What he teaches

[Guest guest]

OK, it's been far too long for me to keep my

mouth shut. <br><br>First, thank you javra for these

insightful (inciteful?) words. <br><br>To be honest, I

thought we had dealt with the topic of el Senor's remarks

some time ago - I believe maybe new members hadn't

seen earlier responses. Many of us, in fact, enjoy

Senor's "refreshing" and antagonistic postings even if we

don't agree with the words- hey, life isn't always warm

and fuzzy.<br><br>Second, Senor, although your

messages, as everyone's messages, are welcome on the board,

don't you think that suddenly spitting out "down with

the Birches" (when no one had been discussing them)

was a bit akin to Turret's syndrome? You may want to

focus your messages somehow, at least to be a bit more

"productive" to the needs of the board.<br><br>Personally, I

chuckled to myself that once again your inflammatory

remarks set off another chain reaction of more

inflammatory remarks - when all anyone can and should do is

take whatever information is put before them (whether

yours or another's), digest it, make his or her own

opinion about it, and move on from there. <br><br>That's

the nature of message boards, I believe. And, I

think, the nature of yoga. <br><br>And, senor, I'm not

sure there really should be an ashtanga police. I do

see a need for us to point to beginners that there is

indeed a method called ashtanga and that it has a well

thought out design in the sequencing and breathing and

form. I also do agree that if one is to claim that he

or she is teaching ashtanga, that they really should

be teaching ashtanga, rather than a variation. But

to batter people with incessant deliberations about

how other forms aren't "correct" or that people who

teach variations (even if they don't call it ashtanga-

and I'm not talking about the Benders who do claim

they have learned from guruji and thus tend to be full

of *&^*!!) should be hung up by their toes, isn't

really a thoughtful addition to teaching people about

the path to finding their own sense of fullness with

the energy in the universe.<br><br>Yours in

spirit,<br>Gabita