Guest guest Posted August 16, 2000 Report Share Posted August 16, 2000 My Sivananda reference was no claim to fame, of course.It is just proof that everybody has something to teach if you're up to the learning, and that I've had training in different Yoga approaches and I managed to find value in all of them and not come out shouting "Ashtanga Uber Alles!"<br><br>As you stated you had a very negative impression from that organization.I stayed in the NY Ashram for 8 months, did 4 hours of not too intense yoga practice and pranayama per day, 1 hour of meditation ,1 hour of Kirtan,and 1 hour of discourses on holy texts,plus whatever workshops and seminars they had going during my stay there. During the rest<br>of the day I was struggling with the concept of Karma Yoga, since I was staff.To try to serve others without reward, by offering the fruit of your actions to God, is a tough practice that runs cintrary to everything we learn in the west.I took the certification course as an added bonus, I wanted to learn what teachers are taught not teach Sivananda style.I knew even at that time that most people were being duped into believing they were entering the lucrative world of Hatha Yoga and I didn't care.I wanted to study what that lineage brought forth to the nineties and learn for myself.<br><br>But that explanation is far from the spirit of my post that you're talking about, were I was trying to say that yes I try different things Sivananda and Iyengar and Ashtanga and Vipassana and any other worthwhile spiritual tradition that has something to offer.Maybe I will end up using just one of those tools on my effort to enlightenment e.g.Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga only, but at least I will have chosen through deep knowledge, study and effort and not rejected through ignorance.<br><br>Yes you're right Tshamoya, most ashtangis who do a good first series, could teach the sivananda practitioners a thing or two.What you missed were for example the knowledgeable Indian Sanskrit scholars and monks we had visiting and lecturing and performing pujas.And the discussions on Vedanta and the analysis and study of Bhagavad Gita.And the use of bija mantra and tratak in meditation.And the Shatkriyas, the cleansing exercises and their practice I picked up there.Things that most Ashtangis don't know too much about(unless they study on their own) because they are not taught in a typical Ashtanga class. <br><br>Tolerance and respect of other approaches and worldviews, that's all I am talking about, that's the spirit of most of my earlier posts.<br><br>And you come back with:"Please don't mention sivinanda certification on this venue again."<br><br>Please, excuse my disobedience to your wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2000 Report Share Posted August 16, 2000 You obviously also did not learn much in your Bhagavad Gita class if you still think it was "Shavi" in the chariot with Arjuna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2000 Report Share Posted August 16, 2000 Yes I should have written "Krashni" but is that the best cheap shot you can take?I bet you can outdo yourself and thinkup something worse to say about me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2000 Report Share Posted August 16, 2000 Two words:<br>Immigration/Naturalization Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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