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Even if you never expect to perform any advanced yoga postures, the logic of Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga is best understood in a Mysore Style setting. The Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series builds sequentially in terms of flexibility and strength in order prepare you for some of the gateway postures in the practice. Starting with the Sun Salutation, aimed at both steadying the mind and warming up the inner fire, the practice opens the hamstrings, stretches and strengthens the back, increases core development and purifies the entire body. The test of the Standing Postures lies in Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana where you must balance on one leg, lift your leg with its own strength, forward bend, suck in the lower belly and externally rotate your hip joint all in one posture. Once you can easily perform this posture the work of the Standing Sequence is generally well-integrated and it is safe to move onward in the series. The next series of postures that presents a gateway are the four Marichyasana postures that require a series of binds where you clasp you hand either behind your back or around your leg in a twisted posture and maintain either half lotus or a very strong extended leg. The careful placement of every posture that precedes this section of the practice is aimed at developing the internal strength and flexibility needed to perform these postures with ease. Marichysana D is the pinnacle of this portion of the series, being the most difficult twist and half lotus combination. Finally the grand crescendo of the Primary Series is half way through, Supta Kurmasana where internal strength, external rotation and forward bending are challenged to a high degree in order to get both legs behind the head. After this point in the series the postures help transition from flexion of the spine to extension so that Urdhva Danurasana or Backbending can be performed with ease. In this way the logic of the Primary Series builds up to certain postures that test alignment, inner strength and flexibility in order to make sure that the asana practice is solid and stable before moving on. I <br />
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The recommendation to take on a six day a week practice is often hard to accept for new students, so new students can easily build up to a full six day a week practice by starting with three days a week. Then once that level of regularity is established one additional day a week can be added every six months until the full six days a week is within reach. One other crucial shift must happen in order to facilitate the transition into full immersion in the yoga tradition. You must make the transition from a fitness oriented approach to yoga into a devotional one. By getting this subtle shit you will gain consistency and regularity in the way that you do your practice. A daily spiritual ritual where you take time to connect internally to a deep sense of yourself requires dedication. The requirement to practice six days a week is meant to develop the kind of mental, spiritual and devotional determination needed in order make progress along the internal path of yoga. If yoga is meant to be a life long commitment to inner peace it behooves yoga practitioners to practice as much as they can. If you only practice when it is convenient or when you feel good then yoga is more of a hobby then a lifestyle. But sincere spiritual practice has never been a leisurely activity if it is to produce the results of awakening. True spiritual practice is an unbroken commitment to do everything it takes to see the deepest truth there is. It is not something you can choose to look at only on Monday and Wednesday for an hour and pretend it does not exist for the rest of the week. <br />
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On a purely physical level a six day a week practice is both advantageous and challenging. You will perform the postures more often so will actually see results faster, building strength, stamina and flexibility at a far greater rate than if you were only to practice once or twice a week. In fact those individuals who choose to attend yoga class once a week are actually setting themselves up for an uphill battle each week where they must face the same weakness and tightness with little chance of hedging a path toward sustainability. It is no secret that if you do practice six days a week you will also be physically sore, but it will be a qualitatively different type of soreness than the once-a-week yoga practitioner. If you practice six days a week you are more likely to feel the pain or purification and learn the mental state needed to stay through the often uncomfortable healing phase. In Sanskrit the word for this type of endurance through challenging situations is “tapas” which literally means heat, but can be understood as the acceptance of pain that leads to purification. Practicing six days a week accelerates the rate at which pains that purify weakness and stiffness arrive and therefore also accelerates the rate at which the purified result of more strength and flexibility both in the body and mind also arrive. <br />
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On many of my trips to Mysore students would often share their elaborate stories of discomfort with Guruji and the majority of the time he would say “Pain good.” The second book of the yoga sutras begins with an axiom that defines a key element of yoga practice as accepting pain as help for purification, tapas. The only way that the inner fire of purification works is if you learn to stay in it and not run away. The natural human response to pain is fear, avoidance and denial, yet yoga uses pain as a method of awakening. By learning to accept pain within the safe space of yoga you learn to create a pause between the stimulus of pain and the response in your body and mind that wants to run away. In that powerful pause you are able to choose your course of action instead of being driven by reactionary patterns from the past. The store of accumulated reactionary patterns amount to what is called in Sanskrit the samskaras and these set ways of being, reacting and running create the negative karma that adversely affects our lives. If you are truly to use the yoga practice to whittle away at the store of negative karma and behavioral patterns then to practice as often as possible is a mandatory minimum requirement. <br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><b>"Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquility, nor is it attempting to be a better person. It is simply the creation of a space in which we are able to expose and undo our neurotic games, our self-deceptions, our hidden fears and hopes." <br />
~Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche</b></span></b></span></span></span></span>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-31088765025467927802011-11-25T11:35:00.009-05:002011-12-04T10:32:07.767-05:00Give Thanks<div align="right" class="solarsentinel" style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Not believing in anything I just sit, </span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> listening to my breathing </span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> After thirty years </span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> It still goes in and out. </span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <i>Albert Coelho </i></span></b></div><br />
<b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i> </i><span style="color: #0b5394;">December Class Schedule:</span></span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
<div style="color: #444444;">Saturday 12/03--- 8-9:30am Mysore Style Ashtanga</div><div style="color: #444444;"> 12-1pm Community Yoga (all levels)</div><div style="color: #444444;">Saturday 12/10 *Full Moon--- 12-1pm Community Yoga (all levels)<br />
Full Moon Movement Class 4-5:30pm</div><div style="color: #444444;">Saturday 12/17--- 10-11:30am Mysore Style Ashtanga<br />
12-1pm Community Yoga (all levels) <br />
Saturday 12/24 *New Moon--- 10-11:30am Dharma Yoga <br />
12-1pm Community Yoga (all levels)</div><div style="color: #444444;"> Saturday 12/31--- 10-11:30am Mysore Style Ashtanga</div><div style="color: #444444;"> 12-1pm Community Yoga (all levels) </div><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">*Why aren't we practicing Ashtanga on Moon Days?--- http://ashtanga.com/html/moondays.html</span></div>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-85983661991680408802011-11-15T15:36:00.001-05:002011-11-15T15:53:13.209-05:00Jaya Yoga VirginiaWhat is the purpose of Yoga? This is an idea I have been thinking about every since I first began yoga 14 years ago. Yoga should be for everyone. Everyone. Meaning no financial restrictions, no secret handshakes, and no special yoga pants required. It should be a way to embody our best expression on and off the mat by empowering the individual to live a healthy life and then creating positive change within our community.<br />
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I have found a great space where I work, Tidewater Staffing, to be able to provide the community with complimentary yoga offerings. The website is www.tidewaterstaffing.com and the address is 5425 Virginia Beach Blvd.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here is <b><u>November's Schedule</u> </b>(please check often, subject to change):</span><br />
Saturday 11/19--- 10-11:30am Mysore, Ashtanga<br />
12-1pm Community Yoga (all levels) <br />
Saturday 11/26--- 10-11:30am Mysore, Ashtanga<br />
12-1pm Community Yoga (all levels)<br />
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All classes are intended to be fun, light, and supportive. No worries if you are a beginner, everyone is welcome. Bring whatever makes you feel comfortable. You can substitute a towel for a mat and just where workout/comfy clothes you can move in. If you feel like you need to come and just take rest the whole practice, sit in the corner and meditate, or practice handstands---all is welcome as long as we are respectful of each other. These classes are for everyone--bring your mom, bring your girlfriend, invite your coworkers-- anyone that might dig it.<br />
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Please email me with any questions, feedback, or requests- gamept@msn.com<br />
Thank you for your support.<br />
Jai!Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-33348990061141247402011-10-02T20:15:00.006-04:002011-10-02T20:40:40.758-04:00Luminous Shabda-Manorama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-6P8TU2iPEL5XHOwXayrbIHfIj5nDJtcTgykQMJkxy6gF62crnVOm5bZzNT0C6mWjnMVzlBA-gC79W7jXf5iE69CMtEC3ccdPrDfXr-m7WzZ3DDghaC20VRtaglz1OaG6wUZ6hzSjQky/s1600/IMG_8165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-6P8TU2iPEL5XHOwXayrbIHfIj5nDJtcTgykQMJkxy6gF62crnVOm5bZzNT0C6mWjnMVzlBA-gC79W7jXf5iE69CMtEC3ccdPrDfXr-m7WzZ3DDghaC20VRtaglz1OaG6wUZ6hzSjQky/s320/IMG_8165.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pearls of Wisdom from this Sanskrit course called the "Lumious Shabda" (sound as light & awareness) with Manorama:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87oMr3nky3b-anHNAEDHzfC3QEB7sYb3KsII36q1OfnFnTMeGRYaPRGCcwr1scZMrNgyzx4nTYaxWTWf88uCw5XI-EUKxr4tTV-VvDk9pFZh_dPk9neJwWihFKZe-EQBsqJmiopEQQkQ-/s1600/IMG_8169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87oMr3nky3b-anHNAEDHzfC3QEB7sYb3KsII36q1OfnFnTMeGRYaPRGCcwr1scZMrNgyzx4nTYaxWTWf88uCw5XI-EUKxr4tTV-VvDk9pFZh_dPk9neJwWihFKZe-EQBsqJmiopEQQkQ-/s320/IMG_8169.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><ul><li>meditation is when God talks with us</li>
<li>what is silence? the absence of thought. experiencing what you are beyond thought</li>
<li>love yourself, looking outside of yourself for love is fragile. we are the only ones that go all the way with us</li>
<li>when something negative happens, don't give it more power. finish your karma, and don't create more</li>
<li>language is everything</li>
<li>the contradiction of reality is existing in this realm </li>
<li>the silence of unknowing is important to sit in to let the knowing come</li>
<li>there needs to be a fall to learn. let me give you a place to fall. you don't need to know everything</li>
<li>confusion is the partner of clarity</li>
<li>you don't need to solve the problem, just take the next right step</li>
<li>yield in the interest of harmony</li>
<li>stay engaged. do something. everyday</li>
<li>breath is the one thing that is always with you</li>
<li>seek to be aware of what is immediate and in our thought</li>
<li>the more common something is, the more you have to study what it means ex:the concept of "love"</li>
<li>slow and steady. you can't drink the ocean with one gulp</li>
<li>the difference between meditation and sleep is consciousness in meditation</li>
<li>practice being dead and you will transcend this form</li>
<li>sanskrit is the language of vibration</li>
<li>peace is within your own capacity. we have to be peace</li>
<li>attention without tension</li>
<li>tongue placement is how sanskrit is described/written</li>
<li>use what is needed and not more</li>
<li>the extent you can pull in is the most you can put out</li>
<li>be curious</li>
<li>patterns show everything</li>
<li>give a little time each day to study yourself, very few people really know themselves </li>
<li>we are pure energy</li>
<li>intimacy is the grand union</li>
<li>to the extent you live is how you will die or shift out of this form</li>
<li>to learn of death, you must study life</li>
<li>sit with intuition born of wisdom to guide right action</li>
<li>thinking creates anxiety, focus energy beyond the mind</li>
<li>not the answer, but the next right question</li>
<li>strength to walk directly through something, there are no short cuts. you must go through the center of it</li>
<li>explore possibilities. how could the other persons point of view be true?</li>
<li>the key to happiness is yourself </li>
<li>nobody like meditation. it is uncomfortable. take comfort in knowing this</li>
<li>conserve your energy and then skillfully decide how to expend it</li>
<li>step up- find your footing in what is needed</li>
<li>trust that it is enough to pose the question-the answer will be drawn to you</li>
<li>follow the threads of your deepest hearts longing </li>
<li>yoga should never be a dividing factor</li>
<li>yoga is not a phase, it is a way of being</li>
<li>mind your own business- what is our business but to know who we are</li>
<li>if God wanted to straighten out someone else's ego, don't you think he would have done it a while ago?</li>
<li>learning is its own reward</li>
<li>what has a beginning, has a middle, has an end. AUM cycle is in everything</li>
<li>when you can see the cycle of something, you are no longer in it and there lies the freedom. you are beyond the cycle</li>
<li>life gives us plenty of practice partners</li>
<li>to the extent that sounds have silence, that's how powerful it is</li>
<li>word is associated with life, light, God, and manifestation</li>
<li>AUM is pure sound vibration. ocean of energy</li>
<li>the inner music is uncreated, uncaused, without an instrument or a player. it is spontaneous, silence, unstruck vibration of pure energy. it is the sound of life. the cosmic vibration-connection to true self</li>
<li>once you are interested in yoga, you are never bored again. any moment to yourself, you can listen to the cosmic music within</li>
<li>how can the darkness ever hold suite when the light of knowledge is there?</li>
<li>did you ever know a time that you were not? and we still don't know what we are at the time</li>
<li>energy that is united with consciousness is realized energy</li>
<li>when Shakti dances, she never takes her eyes of Siva</li>
</ul>Thank you for sharing your light, Jai Ma!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Check out Ma's website: http://www.sanskritstudies.org</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0rYg9GybQmnVcjx5cNzd9FUqHr0tIwoE8NxwNGpVa0dfIFGC-VT_jXjPXctC-khDlJAS7F7mlpJtNyEZlywclO3dHBcHqev8FINJFsMXqIN0xoRlv0RHojtLSWNbXL_a1Wfbgcmq7QZ2/s1600/IMG_8178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0rYg9GybQmnVcjx5cNzd9FUqHr0tIwoE8NxwNGpVa0dfIFGC-VT_jXjPXctC-khDlJAS7F7mlpJtNyEZlywclO3dHBcHqev8FINJFsMXqIN0xoRlv0RHojtLSWNbXL_a1Wfbgcmq7QZ2/s320/IMG_8178.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-17121656159166168392011-09-12T22:32:00.000-04:002011-09-12T22:32:36.922-04:00paint<div style="text-align: center;">yeah, yeah, yeah </div><div style="text-align: center;">-----paint----</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7CXPCYrb1Ipu7spineCreTGB7rzHI5zwdmZDArL_4cksQIezOEyrecG1BpJj9CZguWDK-Z0ZGhjznNJzyxR74Ci27wfSHpifkxLxatb_pfhyphenhyphenn_2f5tBdb-9BktlAzOQe6tqCJK-x418w/s1600/painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7CXPCYrb1Ipu7spineCreTGB7rzHI5zwdmZDArL_4cksQIezOEyrecG1BpJj9CZguWDK-Z0ZGhjznNJzyxR74Ci27wfSHpifkxLxatb_pfhyphenhyphenn_2f5tBdb-9BktlAzOQe6tqCJK-x418w/s320/painting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paint while jamming to techno blasting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paint while you wear overalls</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paint with your dog</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paint naked</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Charles Darwin<br />
Sir Isaac Newton<br />
Leonardo Da Vinci<br />
Pythagoras<br />
Plato<br />
Socrates<br />
Ralph Waldo Emerson<br />
Albert Einstein<br />
Thomas Edison<br />
Paul McCartney<br />
Princess Diana</span><br />
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</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields.</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
Leo Tolstoy</span><br />
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<em></em></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this Earth?</span></em><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> George Bernard Shaw</span><br />
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<em></em></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill eachother. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
Pythagoras</span><br />
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<em></em></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">When man is uncivilized, he kills poor animals and eats them.</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
Srila Prabhupada</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Love and some verses you hear</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">say what you can't say</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">love to say this in your ear,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">"I'll love you that way"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">from your changing contentments,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">what will you choose for to share?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">someday drawing you different,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">may I be weaved in your hair?</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday: A day of rest and reflection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sitting, reading, watching the smoke flow from my coconut incense</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reflecting on things that are really important. My dad always says three things: God. Family. Work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My days consist of working, prayer, family, with a slight chance of fun with friends on the weekend. Sometimes I think that my life looks a lot different today, but when I think back to even my school days or Kripalu days, my life has always been structured around these three significant things. God, Family, Work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"where you invest your love, you invest your life"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is important now to remember is pouring my love into all actions of life and knowing that this is it. This may be all I have. So make the most of it, smile, give thanks, and love without condition. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My crazy dog :-) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4Cmw9bdMxRaoS8-PboUuwQw51Nijf1bigFT1iay1jUxu3PFTl407vpDpPPfGyKzyL-qnmeUoWHmfH44sOxUm1QKw7jTC2em-OO1CcCX8kOB8YYvlYe7ghV00CDeCyeNT9z8u21NTJEU6/s1600/IMG_2072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4Cmw9bdMxRaoS8-PboUuwQw51Nijf1bigFT1iay1jUxu3PFTl407vpDpPPfGyKzyL-qnmeUoWHmfH44sOxUm1QKw7jTC2em-OO1CcCX8kOB8YYvlYe7ghV00CDeCyeNT9z8u21NTJEU6/s320/IMG_2072.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Solitude</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrim2c6o3Ki6tr7qFow9fS06KkUD840NuD6tUVfUoFEz1zJ4UvDRVBfXYEfOu1OO25Ak5DQgZc70UqArg6jHBT7IaV9vQoTpmHP7StYI6E1GtfLqm3Ag4oC1o5OvTCRoYwO5K0eGu0q-b/s1600/IMG_2077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrim2c6o3Ki6tr7qFow9fS06KkUD840NuD6tUVfUoFEz1zJ4UvDRVBfXYEfOu1OO25Ak5DQgZc70UqArg6jHBT7IaV9vQoTpmHP7StYI6E1GtfLqm3Ag4oC1o5OvTCRoYwO5K0eGu0q-b/s320/IMG_2077.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enchantment</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKysgVYe8KpVKsfp1DU8ILZPhli3_9d0plNi-XafGhj9sr5VEqhYw7DmRkzew11-hoB8KBMy1DPCvVSjgIbEqRlaIad8UtF8ZbOh1NILuGQgUZnElsIkpy-lAK5eeko7LSbA4jGECVw9Xm/s1600/IMG_2076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKysgVYe8KpVKsfp1DU8ILZPhli3_9d0plNi-XafGhj9sr5VEqhYw7DmRkzew11-hoB8KBMy1DPCvVSjgIbEqRlaIad8UtF8ZbOh1NILuGQgUZnElsIkpy-lAK5eeko7LSbA4jGECVw9Xm/s320/IMG_2076.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Virginia Beach sunsets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBwTqd4ZYiKYllLxl0K3nTvmzzE3wlg5_oMINP5o9bEfidtkNwDaSnQ6yMah3enkims1CeC69OUbPVmx9wDq0Ogb2cwGY0NMiJi-NVu4ykFMBgNZK-YyYF3ovn8oUqeLa_DLLfHN6hkZb/s1600/IMG_8021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBwTqd4ZYiKYllLxl0K3nTvmzzE3wlg5_oMINP5o9bEfidtkNwDaSnQ6yMah3enkims1CeC69OUbPVmx9wDq0Ogb2cwGY0NMiJi-NVu4ykFMBgNZK-YyYF3ovn8oUqeLa_DLLfHN6hkZb/s320/IMG_8021.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reconnecting with my best friends</div><br />
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</div></div>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-35671610821529076072010-09-30T15:12:00.002-04:002010-09-30T15:16:19.988-04:00Landmark Advanced Course- NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_VBZdgs1uAAvduwjUE7gbjQh8yyT0xn8TgMQafNI0fYTBxP2ExwKk8GweK3M1bVN2dY7KSzfV3wa8IB-X7fbVLIgF4-yf2Jc4MhyriV0kLqpT3UMyINen8cEDAjmVrxIst5oSw2bwGX4/s1600/new+york.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_VBZdgs1uAAvduwjUE7gbjQh8yyT0xn8TgMQafNI0fYTBxP2ExwKk8GweK3M1bVN2dY7KSzfV3wa8IB-X7fbVLIgF4-yf2Jc4MhyriV0kLqpT3UMyINen8cEDAjmVrxIst5oSw2bwGX4/s320/new+york.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
I arrived in the busy streets of New York City last week to undergo my second Landmark Education training. The first one ( Landmark Forum) was given to me as a gift from a company I was working for at the time (lululemon athletica---amazing company!). My intention for signing up for this Landmark session was to complete my wandering, assimilate back into the society, and create a future where I can thrive.<br />
Here are some bullet points from my interpretation of the Advanced Course:<br />
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<ul><li> request powerfully and specifically what you want (usually we only ask for what we are willing to settle for, not what we <i>really</i> want)</li>
<li>you are not your thoughts, filters or stories</li>
<li>using the word "help", in reference to "helping" people is demeaning. It keeps you BIG and others SMALL</li>
<li>"if you have come to help me, you are wasting your time.But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together." </li>
<li>your brilliance is dependent on others</li>
<li>you have to be responsible to be powerful</li>
<li>if you want to be extraordinary be unreasonable </li>
<li>participation gives vitality and power</li>
<li>"as human beings our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world- that is the myth of the atomic age- as in being able to remake ourselves." Gandhi</li>
<li>if your focus is on you being fulfilled, you're missing the game. shift from you, to others.</li>
<li>you're the most lit up when you're making a difference for people</li>
<li>thoughts, feelings, the past, logic--are not reliable tests for reality</li>
<li>if you are everything- nothing can stop you</li>
<li>inspired means to breathe life into an area that was once dead</li>
<li>don't give up on people</li>
<li>if you are living like somethings not possible, then it is not possible for humanity</li>
<li>anytime you have a lack of power- there is a lie underneath it</li>
<li>there is no suffering in reality </li>
<li>what is real is measurable, physical, relates in distance time and form, there is a beginning middle and end, and has finite edges </li>
<li>reality is a RIGHT NOW phenomenon </li>
<li>don't be stopped by "no's" in this life</li>
<li>a "no" just means no right now. keep asking</li>
<li>focus on others and you disapear</li>
<li>life is a full length mirror</li>
<li>take action- create results in life</li>
<li>are you happy? if not, change your mind</li>
<li>have a miracle happen to you</li>
<li>transformation isn't happening unless you're sharing it with others</li>
<li>so goes you, goes the planet</li>
<li>a person can create space or kill it</li>
<li>there's not a moment in life that you are not in a right now- except in your story</li>
<li>the world does not speak- only we do- therefore we create by speaking what is real</li>
<li>you are the space in which all things occur</li>
<li>life is a conversation</li>
<li>the future you're living into gives you your present moment </li>
<li>people occur in the clearing inside which you show up for them</li>
<li>if who you are is possibility then that's all there is</li>
<li>leave others touched, moved and inspired</li>
</ul>"A person who is a master in the art of living makes little distinction between their work and their play. Their labor and leisure. Their mind and their body. Their education and their recreation. Their love and their religion. They hardly know which is which and simply pursue their vision of excellence and grace. Whatever they do. Leaving others to decide whether they are working or playing. To them they are always doing both."<br />
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Landmark Education is "transformational education". It is not about these notes or about "learning" anything. The experience actually changes you. So that after you are left with a new way of being and showing up in the world. Thank you to lululemon atheltica and Chip Wilson for taking a stand for my life. Thank you Landmark Education for changing the world. Thank you for everyone I have had the amazing opportunity to meet and create possibilities with in the Landmark Advanced Course and to Josselyn for being instrument of peace. And as always, thank you for the loving support of my family and friends.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">www.landmarkeducation.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">www.lululemon.com </span><br />
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If life is a game- I say, "GAME ON"Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-60421677450512571852010-09-01T13:58:00.001-04:002010-09-01T14:21:06.465-04:00Friends and Yoga<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP4ElOCVWmQAI3cLnOb5PkHcuiQ-GN7BAHACsxX8soLLtFikisVZSxeACJhJEVINgHlH8Vt8_I7fVBrXyOklNkAPRgVp8q6wrLd4jJg1TSLiAGVAWelswlsf2PbBEYRb1jEFmC_fGVaQ2/s1600/IMG_1697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDP4ElOCVWmQAI3cLnOb5PkHcuiQ-GN7BAHACsxX8soLLtFikisVZSxeACJhJEVINgHlH8Vt8_I7fVBrXyOklNkAPRgVp8q6wrLd4jJg1TSLiAGVAWelswlsf2PbBEYRb1jEFmC_fGVaQ2/s320/IMG_1697.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-34845287194601625522010-08-27T17:18:00.005-04:002010-08-27T18:30:31.681-04:00Ashtanga Mela<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51y8k4kPqfp_EfqXyCU3Z1HtLovidwXsVFv-cwnFlE8lcz70JF-0y3ngmlCA4csL5EWYVFuASUFSIG71nvsZfTgJkzX5m5kAAFncpWtrHrcbOP8INsSu4TlxwguoWZfdus3bCOLSf-2KA/s1600/IMG_7880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51y8k4kPqfp_EfqXyCU3Z1HtLovidwXsVFv-cwnFlE8lcz70JF-0y3ngmlCA4csL5EWYVFuASUFSIG71nvsZfTgJkzX5m5kAAFncpWtrHrcbOP8INsSu4TlxwguoWZfdus3bCOLSf-2KA/s320/IMG_7880.jpg" /></a></div><br />
A week of Ashtanga Yoga with David Williams, David Swenson, and Danny Paradise.<br />
<u>David Williams </u>has over forty years of daily yoga practice. He taught David and Danny along with many other foundational yoga teachers. David brought Pattabhi Jois (Guruji, the father of Ashtanga Yoga) and his son Manju Jois to the states introducing yoga to America.<br />
<u>David Swenson </u>started yoga at the age of 16 and is one the most widely known and respected yoga instructors of our day. His book, <i>Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual </i>and his DVD's are responsible for making Ashtanga Yoga accessible to the masses.<br />
<u>Danny Paradise</u> found yoga when his love affair with music and traveling brought him to Hawaii. There he met and studied with David Williams. Danny uses his traveling experiences to fuse Shamanism and yoga. He brought Ashtanga Yoga to many celebrities such as Sting and Madonna making yoga a household word in the west. <br />
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All three have traveled and studied extensively in India with Pattabhi Jois and have so many amazing stories. I highly recommend attending anything you may see offered by these living legends. <br />
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Here are some standout points from the lips of these living yogis:<br />
<ul><li>here's a challenge: how much fun can you possibly have in one lifetime?</li>
<li>continue being fascinated and curious about your practice</li>
<li>daily practice is crucial </li>
<li>yoga is about aging gracefully and free of pain</li>
<li>how can you make the posture feel the best it can</li>
<li>what feels good is good, what hurts is hurting you</li>
<li>you can't make something hurt less by hurting yourself</li>
<li>you should feel energized after your practice</li>
<li>energy will heal you</li>
<li>stay in the "om zone"</li>
<li>you have a choice of comfort or pain in each pose</li>
<li>1mm past pain is tearing- tearing creates scar tissue and uses all of your energy to heal that instead of spreading throughout the body and blocks flexibility </li>
<li>feeling good is the ultimate high</li>
<li>most flexible person has no advantage and the least flexible person has no disadvantage</li>
<li>make the practice a moving meditation using breath and bandhas</li>
<li>concentration is dualistic, meditation is non-dualistic </li>
<li>yoga is fun, but walking is really fun- your yoga should not hurt you</li>
<li>all the yoga teachers in India start the day with coffee- YES :)</li>
<li>practice 5 days a week and take yoga holidays (full/new moon)</li>
<li>at least do the daily minimum (3 sun A's, 3 sun B's, 3 finishing poses)</li>
<li>yoga shows us our weak points and our strong points</li>
<li>asana practice actually changes the structure of our body</li>
<li>limited knowledge and great enthusiasm in teachers is dangerous *there are bad teachers out there, be careful</li>
<li>every moment is an opportunity to make positive change</li>
<li>yoga is the space between thoughts, no thinking during practice</li>
<li>ashtanga is not for everyone, it's for anyone...who wants to do it</li>
<li>be satisfied with your own practice and know it changes daily</li>
<li>the only way to find out about a place is to go out there and experience it for yourself</li>
<li>too much awareness in alignment causes injury, not enough awareness in alignment causes injury</li>
<li>you're ready to teach when you have students</li>
<li>an educated student is a threat to a bad teacher</li>
<li>it's not about how many students you have, but about how many masters you create</li>
<li>yoga is a community service and a lifestyle </li>
<li>questions are the quest, nothing rests in the answers </li>
<li>practice outside</li>
<li>you're not scared to die when you know each day you're living your life's purpose</li>
<li>if you chase it, it runs from you. increase yoga, increase magnetism </li>
<li>Shiva takes care of his own. you're the only one who really knows the truth and depth of your practice </li>
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</div>"First series, very good. Second series, very very good. Third and fourth series, ooooh just for demonstration." <br />
"Practice yoga and all is coming" -Guruji<br />
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David Williams conversation when he would "interview" new students for his yoga classes in Hawaii:<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(insert southern accent)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">You're not ready for yoga. This yoga will change your life. Are you ready to give up your life as you know it? Your girlfriend? oooh boy, if she doesn't practice yoga, you may not want to stay with her. You ready for that? You'll end up quitting your job, you're whole life as you know it will change.</span></span><br />
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OM<br />
Vande Gurunam Caranaravinde<br />
Sandarsita Svatmasukhava Bodhe<br />
Nisreyase Jangalikayamane<br />
Samsara Halahala Mohasantyai<br />
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Abahu Purusakram<br />
Sankhacakrasi Dharinam<br />
Sahasra Sirasam Svetam<br />
Pranamami Patanjalim<br />
OM<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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-I honor all the teachers that have come before me to pass on this sacred tradition-<br />
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Thank you David, David, Danny, Kripalu, and the whole Ashtanga community.<br />
Now go out and have as much FUN as possible!<br />
*~*cheers- namaste- aloha- mahalo*~*Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-18952802239252560222010-07-23T16:54:00.024-04:002010-07-28T11:27:17.589-04:00JourneyDance Pearls<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBZfHkYBqJPCa3zS4JgcIq0Sl03Jaq2HlNFLxiHFiTB-r_gUryeXQ1sz7KKeXXKNRbvrHqYfU8tA7H8vEGCxCkng7Dxt_cb5ywkzPMdpiTnhgE58MZAkkMI7-4glQ8y7IVgag07lHr-9e/s1600/IMG_7854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBZfHkYBqJPCa3zS4JgcIq0Sl03Jaq2HlNFLxiHFiTB-r_gUryeXQ1sz7KKeXXKNRbvrHqYfU8tA7H8vEGCxCkng7Dxt_cb5ywkzPMdpiTnhgE58MZAkkMI7-4glQ8y7IVgag07lHr-9e/s320/IMG_7854.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">JourneyDance is an amazing journey inward through a dance led with visualizations and intentions. It is an opportunity to get out of your mind and into your body. JourneyDance is a grooving celebration that will have you loving your body and loving your life! Weaving simple, guided movement sequences and free exploration, JourneyDance reconnects you with your innate state of joyous well-being. Your mind becomes clear, free, and positive, and your body feels supple, energized, and powerful. Practiced to inspiring world music, your dance is an empowering journey to self-acceptance and transformation. Journeydance was created by Toni Bergins. www.journeydance.com</span><br />
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Here are some "pearls of wisdom" I have taken from my JourneyDance Teacher Training immersion with Toni at Kripalu:</div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">try to make physical contact with someone while eating. this has a grounding affect that helps us connect to our bodies and helps us feel full</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">touch is powerful. a person should have at least five significant touches a day (hugs, reach out, holding hands, etc.) reach out and touch someone</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">speak what you need. ask for what you need. no one will ever know if you don't say something</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">daydream. create. imagine. invent</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">dance is prayer. we can make any action into a dedication or prayer. make something in your day sacred</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">listen. really listen</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">fire is empowering. let it be a tool to burn the what does not serve you. like a phoenix, let your wishes and dreams rise from it's ashes </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">when negative thoughts arise, write it down on a piece of paper. crumble it up. put it in a box labeled "I release ____ into the earth." immediately chose a positive thought. write it down. put it in a box labeled "wouldn't it be nice if." when the boxes are full, or when you are ready, make them burn</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">humor is the best medicine</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sweat to put the fire out inside, and to purify the body of toxins</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">try not to let any negative thoughts exist for more than five seconds</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">everyone can sing</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">everyone can dance</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we have to get over ourselves to really see others</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">pretend you are an animal. slither like a snake. meow like a cat. fly like a bird. invite friends along for a guaranteed rowdy good time</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">perspire, you won't expire! </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">try shaking medicine, the chi machine, and contact dancing</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hula hooping is the fountain of youth </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">give yourself a hug. be your own best friend. love yourself</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's okay to build yourself a wall of protection when you need it</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">sometimes you gotta get a little funky!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">music is transformational </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">focus on what your doing right and do more of that</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">use "I" statements. own your emotions, actions, thoughts, and experiences</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">try shape shifting</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">give permission to be yourself</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">move your body to heal it</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">start to notice patterns in your life</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">celebrate obstacles</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">play. play. play </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">be a little weird. try something new</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the dance is perfect, because you're in it</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">move your hips front and back, side to side. it's fun!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">hold your stomach. say hellooooo belly and I love you belly </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">give your inhale to your exhale and your exhale to your inhale</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">oneness makes things flow</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">radiate who you are. take up space. own it</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">it's okay not to forgive everyone, we just move on in different ways</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">use the process and it's okay to be processing the same thing over and over again</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">use the mind and use tools to help control it</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">navigate your emotional journey</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">processing is necessary</span></li>
<li>we chose where we put our money and our energy</li>
<li>the universal consciousness is rising </li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">tears are love</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">close your eyes and listen to your heart </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">open your eyes and see someone. really see them. look. listen. feel. be with them</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">burn up painful thoughts and dance in the fire</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">open yourself. use imagery and movement</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">educate. read. research. learn. grow</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">tell someone they are amazing, funky, divine, wild, sensual, luscious, inspiring, or whatever else you can think of. and then tell yourself the same</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">remember, we're all in this together </span></li>
<li>*twinkle*</li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am reminded of this quote from A Course in Miracles:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3e506d;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3e506d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">automatically liberates others."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">thank you Toni, fellow JourneyDancers, and Kripalu </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">jai! </span></div>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-43214086218253808142010-07-18T16:18:00.004-04:002010-07-18T16:29:36.497-04:00Buddha Mini Series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih51LUONFTQwe3IKETvXpZAyxDtuGVlC7SyBpkaDGN63l1zElpWbcMzt0w-dBO0EQGzN3tCnTTfklar-SNxCm9JbHwdjhBjTupOUXxm_HK68VKfPIGcvO331YHH_ZOm4XLFzQmdasafdSF/s1600/IMG_1647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih51LUONFTQwe3IKETvXpZAyxDtuGVlC7SyBpkaDGN63l1zElpWbcMzt0w-dBO0EQGzN3tCnTTfklar-SNxCm9JbHwdjhBjTupOUXxm_HK68VKfPIGcvO331YHH_ZOm4XLFzQmdasafdSF/s320/IMG_1647.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Decontaminating Yourself (Vajasattra)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AUM. Indestructible Being,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Purify my body, speech, and mind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiONNSwMOUth9uOZ0I4RQV4jxq5yfWmg4-wFfVyjYoHI_exltSE_0PJAJZFR_BIcJaCWIjZYEkNJpUTtskOXnoms5gxrP9qTvnWwj2-TZNVQh0JM5FQsB11fWQwM9j_7JS91Ema43iCE_M/s1600/IMG_1651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiONNSwMOUth9uOZ0I4RQV4jxq5yfWmg4-wFfVyjYoHI_exltSE_0PJAJZFR_BIcJaCWIjZYEkNJpUTtskOXnoms5gxrP9qTvnWwj2-TZNVQh0JM5FQsB11fWQwM9j_7JS91Ema43iCE_M/s320/IMG_1651.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Invoking Healing Energy (Medicine Buddha)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is how it is. AUM. Healing, healing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great Noble Healing within,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Permeate everywhere. So be it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJkUbKLJwCq5pQLkoCf84OVoMTABEsDtZOJJRUT-wZkgOsB9OGhJoG4XDkAVmFqXZG6wThwZiCnWG-FiyqZ-uLnDcoVkgM5hyphenhyphenWuI8Rocfdp1zwYw_Ap2s4TWmT1PGm9Nhgta7SxjIIH3Q/s1600/IMG_1653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJkUbKLJwCq5pQLkoCf84OVoMTABEsDtZOJJRUT-wZkgOsB9OGhJoG4XDkAVmFqXZG6wThwZiCnWG-FiyqZ-uLnDcoVkgM5hyphenhyphenWuI8Rocfdp1zwYw_Ap2s4TWmT1PGm9Nhgta7SxjIIH3Q/s320/IMG_1653.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AUM. The Jewel is in the Lotus!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMcHq4bH1SrmIwLULgRGxIq1WzpVsKAPZSbuIm7XwDWnOrkgKj9U626SJ_t4E254iGNmWxwzyrM8AIVFkLXTjWjV9ra77pHCcOYFJjtEYBlvUivFLN7uAkIgtLNkOH4iJ08Oc_WJjvjN2/s1600/IMG_1655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMcHq4bH1SrmIwLULgRGxIq1WzpVsKAPZSbuIm7XwDWnOrkgKj9U626SJ_t4E254iGNmWxwzyrM8AIVFkLXTjWjV9ra77pHCcOYFJjtEYBlvUivFLN7uAkIgtLNkOH4iJ08Oc_WJjvjN2/s320/IMG_1655.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dedicating Your Activities (Karmapa)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Karmapa Chenno</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Source of all awakened activities, remember me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCO0m6O0UIFRkVa-5NqjpxJXlkuWr90L7xpxoTcLqF073vQaUrawiIDu8nv4p6ssfLZe9YkZKzkPQc72p_NdO7K4wO6qcaXVz2lPl-rYvC7JhDCkhYkELQCXPOb_AIwsPMLi4ocPc7BHb0/s1600/IMG_1657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCO0m6O0UIFRkVa-5NqjpxJXlkuWr90L7xpxoTcLqF073vQaUrawiIDu8nv4p6ssfLZe9YkZKzkPQc72p_NdO7K4wO6qcaXVz2lPl-rYvC7JhDCkhYkELQCXPOb_AIwsPMLi4ocPc7BHb0/s320/IMG_1657.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surrendering to Beauty (Krishna)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gopala Govinda Govinda Gopala</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Devakinandana Gopala</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Master of the Cows, Protector.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joyful Shining God, Son of the Goddess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOnOvPI5MDFDBqQE7J2qvWjaHOwlTirWQ3bddcisd5VEGsf5uPvHrifZV5rPS8H01ZcHP1F7es8NufgcJ5lXCU-d2vbqm3VrkFZqU1Wl7kPxXbuMkFlQszqCeWvblTa5kcu8xS5bBJ9kH/s1600/IMG_1659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOnOvPI5MDFDBqQE7J2qvWjaHOwlTirWQ3bddcisd5VEGsf5uPvHrifZV5rPS8H01ZcHP1F7es8NufgcJ5lXCU-d2vbqm3VrkFZqU1Wl7kPxXbuMkFlQszqCeWvblTa5kcu8xS5bBJ9kH/s320/IMG_1659.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Magnifying Self-Giving Love (Jai Shree Devi)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jai Shree Devi Namo Namah</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hooray fo the Feminine Glory, the Goddess!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bow to you again and again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeTOh_b1H2FEOCyLFlAN5d4z23wmusR0mfVlloKf4qMsU_Rbhv-3BAdZaQ4I1NNKskeHNmVF1XpIx4khnqRYmh1_f3aybrC_ItyipZQ_k-EijamJTu08xfdJbmHaeGq8yiDxNvptU7B3r/s1600/IMG_1661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUeTOh_b1H2FEOCyLFlAN5d4z23wmusR0mfVlloKf4qMsU_Rbhv-3BAdZaQ4I1NNKskeHNmVF1XpIx4khnqRYmh1_f3aybrC_ItyipZQ_k-EijamJTu08xfdJbmHaeGq8yiDxNvptU7B3r/s320/IMG_1661.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Invoking the Formless Supreme (Shiva)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aum Namah Shivaya</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">AUM. I bow down to Shiva (the Auspicious One).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Kailash, Kurt A. Bruder. </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Following Sound into Silence</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">. Hay House Inc. 2008.</span></span></div>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655441494921798149.post-72190088912818389742010-07-11T12:20:00.006-04:002010-07-11T13:57:26.183-04:00Kripalu Share Circle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWAQcxbIVGJy-FjjbetznNjVg-UklkaoU4lEbWuIhOAKPFTofFZjSsWJgmnMgSANQyZhEUm0_saJYwIcHhu_gnLFILh_VAuV8pTIYJOSHExxa-6HWmF5GssQIVjg56h2szdxuxqr-DIa9/s1600/IMG_7583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWAQcxbIVGJy-FjjbetznNjVg-UklkaoU4lEbWuIhOAKPFTofFZjSsWJgmnMgSANQyZhEUm0_saJYwIcHhu_gnLFILh_VAuV8pTIYJOSHExxa-6HWmF5GssQIVjg56h2szdxuxqr-DIa9/s320/IMG_7583.JPG" /></a></div><br />
When I walk over to the boards to check what's happen around the Krip today, I am sucked in by the Share Circle. This is what the description reads:<br />
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Practice this classic Kripalu methodology that employs the principle "the key to my<br />
heart rests in the heart of another." Through this meditative listening and conscious<br />
speaking technique, savor the concept of safe and sacred space. Relax, access, and<br />
witness the power of your moment and others.<br />
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Today I am feeling overwhelmed by the influx of bubbly guests coming all over the world looking to turn into liquid with Shiva Rea or break boards with Goddess to the Core. Sometimes I find myself thinking, who do these people think they are? Where do they come from? Why are they in my space? What could have possibly happened to them to make them think that it's okay to act like that? Why didn't someone teach them they don't have to talk all the time? Why can't they look where they're going? What could possibly make her cry so hard? I have to get out of here...I have to escape...<br />
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Today, I stayed. I decided I needed a good ol' fashioned Kripalu Share Circle to try to connect back to the guests. To try to connect to myself again. To be fully present. To really listen to someone. And, maybe even to inspire. To change. <br />
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At 11am we came in and sat down on black cushions all alined for us in a circular formation. There are about fifteen of us. I look around the circle as we introduce ourselves, just a brief name and where we're from. There is a couple that oozes happiness and I can smell the sweetness of new love radiating from their every pore. There is a blond woman that had a halo surrounding her, but she gazes down at the floor and speaks every so softly. There is a big, strong man with piercing black eyes sitting directly across from me. He folds his hands in his lap, sits crossed legged and closes his eyes. There is a skinny, hyped-up woman with a crazed look in her eyes. The leader today is a confident, gentle soul. She sits at the front of the room and makes surface conversation with guests as they slowly trickle in. And, lastly I sit in my half lotus on the edge of my black cushion (krip-pillow as we jokingly refer to them) that was recently stuffed and feels too thick for comfort, I am wearing my red strapless flowing shirt, just trying to root myself into the ground. I close my eyes and just feel the energy in the room. I feel the people I am with. Deep breath in, sigh breath out. <br />
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The leader begins with a meditation on gratitude and an OM to open. We go around the circle one by one and say what we are grateful for today. I say I am grateful for waking up. How revolutionary. Ha. <br />
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There are a few basic guidelines the leader now goes over with us: What happens in the Share Circle, stays in the share circle. This is not a conversation, do not reply to anyone's share, the practice is in simply holding space. No one needs to be fixed. And, let out a breath together as each person finishes their share. This is just a safe place to be heard. Say whatever you want. <br />
*NOTE no names will be used in this to respect the privacy of the individuals. <br />
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WE BEGIN. <br />
The woman with the crazy eyes starts her share. She has worked for a company for thirty years. She was promised a pension after her thirty years and dreamed of returning to Nursing School. The company has gone back on their promise, no pension. Her husband's business has just failed. Does she still follow her dreams to return to school?<br />
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breath in. sigh out<br />
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I share next. I share that the guests make me nervous sometimes. I tell them that I want to be present, but my pattern is to run away. I am scared of what's next. I'm overwhelmed. And I am ever grateful for this place. <br />
I close my eyes again.<br />
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breath in. sigh out<br />
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The man sitting directly across from me opens his eyes and his lips. He tells his story. Drugs, alcohol, lost his job/family/life. Rock bottom. He is building his life again. Grateful for all he has, but fearful it will be taken just as fast as it came. Great ups are always accompanied by great loss. <br />
He closes his eyes.<br />
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breath in. sigh out<br />
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The woman with the halo meekly raises her hand to speak. My body automatically tenses and I don't even know why, yet. She says she is here for healing. She is here to let go. To be herself in whatever way she shows up. She starts sobbing. Her five year old son has died of the H1N1 virus. Five years old. She says she has cried, she has grieved. She is grateful of the time she got to spend with him. I am convinced she is an Angel.<br />
We all close our eyes, praying I suppose, and I visualize light surrounding and comforting her.<br />
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breath in. sigh out<br />
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The next woman responds. This apparently triggered something within her. She says she is happy someone else has cried. I think, why are we so afraid of tears? Her daughter has just lost her legs in a car accident. She has been taking care of her grandchildren. She is sad. It is hard for her. <br />
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breath in. sigh out<br />
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There is a silence that comes across the room. The leader looks to the happy couple to share. The man just celebrates his woman sitting beside him. He is so excited. He can't contain it. <br />
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breath in. sigh out<br />
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We all discuss how yoga has helped lift us from the darkness. Maybe not lift, but more so find a sense of comfort within the darkness. A greater sense of self and spirit. <br />
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The leader shares this story:<br />
It was back in the days when Kripalu was an ashram. There was silent breakfast... emphasis on silent. She was overweight. A child walked up to her as she was eating her breakfast and loudly asked, "Why are you so fat?". The whole dining hall gasped in awe. She replied, "God gave us all something to work on, and this is what I got." The dining hall gasped again, this time in relief. <br />
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We are all in this together. We are all "working on something". We are all going through something. I hope these stories can inspire at least a pause for reflection before passing judgement on another. Maybe an opportunity to practice patience. I know I would appreciate that for myself.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Jai Bhagwan </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">(Victory to Spirit)</div></div>Jayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00963282704097061958noreply@blogger.com0