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What makes us unique? What makes us the same? I just read part of a thesis (which was inspired by Zuni two spiritedness) by a transgender man about his life journey to becoming who he truly is. Zuni Two-Spirits: We'Wha As I was reading I realized that many of us experience similar feelings of being out of step with . . . → Read More: Two Spirits for Everyone The Doc says surgery provides no better outcome than wearing a sling. This separated shoulder thing is forcing creativity into living. It’s also forcing me to accept help in ways I’ve never been willing to before. My roommate puts lotion on my back. My co-workers took up the slack when I missed work last week. The . . . → Read More: The Kindness of Strangers It’s so easy to take things out of context! Getting the History of Yoga Right in the New York Times. ~ Jason Birch | . . . → Read More: Getting the History of Yoga Right Article about the pleasures of hot yoga! Yoga Mat for sale. . . . → Read More: I always suspected this How an African Chief Uses Twitter to Keep the Peace. I am blown away by how our world is morphing in front of our eyes and the miracles . . . → Read More: How an African Chief Uses Twitter to Keep the Peace This article from the Huffington post got me thinking about my own relationship with giving. Somehow, growing up, I got the understanding that one must give to others even if it meant undercutting one’s own well-being. My understanding of how to be a “good” person was that if someone else needed money and I only had . . . → Read More: Is It Always Better to Give Than Receive? These final four limbs are a road map toward union with the divine, but each of these limbs alone provides benefits and practicing them can provide the benefits of meditation.  Comments are closed  yoga  dharana, dhyana, eight limbs of yoga, human potential, meditation, motivation, niyama, photography, pratyahara, samadhi, yoga These are the two limbs of yoga that the West attributes the most value to. They tend to forget that in yogic tradition spiritual study leads to the physical and study of the physical side leads to the spiritual! Asana We in the West tend to practice the asanas, or postures/exercises for purely physical reasons. We want to . . . → Read More: What Get’s Us Into Yoga: Asana & Pranayama In response to the fellow who thinks most people should not do yoga! . . . → Read More: My Thoughts Exactly! |
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A New Experience
The yoga of a separated shoulder.
Initiated by a fall in the tub the three graceful curves that come together in delicate (but strong) balance have been released from their habitual relationship and I cannot do any yoga that requires physical symmetry. I must cultivate balance by using my mind to imagine the symmetry. Surprising how much . . . → Read More: A New Experience