Clik here to view.
Gayatri Day
Today is Gayatri Day! I don't think that what it is really called but that is what I like to call it. I am getting ready to do the 1008 japa, after I finish this post and my cup of coffee. I am...
View ArticleAm I Getting an Injury?
For the past few practices, my right shoulder has been acting up. First, there was tight-ness and that has continued but has moved to different areas of the shoulder. During my practice today, it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Modifications and Practice Today
First off, I slept in late today. It doesn't look like I am going to get on the mat till 10:30 today. Secondly, my shoulder feels fine today but I am still worried/paranoid about it--thinking about it,...
View ArticleTeaching?
I have been considering if I wanted to teach here, Albuquerque, or not. I am not even sure if I would be able to find a studio to teach at or if I should just try to teach out of my home or at the...
View ArticleI have been somewhat bad..
I skipped practice yesterday for no real reason, I did get up late. I, also, got up late today but I did get to an afternoon practice: it was only the stint of tadasana. My shoulder started acting up...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Too Tired to Read, Non-Injury, Grad. School
My injury is finally reduced down to just tightness in my shoulder which is nice. I am still a little afraid of doing sirsasana but I tried today and stayed up just below 2 minutes. This is kind of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sanskrit Studies and Thinking
Apparently, next semester a Samkhya Karika course is being offered. I am really excited but there is one big problem: it will mostly be in Sanskrit. Damn! should have been learning Sanskrit this entire...
View ArticleSeptember 2011 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami—Spinal Exercise, the bottom...
September 2011 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami—Spinal Exercise, thebottom of It.Hello, warm greetings!Between Sep 9th to 18th I will be at Suddha Weixler's Chicago YogaCenter. There is a two hour...
View ArticleStruggling
Well, I am struggling. I have been pretty good at getting on the mat and at least doing the tadasana sequence but I have also been a little extroverted and outgoing, which makes it hard to get up early...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Sons of Zeus and Yoga
Grimmly posted on his practice a few days ago (a week ago, not sure). In this post he described Ashtanga Vinyasa as Apollonian and VK as Dionysian--this made me think (you can also see my long comments...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Haunted
I am haunted! Sorry Grimmly, I feel like I keep bouncing thesis topics off of you--damn you grad. school! Is there a Heidegger Hinduism, Heidegger's Hinduism, or Hinduism's Heidegger? How do I even...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tapas, Practicing, and Living
Well, apparently, at some point in my life, I decided to start waking up at 4 a.m. This was unusual for me, I am inherently a night-owl. But, one is meant to practice yoga in the morning. I wanted to...
View ArticleAvvaiyar--Ramaswami's Newsletter, October 2001
October 2011 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami--AVVAIYARWarm Greetings!I taught a ten day program at Suddha Weixler's Chicago Yoga Center inSeptember. There was a two hr talk on Mantras. Then I taught...
View ArticlePractice this Month?
My practice is going okay, a lot of on and off. I have been reduced back down to the tadasana (emergency) practice routine. Grad. school is bleeding into my yoga time.. It looks like I am going to take...
View ArticlePost 108: A Review
It's is finally my 108th post and it has been a little over a year from when I started blogging (posting). I am not really sure what this blog is or what will it become but there are themes running...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Daily Practice and the Five Meditative Postures
Yesterday, I made my jump back into my full practice. I have been surviving for the past two weeks on the tadasana sequence plus a little pranayama and meditation. It's good to be back. I was getting...
View ArticleDay 3 of Getting Back into the Groove
Slept in till 8 today, I guess my body just needed rest, kind of consumed my practice time. I finally made it to the mat a little before noon, not much of a morning practice, and finished about 1:30....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sirsasana and Afternoon Practice
I have to admit something. I am terrible at sirsasana, terrible. I've only held it for five minutes once, during the VK TT and I was shaking the entire time. Normally, I can hold it for about three...
View ArticleRamaswami's Newsletter—Yoga, Knowing the Unknown
January 2012 Newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami—Yoga, Knowing theUnknownWarm New Year Greetings from Chennai, India. Wish you a very Happy andProsperous New Year 2012!On a Sunday in early December I...
View ArticleDaily Practice, Grad. School, and Teaching
The semester is about to begin. This is the semester that I have to start working more heavily on my Sanskrit, even though I will not take the official SKT. course till the Fall. I am really excited...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yajnavalkya Makes Some Guy's Head Explode
I am currently working on a Parmenides and the Upanishads paper focusing on the notion of being, but while I was reading the Brhadaranyake Upanisad, I noticed something: Yajnavalkya just straight up...
View ArticleOn the Definition of Yoga
I am not really planning on going into the what is yoga conversation. This is a long and feisty conversation. I, personally, agree with Ramaswami's defining yoga as samadhi. At least, this is what...
View ArticleYou Have Always Been Enlightened/Alone
My class has just made it all the way through the Samkhya Karika of Isvarakrishna; this will be the third time I have gone through it. There is something about Samkhya (and Yoga) that I did not know....
View ArticleAsthanga Yoga, the Trickster
I have been seduced by the charm, the flashy movement, the gorgeous poses, and the community. Maybe it's the need to be social. Maybe it's the asana madness. Whatever it is I have now ended up in a...
View ArticleThe Future and Practice
I am reaching the time of my life in which I must choose a focus of study. Drifting between Indian philosophy and Continental philosophy is a pretty fun experience--it is also a very confusing...
View Article
