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| i'm a preschool teacher, so i get the chance to sit on the floor in half lotus or double pigeon often... if it occurs to me. standing forward bends & and garland pose come in handy when conversing w/four year olds too! -  Edited by sirensong2 2004-12-09 6:25 PM | |||
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Oh, and whenever I'm standing in queue (sp?) somewhere, say bank or post office I try to spend as much time as possible in Vkrasana. Not the full pose with hands over the head mind you. I don't normally give a dam about what other people may think of me but what's too much is too much  | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442      | Hey sirensong - me too! I work with the toddlers in our centre so I spend a lot of time on the floor:-) You can sit one child on each leg in upavista konasana for a good stretch. Just make sure they are similar weights | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | sirensong2 - 2004-12-09 6:23 PM i'm a preschool teacher, so i get the chance to sit on the floor in half lotus or double pigeon often... if it occurs to me. standing forward bends & and garland pose come in handy when conversing w/four year olds too! - I occasionally squat (and wish I could get away with going to Malasana/Garland) when talking to people. I rather often sit on my chair in half lotus or lotus with a sweater tossed over my lap (call it camouflage). And sometimes if I get to some annoying meeting before everyone else shows up, I will do a handstand just to calm down. | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | afroyogi - 2004-12-09 7:11 PM Oh, and whenever I'm standing in queue (sp?) somewhere, say bank or post office I try to spend as much time as possible in Vkrasana. Not the full pose with hands over the head mind you. I don't normally give a dam about what other people may think of me but what's too much is too much Sometimes I do Standing Bow Pulling pose while pumping gas...if the pump is one that has a working stop on the handle. A lot of places have missing stops so you have to stand there clutching the stinky handle until the tank is full.  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | In a dress? Does she wear knee-length bloomers under it, or is she just counting on nobody walking by?  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Just hopes for the best, I think - at least the one time that she tells the story about anyaway  I did a headstand at a party recently with upavista, baddhakonasana, eka pada and ardha variations but was wearing more appropriate clothing. (I don't want to say "pants," trousers" or "undergarments" in case this post gets deleted, too...  ) | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | afroyogi - 2004-12-10 1:49 PM Bay Guy, come to South Africa, here nice little black men are filling up for you and cleaning your screen too. Since we're living here I never ever had to leave the car at a gas station, cool huh? They're also checking oil, water and tyre pressure if you want. But never tell them full up! Coz then you have to wait endlessly while they're trying to fill the tank up to the very last possible drop. Ah, you are missing out on one of the great chores of the Proletariat by letting someone else fill your gas tank. You did say that you used to be communist, didn't you? Now I can see the change that's come over you since you stopped following Brother Marx.  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | It's good to share the wealth and to help those who are less fortunate. During the US Depression, my grandmother (who's husband had a good job) used to hire people to help with odd jobs. One fellow (yes, he was black) came around to the back door (as such things were then done.. the back door went to the kitchen, and it's where deliverymen were received), and he pleaded for work, saying he needed to support his family. She hired him, and the arrangement included her preparing lunch for him to eat (I don't recall whether that was the entire wage for his time...my grandmother died 20 years ago, and I was too young and oblivious to have written these stories down). So he did miscellaneous chores in the house and the yard, and she would make his lunch every day. She'd set the food out in the kitchen and leave him to eat. Each time she came back, he would have cleared his plate and emptied the serving dish. Obviously a very hungry man. So she would make a bit more each time, and each time she returned he would have consumed it all. Finally, one day she set out a large bowl of potatoes (boiled, I think) with his lunch. Incredibly, that too was gone when she returned. Later that day, they were out in the yard discussing some task to be done, when he absent mindedly pulled a potato from his coat pocket and took a bite. They both looked at each other, and he explained that he had been taking whatever she served home to his family. It was the only food that they were getting. I don't recall the rest of the tale, but I often think of it when, as tonight, one of my kids refuses to eat the meal that he was served. In fact, I think I will go and make a bedtime story of this. | ||
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afroyogi's script coulda come right from my house circa 1989  i personally never (til i was old enough to true appreciate things on my own )got how kids starving in other countries were supposed to make the food on my plate more appealing.  when you're really small that kind of abstract guilt tripping tends not to work- i do think its great for pre teens and teens, who have the developmental capacity for such empathy/appreciation , but not the will to use it! as for the "back door" treatment for beggars, servicemen, & minorities of any economic class... it was pretty common all along the east coast of the US, until a few generations ago. ( my nana remembers this when she was a child and first came to NY) i don't know about the other regions. | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | My grandmother was in the midwest, so the backdoor thing must've been widespread. The guilt tripping, in this case, was aimed at a preteen. Still had to go through the same thing tonight, with another unfamiliar food. At least he's honing his rhetorical skills by debating his parents. Stefan, your dialog hits the nail on the head. | ||
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afroyogi - 2004-12-14 3:21 AM Thushara, may I ask where you live? I live in Sri Lanka. But this situation doesn’t arise only in Sri Lanka., In most of the Asian countries the situation is such., Poverty is a very big issue., Any way in India it’s a major issue than SL., But in Singapore I have seen Its totally different as the Singapore government does quite a lot for the country and people. Some times I talk to taxi drivers when coming from Airport and so on., They adore the Government I have seen in Indonesia and Thailand again there are so many poor kids on the streets. Once I went to Pathaya Islands of Thailand and I cannot explain (in a public forum) the way 3 little girls tried to attract tourists to earn few bucks. Yeah like you said governments are screwed up., That’s one reason I don’t like to talk about politics. In the history, these countries have had a greater civilization while some of the countries had nothing but only the savages. But its sad, most of the problems today are due to stupid politics and corruptions and pointless war. Again its peoples fault too., If they are poor they should work hard., But most of them do not try to come out of it. Its not only in Asia, Once I went to Uganda for a SME IT consultancy project supported by UN and that time I realized that Asia is not the worst place. Im not worried much about adults. But when you see poor children suffering and when you cant do anything about it., you have no idea what a hopeless feeling it is. Coz children are so innocent and it’s not their fault. Some times we spend so much of money for branded cloths and cosmetics and shoes., Sometimes I don’t know whether it the right thing to do as well., But still I like those stuff. I don’t know when I will be mature enough to spend less on this stuff and try to help more poor kids for their studies. I think we all should do something instead talking when we see a small kid who needs help (within our capacity.) It will make a major difference in his or her life we never know., So one day we can be happy by thinking we really did something useful in our life. | |||
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