beyondasana

[Guest guest]

I like you Senor because I believe it was your

provocative remarks that brought life to this club- now with

that said- I'd like to ask a question:<br><br>If we

are looking beyond the asana part of yoga and are

trying to apply yoga to our lives- isn't it important to

be mindful of our actions, to not be harmful in

anyway. I am certain that a definite byproduct of yoga is

that it has made me a lot more sensitive to the

garbage that comes out of my mouth- and let me tell you-

I've been the queen of garbage and while I'm still no

angel, lately gossip and dissing people- especially

dissing people I don't know just feels all around icky to

me. I don't understand how you, a person who I assume

is practicing Ashtanga yoga and evidently fortunate

enough to mingle with the best, can feel good about

these posts where people are called names and generally

trashed. Certainly there's a way to express your opinions

and point people in pure Ashtanga directions without

being so hurtful. <br><br>Don't worry - Anyone who is

truly interested in Ashtanga will find the right path.

I've had teachers on the list and not on it who

inspire me. My yoga library has Yoga Mala, BBB, Ashtanga

Manual, Moving into Stillness, Yoga Sutras, yoga

journals, print outs from the internet, etc all happily

thrown in the same box- does that make me a fraud? To

you maybe- but me, I'm hungry for all this and cannot

learn enough. I can separate what's right or wrong for

me as I think anyone who delves into this subject

can- to trample someone in the name of enlightening

them cannot possibly be yoga.<br><br>And re all those

"evil" Yoga profiteers- I've got news for you honey,

this is the real world. I've yet to attend a class

from certified instructors that did not cost me under

$12 American. If you are a dedicated class goer you

are easily looking at a grand a year in yoga tuition.

I would just LOVE it if a dollar of a class fee

went to a charity- but I have yet to knowingly take a

class where this was the case. Is using a Mysore rug

made by a prisoner any worse then driving your car

that has a license plate made by a jail inmate?

Everytime you post a note on this board, someone down the

line is profiting- your ISP, an advertiser, a

marketter....I don't have any problem with profit, in fact, as a

business person, I quite appreciate it. <br><br><br>yours

in yoga<br><br>sue

[Guest guest]

Thank you Sue !<br><br>Namaste,<br>Dirk