http://www.heavymetta.ca How good can you stand it? Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:46:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After a lovely warm, quiet teachers' practice yesterday, I got to thinkin', I did. There are so many qualities of yoga that we can either ramp up or dial down: contemplative, enthusiastic, sweaty and rockin', disciplined, et cetera ad infinitum as far as I can tell. That ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2010/02/20/emancipation/ I'm venturing into the wyld interior to visit their vibrant yoga community and hang out for a couple of days...wanna come with? [caption id="attachment_870" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Oh man, it looks so warm and pretty in this picture."][/caption] March 5-7.  The workshop's overarching theme is the cultivation of a living practice, just in ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2010/02/15/kelowna-workshop11/ Either karma or simple hubris has given me a smackdown: in exchange for bragging to my Ontario friends that I rarely get sick, both M and I have caught this weird, feverish cold complete with cranial pressure that could restore a punctured inner tube. [AUTHOR'S NOTE:  This proved to ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2010/01/16/reality-is-a-conversation-part-i-the-known/ Being sick is for chumps.  I've been home for 11 days.  The bright side, if this situation can be said to have a bright side, is that my lying-around-on-the-couch chops are really honed in time for the post-season.  Also, let the record show that yes we overprescribe antibiotics and yes ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2010/01/10/phinally-pheeling-better-phaux-pho/ H/t Oli, who turned us on to the Infinite Cat Project. [caption id="attachment_848" align="alignleft" width="385" caption="If you've ever wondered what Velcro is like, he's like this, only gay."][/caption] http://www.heavymetta.ca/2010/01/08/posted-for-pure-awesome/ Happy New Year Metta-heads!  There's something so epic-sounding about "2010", isn't there?  Perhaps it's an Arthur C. Clarke thing. We've been celebrating the holidays by bringing some old traditions back [Nanaimo bars and football] and welcoming some new traditions [family Rockband tours].  At first it seemed weird to be all hanging ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2010/01/02/big-rock-new-years-day-rockband-edition/ I was so stoked to have something to post that I left most of the good bits off of this post, making it pseudo-controversial and sparking some good comments and conversation. It's hard to keep all my rants in alphabetical order. This one, for instance, was under "H" ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2009/12/07/how-can-you-have-your-meat-if-you-dont-eat-any-pudding/ A fascinating conversation with a long-time student and friend yielded the following contemplation:  What is the purpose of cultivating diversity in asana practice, apart from impressing your friends and intimidating your enemies?  L-TS&F was pondering why they [apologies for the third person plural, but there we have it] felt naturally ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2009/11/30/how-can-you-have-your-pudding-if-you-dont-eat-your-meat/ I know that the gift-giving tyme is upon us so it's somewhat perverse to be gassing on and on about the stuff that I've got for *myself*.  So much for the reason for the season.  I just happened to look around our dishevelled home and was so comforted and delighted ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2009/11/28/more-stuff-that-i-like-no-stuff-that-i-love/ I can't believe it's only been a year since I started the ol' Heavy Metta digs.  After David Foster Wallace's death and my increased participation in the Yoga4Kidz relay I realized I couldn't hide under the bed in this life anymore; at some point I was going to have to ... http://www.heavymetta.ca/2009/11/21/blogaversary/