tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post9001559570051536932..comments2024-03-26T13:17:19.390-04:00Comments on No Sleep Til Awakening: Kali Omhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894954154616740001noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-72449600166607455422011-01-28T16:17:35.187-05:002011-01-28T16:17:35.187-05:00Is that the book that claims yoga-asana came from ...Is that the book that claims yoga-asana came from Scandinavia? I've not read it and don't see it on the horizon. Maybe I'll order it from the library, although I'm generally not a big fan of research / heady writing (just sent Richard Freeman's new book to an aspiring yogini in prison).<br /><br />I'm in the middle of a Catholic kick and just finished The Seven Storey Mountain, and am about to re-read St. Augustine's Confessions. I'm also peeking at Imitation of Christ and looking forward to the autobiography of Little Flower. <br /><br />There's a new term in Bollywood, called Item Boy - the counterpart of an Item Girl, it's a super-buff actor who flexes his abs in the main dance number. (Think of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7iTtlOTMA" rel="nofollow">Shahrukh Khan in Dard-E-Disco</a>, from 2007's Om Shanti Om). I find it oddly disquieting.Kali Omhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894954154616740001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6229602.post-13759387862383348522011-01-28T09:52:13.796-05:002011-01-28T09:52:13.796-05:00Have you read "Yoga Body" by Mark Single...Have you read "Yoga Body" by Mark Singleton? I paged through it down at the Seminary Co-op. I'm afraid I won't have a chance to read it anytime soon, but it looks to be meticulously researched and interesting. <br /><br />Among other things, it covers Victorian strongman "Sandow the Magnificent's" influence in India, as well as Vivekananda's promotion of physical culture. At a couple of gyms in India I've seen guys perform exercises that may date back to that period. The preference now, though, is for modern bodybuilding equipment and physiques.g.d.noreply@blogger.com