June 2012
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practice
I’m a little obsessive in nature. If something captures my interest (and it doesn’t hurt if it’s something that can be followed via a course of study), I will pour nearly all of my energy and attention into it. I’ve never had hobbies, just life-consuming obsessions that I try to parlay into full-time studentry and/or jobs. Hence my love of the Alexander Technique. How I...
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Change will happen to you too, if you let it
When I first started studying yoga at ISHTA, the pictures in the studio of teachers doing “fancy” poses just looked like pretty pictures to me. How these could actually be representations of real people doing postures a human body could ever be capable of, didn’t even cross my mind. Kinda like when most of us don’t even look in awe at ballerinas, we just enjoy their dancing...
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being and believing
Last month I was reminded of the importance of and the inherent trouble with “believing.” A friend and I were chatting and it came up that he subscribes (somewhat) to the validity of astrology, a system I view as essentially made up and coincidental. I, on the other hand, take similar guidance in how we relate to our environment from Ayurveda, a system that he seemed uncomfortable...
