Monday, October 04, 2010

SMART PHONES AND YOGA: MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE?
The ringer may be off, but the phone's still on....



See in Class This Week:

-Student sending and receiving text messages

-Student checking football scores

-Teacher telling student such behavior is "distracting" and "frowned upon."

6 comments:

  1. I'd love to comment on your post, but I'm in the middle of headstand and until it is hands free (niralamba shirshasana) I'll just have to wait...

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  2. today an indian man had his phone next to him in savasana. his ring tone went off & he just let it go for about half a minute without shutting it off. i did not know the song. i laughed about it for 10 minutes & talked to others who were thinking the same thing as i.
    just like india, right?
    thing is-nothing is disturbing if you don't allow it to disturb. i have a good time doing pranayama in a small room where boxers work out. really. hane-helds are here to stay i'm afraid :-(
    i'm trying to look at it as a challenge rather than react. i don't know what else to do.

    bbb-really?

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  3. I hope that the retreat facility you selected has killer wi-fi.

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  4. OMG, comments 1 and 3 gave me a good laugh (when I really needed it).

    I think it's my job as the teacher to urge students to disengage from their phones during class.

    What's scary is when the teacher repeatedly checks *their* texts during class - which I've also seen (just not last week).

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  5. well since it's the members who rule, i can't say anything. so i just laugh.

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  6. You're right; I keep forgetting that they're members, not students!

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