99to1

About to pack my stuff for some of the best mountainbike riding in Quebec...
Photos should be plentiful...

Planning to use the outdoor stage as my yoga shala each morning...
Will be quite brisk before the sun comes up... I'm guessing that it'll be around 5-7 degrees celcius in the mornings.... brrrr

Charles...
Brian Eno (2/2) was no match! HA!!

And Fairwell Thomas George...
The week before Canadian thanksgiving I did some camping/riding. Monday night as I was setting up the campsite I got a call from Tom's friend Mark, bringing the news that Tom had passed away 2 days earlier.

Thank you Thomas for your generosity and friendship over the years.

I dedicated the glorious riding all week to him.

Campsite

In the Vue and after setup...

Food

Mushrooms

This one is so strange and beautiful

More to come shortly...

As promised...

Scenery

Bike

Zen Loren and Me (ok so it's mostly me, though I was alone most of the time)

Liberating a backup wheel set

Campsite and on observation tower

On the trail

Post ride all freshenned up and at night post a couple of beers

Morning and The Santosher

Layered and spirt sailing

Keeping a lookout and on the trail

Mother of Zin (not bad not good)

Rasin toast and marmelade dessert

Lounging and putzing

Last Thursday was Gilles, Christine and myself. We practiced to Janu B, back bends, and final three. Home-made guacamole, and Maya corn chips, home-made chili/refried bean, and spicy salsa, a couple fo Sleeman Original Creme ales... a true meeting of the GAS indeed!

Colin has asked if we could do 2 nights a week... we'll see...

Christine has toyed with the idea of doing a GAS blog. It's been just idle chat for now... though she's just bought a digital camera... perhaps some GAS photos will end up on flickr?? We'll see...

Skipped my usual sun sals last night... did some prep for prasarita padotanasana with the ball, and some uttitha hastha prep with the ledge.

Is about to change...
I've made voice contact with Ronnie. He's agreed to see me. Seems like the rare kind of person who turns his projects into labours of love. The kind of person who is ideal as a mentor, not simply an instructor. I think I've stumbled onto something (someone) very special.

Our first meeting is Monday the 22nd. I should probably videotape the sessions.

Bound

October geese sing southward
Across the night sky
Responding to a call from another home, far off

A ritual established centuries ago
Such immense group effort

Stragglers, barely moments behind
Unlike the masses just past, their song so clear
Personal, quiet and lonely

One, perhaps two birds
Scant separation from the flock
A risk of being off-course forever

Immense beauty

(Bad white balance)

Last Saturday Morning

Last night... rushing to exit before the park closed at 22:00... Gio gets a flat...
I straight-armed him out of there at 22km/hr... EXHAUSTING!!! Then to 295 to change the flat. Though first Gio samed the flat. Very funny!!

Stats (no HR)
14.5 ave
275 odo
12.0 dst
49:26 tm
28.4 max

Last week no one was available for Thursday night gathering. Fisrt time for everything...
I did paschimapatatrasana in place of regular asana routine.

This loosely translates as (via a hack web-based translator) west-wing-posture...
Loren and I watched re-runs together.

Colin, Gilles and me...
Did typical practice to Janu C, backbends and final poses.
With no audio/verbal instructions whatsoever... it was a real self-practice.
Not sure those guys were so into it, though I think it'll be a matter of time.

Was in the sky as I was driving home from work. I got a few neat photos in the October twilight...

Over to 295 today...
Dropped a few things for storage and then moved on to the fun stuff...
Sun sals, followed by padanggusth, and padahasthasana.
Then coffee, chocolate cake and some bass and drums

Then we took the Santosh for a walk.

Of posting weekly shots of the phone station. To see it's evolution over time... we'll see if I can keep it up...

There's a 6pm yoga class at the gym next door, and I'm going to sample it. And maybe do some therma-therapy afterwards...

It's billed as a power yoga class... don't tell anyone...