Comments on: Let it ride

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:13:35 +0000

So start a new school. Sjanusara, maybe? You may be onto something. You’ll never know until you give it a try.

By: Leanne

Leanne — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:36:19 +0000

You will not quit…and I will not let you. You have always liked to define and now it seems you have defined the box you have put yourself in enough to crawl out of it. ‘Bout damn time.
You think too much…play more. muah!

By: Sylvia M

Sylvia M — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:39:09 +0000

BRF, HOORAY!!! Rock out with your block out!

aaaaand…
““If this is what yoga is, I don’t want to do it”.” — yah, like if you’re setting the alarm to get to yoga after 4 hours of sleep, hitting snooze repeatedly, and cursing the self-created, unrealistic expectation of attending classes 5 days a week, “come hell or high water!” There’s a lack of joy in that, and that ain’t right. This summer, I’m supplementing my yoga with Wreck Beach – let the enlightenment commence!

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:17:01 +0000

This post reflects my kind of philosophy on the whole life/yoga/reality schtick. Thanks for the courage to come out and say it. Meanwhile, one of my favourite things is to remind myself that it’s way more exciting to be ‘spirited’ than ‘spiritual’. The former has pizazz and makes my booty want to wiggle, the latter sounds humdrum and principled. On a related note, I’m almost ready to return to Anusara after a long hiatus. I look forward to your teachings. And to the return of BRF.

By: Mia

Mia — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:37:13 +0000

Sjanie,
Fascinating post. So full of thought and angst and overall, so full of passion. I obsessively update my blog feeds to see if you’ve written anything new.

Interesting to think of “what yoga is”. In one of your classes you mentioned the idea of discipline and how, through discipline, one can blossom and grow and all that other fun stuff. My question has always been connected to the feeling that discipline allows one to be free, but only in a certain way – I find it can very limiting in terms of how I think of my actions, and how I think of what good actions are. Of course, disciplined practice is a very helpful thing (i.e. going on a regular basis, even just showing up, etc.) but how can I manage to practice a disciplined manner but not end up boxing myself in a certain way that makes me feel like choosing a different path is bad and failing ourselves and evil?

Obviously, this is more of a rhetorical question than anything else, as I don’t expect an answer, but this is what your post made me think of.