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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098   Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | mishoga - 2006-02-20 4:26 PM Cyndi, you just can't refrain from insulting me, can you? I sit here smiling knowing that I have such an impact on you. It's quite the compliment. Oh by the way, I asked about your experience, not what you thought of mine. Thought I should clear that up for you since you misunderstood my topic.  I wasn't aware that I insulted you, does disagreeing with you insult you? Does my experience with yoga studios and goofy yoga instructors insult you?? Why? Why would my experience insult you? Why would you even think that my experience would intertwine with your experience and you turn the tables on me to say that your experience was my experience?? I'm flattered that you are smiling thinking you have impacted me in some way, but I can assure you that I haven't felt an impact of anything. Keep smiling, I'll smile with you,  I really don't get it why you feel insulted. I'm sorry you are offended and insulted. Perhaps Bruce will come along and erase the entire thread because it now is not making much sense is it??  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 1738    Location: right where I'm supposed to be | Cyndi, once again...lighten up. Maybe you want to explore the deeper dimensions of life, but I just want to appreciate the goodness that surrounds me. Back off sista! Really, you're acting silly!!!! There is absolutely no need for this to go any further!  Mish | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | mishoga - 2006-02-20 4:50 PM Cyndi, once again...lighten up. Maybe you want to explore the deeper dimensions of life, but I just want to appreciate the goodness that surrounds me. Back off sista! Really, you're acting silly!!!! There is absolutely no need for this to go any further! Again, Mishoga, quit telling me how to act and what to do. I don't recalling making you my Didi, so don't say that to me, you are out of line. You don't know how far I've explored the deeper dimensions of life...in fact, IF you even had a clue about my explorations and where I've been, IF you did, it would scare the crap out of you...another words you couldn't handle it - which is why you can't handle it now. Anway, don't you have a yoga music class to teach right now?? So, what are you going to listen to today?? Prem Joshua?? Play Dance of Kali in my honor while you're doing standing postures Okay??? Edited by Cyndi 2006-02-20 5:01 PM | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | mishoga - 2006-02-20 5:01 PM You are so childish! It a shame your knowledge can't shine fully! Bruce, please delete this thread. She is determined to go on and on and on. I'm done with her. Mishoga, Don't forget, those who anger you control you, Om Sat Nam!!! Om Shanti Shanti Shanti hi | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 1738 Location: right where I'm supposed to be | You don't anger me, you annoy me!!!!!   | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Okay your majesty, I bow to you....you can have the last word and testiment. I hope you enjoy your yoga music class today, | ||
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 418 Location: New York | Can I be a member of the Mishoga Fan Club? Seriously, I think your class sounds cool. I love practicing yoga with music playing and I like to play groovy R&B and soul music in my yoga class as well as world music with a beat. (I've gotten lots of good music ideas from Steve Ross' Inhale Yoga on the Oxygen channel). I teach at a gym and focus on asana practice pretty much exclusively. I teach a vinyasa style class and try to keep things moving, but I also offer lots of modifications for people who are newer to the practice. If my class is not meeting someone's needs (i.e., if s/he thinks it is not serious enough, or "real" yoga), it is only one class on the schedule and. like Mish said, a member is free to find another class (perhaps in a yoga studio) that better meets his/her needs. If my class doesn't meet ANYONE'S needs, then I definitely need to look at changing something. But I get positive feedback and returning students. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442  | Wow - I am surprised my ears haven't been burning all day! Or is it the typing fingers that burn when people are posting about you? I don't think it is a good idea to erase this thread because, aside from people getting a bit uppity here and there, there has been some good discussion. Frankly, I was trying to find a way to answer Mish's original post in a diplomatic way and hadn't yet found it... For myself, I have the fact that I am an Iyengar student to fall back on here. We do not play music, we do not burn incense (except for puja or other special occassions) and we don't do any practices but asana and pranayama. Period. This is how we are taught and, in the great, long and ancient tradition of transmission of teachings from guru to student, we teach as we were taught. BKS does not teach with music so we don't teach with music. Simple. But I am personally not fond of the Americanization of yoga and all the "yoga-y" trappings that we seem to think we should have. If you have to burn some candles to get rid of the sweat smell from the previous class, that is one thing, but to add the new agey stuff is, well, new agey. I do not go so far as to say it is not yoga. BKS is clear that all yoga is yoga. Whatever gets people interested is great. But I would call it more like yoga-lite, perhaps. I hope that is diplomatic enough - as Cyndi said, you did as for reaction from us as if we were students Cyndi - I was struck by your mention of yoga schools turning out students too fast - did you mean teachers? I am guessing when you said the two main one s you might mean Iyengar but I don't know of any Iyengar trainings under two or three years. I would love to hear more about this - IM me if you feel like discussing it more. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | dhanurasana - 2006-02-20 8:21 PM it is a lonely path, but once you have heard your true self (even just a peep, a whisper) through your ego, the pain of not following that path is infinitely more unbearable than the temporary inconveniences of physical loneliness. Have you ever heard anyone make the comment, "A Dakini's Breath"? Here is something interesting that you might like in relation to that peep and a whisper..... DAKINI is a goddess common to most Asian countries, but she manifests in many forms. In Tibet, she's the ethereal sky dancer, the "traveller in space". In parts of India, a disciple of the dreaded Durga. In other regions, a grasping ghost. In certain Tantric traditions, she's a priestess able to bestow enlightenment through her sexual skills. Dakini exists beyond borders, beyond definitions, able to adopt a multitude of identities while being limited by none. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky Dancing Angels "The teaching of the whispered lineage is the Dakini's breath" -----------Milarepa The literal translation of Dakini is "Sky Dancer". The Western form for Dakinis are Angels. If you believe in or have curiosity about Angels, well Dakinis immediately follow. The Western idea of an Angel being a beautiful celestial being who flies in the sky and who sometimes comes to earth to provide inspiration and support to us mortals is very similar to the Dakinis. Generally when they are referred to in Buddhist literature it is assumed they are devoted to the Truth (Dharma). But the broader meaning of the word is a female (males are called Dakas) spirit who has some freedom but is still bound by their past actions. Thus there are good Angels and bad (or simply confused) Angels. Some people might argue that you couldn't call them an Angel anymore if they're bad, but that's ridiculous since being predictable is not part of anyones long-term nature. Thus there are worldy Dakinis who are malicious and use their powers to confuse us, to arouse passions that are destructive, and who use their charms for their own selfish purposes. Dakinis can manifest on earth in human form or take birth as a human. These are then called "worldly Dakinis" and I'm sure you've met at least one or two in your lifetime. Women (or men) who seem to be able to simply will things into being. People who are so charming that they seduce whatever they want from the world and enjoy it fully, yet also remain somewhat disattached from the results. Dharma Dakinis are devoted to a higher purpose and so their actions are generally positive. But it is hard to generalize the actions of Dharma Dakinis since they aim to break our rabid fixation on concrete thoughts. Dharma Dakinis are not afraid to use their powers to dazzle us, arouse us out of our sleep of habits, and seduce us onto a path of truth. Dakinis are tricky, capricious, and unpredictable. We're in trouble when the Dakini disrupts our mind with magic, breaks our habitual thought patterns with the miraculous, or simply opens our hearts with mad adoration. Messengers between our earthly realm and the higher realms of the teachers, they help to bring the powerful teachings to earth, protect the truth from destructive forces, and bring blessings to sincere seekers. The natural result is to fall in love with a Dakini or Angel. How can you avoid falling in love with someone who inspires wild love and higher meaning suffused with delight? Fixate on that pleasure and the Dakini does the most compassionate thing possible. They fly away. Dakinis do not manifest simply for our pleasure. (There are people who will do that but it usually requires negotiation and some form of hard currency). Dakinis manifest the beauty of the Truth which is then an invitation to follow the path of Truth. Sky Dancers help us through vision and inspiration. But although we can be greatly inspired by a Dakini (another word is Muse), they will only come back if we put into action what they have shown us. In that regard a Dakini's love is unswerving and always compassionate. It doesn't matter if we wait a few hours or a few lifetimes to put our inspiration into action. Miracles occur but sometimes it takes years to fully realize the implications. When we do realize or remember, our hearts open, and again the magic and majesty of the universe is open to us. The Dakinis celebrate the Truth and our resolve to work for it in a mostextraordinary way. They dance in the sky. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | Wow, all this tension this evening! While you guys were arguing, I did a 2 1/2 hour practice and then made dinner. Now I know why I had so much Shakti -- y'all beamed to me, didn't ya? Eh? Personally, I don't mind candles and very mild incense. Not too much incense, because it interferes with breathing. Music is not a good idea for me, really, because I start to interact with it and in the worst case get annoyed by it. I think that Cyndi and Mish are both right and that they both should go away from this thinking about how nice it is to have these boards to post on. I also agree that it is hard to hold on to your own opinion when other people are telling you your opinion is wrong. I think that Iyengar classes actually go further than asana and pranayama alone, since philosophy (in the form of the Sutras) is discussed and since chanting is done. That's all spirituality too, and whether it's New Agey is probably open to debate. New Age is a pretty loose term. I'm glad nobody deleted this thread. And, if I were going to a new studio and the music bothered me, I probably would not go back. If, on the other hand, the incense had a scent I didn't prefer, I might still go back. Hope you guys all love each other in the morning, if not overnight. .... bg | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Bay Guy - 2006-02-20 9:47 PM Wow, all this tension this evening! While you guys were arguing, I did a 2 1/2 hour practice and then made dinner. Now I know why I had so much Shakti -- y'all beamed to me, didn't ya? Eh? BG, we are always beaming you with Shakti energy!! Why is it whenever someone disagrees on this forum, it is considered arguing?? Can't we have a good debate??? Well, my day is tomorrow as I spent all day here on and off. Tonight I did a fast, it's a good thing too. Tomorrow will be another day. I think that Cyndi and Mish are both right and that they both should go away from this thinking about how nice it is to have these boards to post on. I also agree that it is hard to hold on to your own opinion when other people are telling you your opinion is wrong. Thank you BG, I couldn't have said it better myself. Although, there is a right way and there is the correct way. By posting to this forum, we have the freedom of choice by choosing and possibly knowing if we are lucky enough, which way is the correct way. The way this thread started it was leaning too much towards one biased direction, I just happened to have come along and shifted it...that's all. Hope you guys all love each other in the morning, if not overnight. No love lost on my end. Don't worry Mishoga, I'm cool with you, I just don't agree with all your Yoga teaching methods. But then again, I'm a traditional kind of girl. I played in the realms of the new age stuff a long time ago before I ever discovered yoga. You are not the first person I have had this conversation, excuse me, Debate with and you will not be the last I'm quite sure of it. Although, you and some others on this forum wouldn't last an hour around some of my guru's, it would flip you out totally! | ||
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Location: Upstate NY | Om, Truth is one, paths are many. Buddha also once said "that there is your truth, my truth, and truth absolute." May all your days be bleseed. Om Shanti Ravi | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 1738 Location: right where I'm supposed to be | Love implies generosity, care, not to hurt another, not to make them feel guilty, to be generous, courteous, and behave in such a manner that your words and thoughts are born out of compassion. Krishnamurti We are all on the same path. I think we can all agree to that! Mish Edited by mishoga 2006-02-21 10:17 AM | ||
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