tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post3367449879063893792..comments2024-03-26T13:17:19.390-04:00Comments on No Sleep Til Awakening: Kali Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894954154616740001noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-14231598844181165722011-02-19T09:57:03.331-05:002011-02-19T09:57:03.331-05:00Well... I guess we're all a bit deluded in one...Well... I guess we're all a bit deluded in one way or another, and a lot of people will listen to anyone who speaks with an air of authority. If you're skinny, tattooed and have a few facial piercings and/or dreads, a certain amount of charisma, well that's enough for a lot of people!<br /><br />When I got into astanga, I was a gym rat and was just seduced by the sheer physicality of the whole thing. I think I am only just now getting into the real yoga, in the beginning of my 6th year of serious practice. I wouldn't have wished my earlier Astanga self on any unsuspecting newbie as a teacher! Not from present perspective...Boodibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947899197251310681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-80469249608954131472011-02-19T09:38:59.420-05:002011-02-19T09:38:59.420-05:00The sad thing is that the students will go to that...The sad thing is that the students will go to that (new) teacher and not the one who possess the real (experiential) Knowledge. <br /><br />Such is life, I guess.Kali Omhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894954154616740001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-79490661956186421182011-02-19T09:31:23.724-05:002011-02-19T09:31:23.724-05:00Ha!!! Ya there are a lot of people simply looking ...Ha!!! Ya there are a lot of people simply looking for a platform from which to tell others what to do. <br /><br />It used to crack me up when a junior teacher would parrot something back to me that they'd heard a senior teacher (Chris) say to me. They'd deliver the words with an all knowing flair. "Oh I heard that... just yesterday!"<br /><br />There's a different air when information is not imparted in a patronizing way.Boodibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947899197251310681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-60939530963542975552011-02-19T08:58:54.750-05:002011-02-19T08:58:54.750-05:00I think the rule that many people are following is...I think the rule that many people are following is:<br /><br />-teach after taking five classes<br />-open a studio one month later<br />-then launch your own teacher training programKali Omhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894954154616740001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-11070815966963755452011-02-18T12:38:48.709-05:002011-02-18T12:38:48.709-05:00But there's always later... I'm good for a...But there's always later... I'm good for another four years.Boodibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947899197251310681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-77031929907652351832011-02-18T12:38:28.187-05:002011-02-18T12:38:28.187-05:00I recently read somewhere that you shouldn't w...I recently read somewhere that you shouldn't worry about teaching until ten years into serious practice, and that made me feel better about not having pursued it seriously. <br /><br />I need to pay my rent!Boodibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947899197251310681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-86756568677002730042011-02-17T07:00:51.864-05:002011-02-17T07:00:51.864-05:00Now that is yoga!Now that is yoga!50 foot QEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697824892799344961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-52317369829803965032011-02-16T21:50:37.066-05:002011-02-16T21:50:37.066-05:00I wasn't much of a yogi today, when the bank w...I wasn't much of a yogi today, when the bank wouldn't cash one of my checks.<br /><br />Later, while sitting outside in the sun (yes, it was that warm here today) and reading Mother Teresa's book "No Greater Love," I realized I had to go back and apologize.<br /><br />So I did.Kali Omhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894954154616740001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-25979825142839533592011-02-16T10:16:26.056-05:002011-02-16T10:16:26.056-05:00You're a wonderful yogini!You're a wonderful yogini!Ursulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477281246856984993noreply@blogger.com