Thursday, October 16, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Thought for the day
Every day, Satya Sai Baba of India posts a Thought For The Day. This was what he wrote for today...
All religions have taught what is good, and everyone should lead a righteous life based on this knowledge. If the minds are pure, how can any religion be bad? All the religions are different paths leading to one and the same destination. All devotees should experience this truth and live up to it in their daily lives. They should lead righteous lives and thereby experience enduring bliss. Only then will their spiritual effort be fruitful. Listen to the words of the wise, purify your thoughts and concentrate your mind on God. God can be installed only in a pure heart. The aim of all Sadhana (spiritual practices) should be to purify the heart.
All religions have taught what is good, and everyone should lead a righteous life based on this knowledge. If the minds are pure, how can any religion be bad? All the religions are different paths leading to one and the same destination. All devotees should experience this truth and live up to it in their daily lives. They should lead righteous lives and thereby experience enduring bliss. Only then will their spiritual effort be fruitful. Listen to the words of the wise, purify your thoughts and concentrate your mind on God. God can be installed only in a pure heart. The aim of all Sadhana (spiritual practices) should be to purify the heart.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The M word
Maverick
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A maverick is an unbranded range animal, especially a motherless calf; it can also mean a person who thinks independently; a lone dissenter; a non-conformist or rebel. The word first arose in mid-19th century America from Samuel Augustus Maverick, a Texas politician with a large ranch full of unbranded cattle.[1]
Number of times Palin described McCain as a Maverick - 16, during the Palin/Biden debate.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A maverick is an unbranded range animal, especially a motherless calf; it can also mean a person who thinks independently; a lone dissenter; a non-conformist or rebel. The word first arose in mid-19th century America from Samuel Augustus Maverick, a Texas politician with a large ranch full of unbranded cattle.[1]
Number of times Palin described McCain as a Maverick - 16, during the Palin/Biden debate.
Alignment
Saturday yoga is a bit more hatha-inspired. Usually during Sat nights, I just let my itunes shuffle have fun on it's own.
Some nights, it selects music as if I were actually selecting it myself. Faster movements, faster songs... Slower, more meditative flow, elongated rhythms. There are certain nights when it's just amazing, and tonight was probably the best...
In my classes, it's nice to have the students feel the rhythm and then align their breath to both the rhythm and the various movements. This is why I describe the yoga that I teach like a dance. For me, Vinyasa is a dance. Vinyasa is the sanskrit word for flow. Combining movement with breath. Generally in Yoga, when you move the body upward, you will take an inhale. When you send the body down or away, you exhale. Inhalo, Exhalo. Imagine the breath having no beginning or end point. Like a wheel, there is no space, no cadence, no time in between. Essentially the two are one. At first there will be the breath and you, eventually though, the two will coalesce, the duality will dissolve and only breathing will remain.
Some nights, it selects music as if I were actually selecting it myself. Faster movements, faster songs... Slower, more meditative flow, elongated rhythms. There are certain nights when it's just amazing, and tonight was probably the best...
In my classes, it's nice to have the students feel the rhythm and then align their breath to both the rhythm and the various movements. This is why I describe the yoga that I teach like a dance. For me, Vinyasa is a dance. Vinyasa is the sanskrit word for flow. Combining movement with breath. Generally in Yoga, when you move the body upward, you will take an inhale. When you send the body down or away, you exhale. Inhalo, Exhalo. Imagine the breath having no beginning or end point. Like a wheel, there is no space, no cadence, no time in between. Essentially the two are one. At first there will be the breath and you, eventually though, the two will coalesce, the duality will dissolve and only breathing will remain.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Beautiful...
The audio isn't the best, but it's a good intro into Snatam Kaur... one of the most beautiful female voices around.
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