A gift for you all

[Guest guest]

And now, Christmas comes early since I am leaving

town and my internet connection.<br><br>T’was the

night before Christmas and all ’cross the board,<br>Not

a member was posting, not even one word.<br>The

sticky mats had been washed down with great care:<br>The

Christmasday-moonday gave them time to air.<br><br>Blondeismorefun was

out earning her name: <br>Drinking and hitting on

blokes without shame.<br>Alan Little stood savoring a

fine stein of stout<br>As he wondered how his new

photos would turn out.<br><br>Okrgr1 was planning to

dine<br>With his wife Kiranken and a demon red

wine.<br>Sunshine sat still, centered, smiling in lotus,<br>Stark

naked! And hoping that Mike would soon

notice.<br><br>Takeitup2K was spinning a story <br>From the good old days

of Astanga’s first glory.<br>TLSlade, reviewing John

Scott for his list,<br>Searched Amazon for any books

he’d missed.<br><br>Word-master Dantrishan, wanting to

talk,<br>Called overseas Laura, known as

Towandauk.<br>Homerhanumat performed complex equations.<br>Laproxdoc dosed

Advil for painful evasions.<br><br>Tschamoya was mixing

her green drink cocktails.<br>And Yogamummy studied

Magnetic snails.<br>Edenlotus was enjoying

Relaxin.<br>Gaby worked on her website, but found it too

taxin’.<br><br>From Down Under that night we could all hear a

squeak:<br>Arms pushing through knees, it was

Sue/Yogageek.<br>But where was Ishogun? Was he on the lamb<br>Along

with the also long-absent Trayam?<br><br>Tiber66 had

his pedicure done.<br>Godfrey Devereux was saluting

the sun.<br>Missy Pinky bent her elbows to

toes;<br>She finds herself quite comfortable in this

pose.<br><br>Funkybadlady re-read her “Yoga Mala.”<br>And Guy Donahaye

hurried home from his shala.<br>Field operatives told

Senor Pinche Wey<br>Of yoga infractions committed that

day.<br><br>And I was at home, with my bandhas

relaxed<br>Snuggled up by the fire with wood I had axed.<br>When up

on my roofdeck arose such a clatter:<br>I ran to the

door to see what was the matter.<br><br>Flying up the

back stairs, I spied, out of sorts,<br>A little bald

man in CK undershorts.<br>It was Pattabhi Jois, and

he was surrounded<br>By teachers, believe me, I was

quite astounded!<br><br>Baron, Beryl and Bryan struck

poses heart-rending.<br>But when they were done, Jois

commented, “Just bending.”<br>Danny Paradise then tuned up

for a song.<br>And Thom boldly asked if he could sing

along.<br><br>David Life made the scene in his fanciest dress<br>With

a babe in high heels, his wife Sharon, I

guess.<br>Knowing that I would not be in Mysore soon<br>I called

out a question by light of the moon:<br><br> “Dear

Sri KPJ, you have traveled quite far:<br>How can I

become an Astanga star?”<br>Then Pattabhi Jois did

respond to my query:<br>“99 percent practice and 1

percent theory.”<br><br>Soon Gilgoff got goofy while

Williams went wild.<br>Sharath and Manju stood by watching

and smiled.<br>Their dad yelled, “You bad men, for

what are you waiting?<br>We must take our leave now,

so start levitating!”<br><br>“On Eddie, on Richard,

on Lino and Tina,<br> On Chuck and Tim Miller, on

David and Deena”<br>But KPJ sighed as they got

themselves ready:<br>“Oh dear, we have misplaced our

webmistress Betty.”<br><br>And as they soared off, I heard

this refrain humming:<br>“Just do your practice and

all, it is coming.”

[Guest guest]

Very well done. Kudos to your wit, wisdom and

rhyming ability. I'm already hitting print on my

menu.<br><br>Also, its touching that I was actually noticed missing

in action. Truly I have been on the lamb. First,

producing yet another peice of advertising to bug you all

with while you watch your favorite primetime shows,

then on a relaxing vacation with my own yoga

girl.<br><br>Happy holidays to all.<br><br>Ishogun

[Guest guest]

Bravo, Bravo !!!!<br><br>Thank you !!!

[Guest guest]

That deserves a standing ovation. OK everyone:

Samasthtih. Hands together in Namaste. Now open and close,

open and close, and give 'er a big smile--Thank you

Bandawoman!<br><br>Happy Holidays and Solstice to All! As the days grow

longer and the darkness shorter, may the same be true

for us all. (unless you live down under, in which

case the days are already long and bright)

)<br><br>There's a meteor shower visible (clouds permitting)

across N. Amer. tomorrow night, 2:30 a.m.

EST.<br><br>Blessed be,<br>Sun and Mike

[Guest guest]

Fantastic!!!<br>Thank you!<br>LOL and I printed it out.<br>Merry Christmas to

you too.

[Guest guest]

Bandawoman - Your poem was very fun. Thanks for

posting it. There was starting to be a very warm feeling

here before SPW's last post.<br><br>Blondie - Hope you

come back. Don't let him get to you. I think Buddha

said there is no evil, only ignorance.

<br><br>Sunshine (and others) - cool posts on neti. I need to

start doing that.<br><br>Senor - Please don't hurt

people here anymore. PLEASE be nice.<br><br>Happy

holidays to all.