Sunday, December 22, 2013

More dispatches from Mysore: Patrick sensei, or, Concerning Authorization Redux

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Right.  So, I received Authorization Level 2 with permission to teach the full intermediate series on this trip.  After four weeks of hopin...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Dispatches from Mysore: stages of the experience

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Practice-wise, at least, there are several stages in the Mysore experience.  They comprise an arch, if you will.  In the beginning, in the ...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

riding the b train, applying a hadith to yoga practice

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Me and my fucking writer's block.  I'd been working on the blog below for weeks-- chipping away at it, walking away from it, coming...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

the therapeutic quality of advanced asana, or, how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

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About a month ago, during my Sunday morning practice, as I lifted my feet off the ground into Badha Hasta Sirsasana D my left shoulder made...
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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Quarterbacks and Golfers: some thoughts on moving and sitting meditation

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 My relationship with sitting meditation practice now is quite similar to what my relationship with asana practice used to be.  That is to ...
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Monday, July 1, 2013

don't confuse the optimal with the possible, don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good

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It's been a while, I know.  My bad.  I've had a something of a rough month in the mental health arena again, and I just haven't...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

heat, or, too much sacrifice makes a stone of the heart

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Last week my acupuncturist told me I have an excess of heat in my body.  Well there's a fucking news flash.  I'm sure many an acupu...
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