Yogis Behaving Badly

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Here is the link to the article entitled "Yogis Behaving Badly" from

this month's issue of Business 2.0:

 

http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,42783,00.html

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thanks for that business2.com link. very interesting. after reading

that i think guruji's policy on muslims seems tame in comparison. if

he'd had the inclination or desire guruji could have cashed in big

time, living in beverly hills w/ all those roll royces. the fact that

he didn't says something. anyway i have a few questions: the article

said that teachers at jivamukti and other big studios were making

$25/class + $2.50 for each student after 10 students. is that true?

i'm sorry but that doesn't sound bad to me. especially at a large

center like jivamukti where you can have AT LEAST 20 students/class.

is that why all those teachers walked out -- b/c they wanted more.

 

also is any of that true about rodney yee and the affairs? maybe i

shouldn't care but it does make him lose credibility.

 

finally, many of these big time teachers are genuinely good teachers

and can teach a lot about asana. but most of them are NOT GREAT!!!

yogis in the real sense of that word -- not like ramana maharshi,

paramhansa yogananda, ammachi....when is the last time you heard of

these folks practicing their downward dog. they didn't need it. I

love asana but i'm starting to think that the REAL spiritual teachers

are not the ASANA teachers....

 

ashtangayoga, shambhala_us <no_reply> wrote:

> Here is the link to the article entitled "Yogis Behaving Badly"

from

> this month's issue of Business 2.0:

>

> http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,42783,00.html

[Guest guest]

Interestign article.

I believe bikram method of heating the room is not very healthy

in the long run. Body heat should be raised with diets etc

 

Also i notice in US people confusing about styles of yoga

as different. All yoga is ashtanga,

 

Pradeep

 

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-- In ashtangayoga, shambhala_us <no_reply> wrote:

> Here is the link to the article entitled "Yogis Behaving Badly" from

> this month's issue of Business 2.0:

>

> http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,42783,00.html

[Guest guest]

>

> finally, many of these big time teachers are genuinely good

teachers

> and can teach a lot about asana. but most of them are NOT GREAT!!!

> yogis in the real sense of that word -- not like ramana maharshi,

> paramhansa yogananda, ammachi....when is the last time you heard of

> these folks practicing their downward dog. they didn't need it. I

> love asana but i'm starting to think that the REAL spiritual

teachers

>

 

Asana is just the one limb of ashtanga. It helps you in other stages

by making ones body healthy. For spiritual progress a guru, proper

circumstances, past accumulated karma, tapas, lot of things are

required. ramana maharshi, i heard, his energy was most of the time

in sahasrara so his body wasted. Amma is an example of a highly

active anahata chakra.

 

I find it sometimes funny that ashtanga is considered a style of yoga.

All the eight limbs are required for yogic progress and even in

classes where they teach just asanas, unconsciously they are touching

the other limbs of yoga.