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Expert Yogi
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I like the analogy that my husband gave me once from his guru. He said that Hinduism is like a big gigantic spider web...with no ending. Going into it you can get entangled and stuck forever. Then of course, by the grace of the guru, you find the path. |
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| Kym - 2007-09-28 8:52 PM It [YF] is also not for yoga students who want to learn to be teachers. That's why having no previous experience with yoga is totally fine for their level 1 workshop. Except me. I must be the only one.  Oh, good grief!   I don't know about being the only one, but you're certainly the lucky one. I'm very happy to be proven wrong, and I really wish I hadn't been disappointed. Like I said, I have no grudge with YF, because if it weren't for them, I wouldn't be where I am today. Many branches on the same tree (even if some are in the shade -- the dark side? ) means many entry points for all to join in. It's all good.  |
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| As long as you are not injuring yourself or others, any type of yoga is probably better than no yoga. Since different people relate differently at different stages of their lives, I think that the more different types of yoga there are out there, the better. I also see yoga as something that is evolving, not static and any mutation that is positive will last and the dead ends will not (kind of a yogic Darwinism). Since (in my view) yoga is a tool not a goal, if the practice can be improved for some people or made more relevant in any way, GREAT! |
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| Ps to all of this: I made myself do home practice over the past 4 days and, guess what? My interest in yoga has perked up again!
"You can act your way into right thinking, but you can't think your way into right action" is what I've heard. 
As far as classes with my teacher: it isn't as if I need her to demo for me anyway; a bit of feedback here and there (which she gives) is good enough.
If I want to learn advanced poses (when I am ready), I can either shell out money for private lessons from one of the nearby yoga studios, or I can try to catch Neel at a conference. |
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| I'm happy to hear the love of yoga is back. It's such goodness. |
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| Hi:
Just noticed this discussion: and one thought occurs to me.
Personally, if I felt disturbed by what anyone else was doing 'wrong' in my yoga class, whether it was the teacher or one of the students, then it usually means that I have a less successful practice because my mind gets away from me. Also it feels heavy with negativity and conflict. It cannot be still, and as a result, meditation or flow (which should be the fruit of a good yoga practice) can go bye-bye.
Altogether, it seems very anti-thetical to the idea of "yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind" philosophy.
I think that if my practice was being distracted by the movement of my mind, then I would try to address the issue of my own mind, rather than another's pose. If the disturbance continues in my mind, then I need to address it in some other fashion, by removing myself from the area of conflict perhaps. There will always be problems in the world...other personalities, attitudes, our problems and preferences, the weather, a million things. To me the challenge is in the question: how do we control the only thing in ourselves...which in turn controls our response to everything else? Viz. the mind...
I can see that you are all experienced yoga practioners, so please don't think I am presuming here. Personally, I will never 'master' any pose...I hope.
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| Thanks everyone for the input; things are now all "lovey-dovey" again between my teacher and I. Part of what helped is that I decided that I needed to revive my home practice (though I still go to the same classes); doing that gets me focused on what I need to do.
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