http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/ (Practice:Theory) Life is practice...but for what? en Copyright 2010 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:59 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Had a caravan for 295 yesterday I had 20 minutes notice Was about to turn off my phones to do yoga practice My agent likes txting She left out (from the previous day's txt) any mention of the day for the caravan Only 2 other companies visited I find that discouraging I have faith the house will sell at a good price http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/06/03_lists_june.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/06/03_lists_june.html General Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:59 -0500 i have done more yogasana in 3 weeks than in the past 3 months the market is slowing?? funeral trumps moving this weekend me and soph this week for GAS, used the bullet to make margaritas easy volunteer shift today have not done much road riding same goes for mountain i am grateful for all that i have http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/06/02_lists_june.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/06/02_lists_june.html General Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:29:31 -0500 week 3 (twisting) home work this week going to get my bike stuff from the garage yesterday at le scandinave in old montreal the st laurence water is low, so the canal wall trail is good being without work is stressful listenning to all my friend's input is theraputic choosing what to apply is challenging i am grateful for all that i am http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/06/01_lists_june.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/06/01_lists_june.html General Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:21:45 -0500 my house is on the market i'll need to revise the price the notion of home be redifined weather is good may do a bike ride tonight with soph will be making a connection in the training domain through ralph start the yoga TT this weekend am struggling a bit but am ok http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/05/01_lists_may.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/05/01_lists_may.html General Mon, 17 May 2010 13:22:41 -0500 I am 43 years old I've had a wonderful birthday this past weekend I'm going to try to get my taxes done on time this year Summer tires have been on the Smart for a few weeks now It is snowing today Brian says I need a shot of reality I'm scheduled to get some twice weekely in verdun 295 is on the market http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/04_lists_april.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/04_lists_april.html General Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:31:15 -0500 ]]> http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/thanks_christin.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/thanks_christin.html General Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:11:15 -0500 I am having difficulty wanting to find another corporate gig I am wondering about how to make up my own mind about career choices I am eating well and not rushing David Miller says "movies move too fast" I like movies I say life moves too fast Especially so in fast-paced technology environments I am about to make my job wishlist/wantlist/requirement list http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/03_lists_april.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/03_lists_april.html General Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:31:43 -0500 200-Hour Professional Certification Program 10 weekend Intensives: May 2010 – July 2011 A unique opportunity to study and practice intensely with experienced and knowledgeable yoga teachers. This training is designed for students and teachers of all traditions who teach or who are interested in teaching groups of all levels. It is also for students and teachers who wish to take their own practice to a new level to deepen their understanding of Yoga. During this training you will receive a basic, beginner teacher training with the following components: Detailed examination and analysis of 40 yoga postures. Learn how to accurately practice and teach asana by breaking down the poses into component parts along with proper usage of props. Develop and maintain a self-nourishing personal practice. Explore how to wisely, safely adapt poses for different body types and different levels of flexibility, strength, injury, age and understanding. Study skills that create good foundation for an effective teacher: basic teaching skills effective verbal communication proper demonstration skills observing, correcting, adjusting classroom management Basic art of sequencing and hands on adjusting The above will be taught through various methods including: Small group work and peer teaching Regular homework assignments Test both theory and practical Developing a meditation practice In depth self exploration We will, as a group, design practices for all major categories of poses each month. Participants will practice a set sequence of poses each month to enhance their familiarity with both the basics of the poses from a teaching point of view as well as refinements meant for their own development. Basic anatomy regarding postures will be included. Syllabus of Postures: those from the Ashtanga primary series excluding marichyasana B and D, Supta Kurmasana, Bhujapidasana and Setubhandasana. It will also include Restorative postures and the Big Six. http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/program.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/program.html Asana Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:43:47 -0500 i am signed up for a year-long yoga teacher-training it's not at darby's shala sophie and i walked the rougemont trails on good friday rougemont is still not receptive to mountainbikers sophie and i cycled 50 kilometers easter saturday gilles thinks there's a chance to work back at the big engineering corp (BEC) as a contractor even though i clean my house every day, it is still quite a mess (6 months now, from October) i really like my life http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/02_lists_april.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/02_lists_april.html General Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:35:14 -0500 (obviously turned out to be a to-do list, not prioritized, or optimized) ]]> http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/01_lists_april.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/01_lists_april.html General Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:35:54 -0500 Yeah, there's a lot which has hapened in my life since last Easter... I wrestle with myself for not comitting the details to the 99to1 entries... what can one do? Getting back to lists as a start... http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/pasqua.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/pasqua.html General Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:21:00 -0500 I must write... Have been reminded by some close friends recently. And more recently this email from Sophie... "Hey Roy, Sergey wants you to write a 500 word article on the following topic: 'Use of foam exercise roller in yoga' Apparently you are a genius and will figure out what this means and will be able to write on this topic. He will not pay for it and he wants it ASAP. It seems like you have no choice, you have to accept… Soph" Here's what I came up with in about 30 minutes... props or no props... that is the question. or ,at least it is the question nto a confused yoga practioner who has learned from mixed Iyengar and Ashtanga methods. blocks, bolsters, blankets, ropes, belts and chairs. I hear your next question; why not foam rolls? the Iyengar tradition started using props to support poses a long while ago, perhaps in the early 50's. though it’s true, Iyengar's approach leaned towards using what was readily available (refer to above mentioned list). Iyengar was not in the habbit of going out shopping to buy new products to help his yoga students learn yoga poses (called yoga asanas). (though apparently he was rumoured to have regularly sent his son T.K.V Desikachar out to the corner to fetch mid-morning and mid-afternoon chai from the chai-wallha just down the street from his yoga shala...) I figure, back in the day, inground pools were not en vogue in Pune India, so it is doubtful that Iyengar would have ever had reason to have seen inflatable waterwings, aqua-areobic classes, or for that matter a foam roll. it is my suggestion however, that had mr.Iyengar ever seen one of these beauties, he would have, very quickly, introduced it to his arsenal of at-hand yoga props. he would have stocked hundreds of them on low shelves all around his yoga shala, in a smorgasbord of colours and sizes, so that when a student needed some kind support for an asana they could not fully express, or for a restorative pose which required some firm yet giving support there was always a foam roller of the right size near at hand. Ahhh foam rollers… need some support for your thighs in a weighted baddhakonasana? no trouble got a foam roller just for you. thoracic spine needs gentle support for a restorative savasana?? Trying to get a correct arch in your back foot when you do virabadhrasana?? Looking for an appropriate support for your sacrum when you do urdvhadanurasana?? belly gets in the way when you attempt balasana?? the list goes on and on... what surprises me nowadays however is this… surly the world’s supply of foam rollers comes from india. People there must know foam rollers exist. And Indian-folk are known around the globe to be very creative in the ways they invent new uses for things, so why is it that the wonders of foam rollers have yet to penetrate into iyengar’s shala and his approach to supported yoga postures? No doubt Iyengar has seen the furious success his competitor bikram choudry has had trademarking the bikram style of yoga?? Why has the world not been introduced to the IFRSS?? The Iyengar Foam Roller Support System?? He could be raking in lakhs of rupees a day!! Whether your yoga practice is derived from a lineage which applies a form of support during yoga asanas or not is really insignificant, what is clear is that foam rollers is the way to go. Buy them while you can at affordable poolshops in your neighborhood. soon this yogi is planning a trip to Pune to have a chat with mr. iyengar while he is still alive… the IFRSS is soon to be for sale at a lululemon store near you… http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/writing.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2010/04/writing.html General Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:14:19 -0500 Québec 45,9 % Employment situation Unfavorable This from jobboom in my inbox just this morning... http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2009/11/jobboom_index.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2009/11/jobboom_index.html General Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:55:39 -0500 In a recent email to a friend I wrote this. Even though there's many wonderful things going on in my life right now, this does summarize the situation in terms of the big unknowns... This is the first entry explicitly dealing with no longer working for the big engineering company... what a couple of weeks it's been... how am i doing??? wow... i do indeed wonder about that regularly. sometimes i am terrified, and paralyzed (i have no idea if i will loose my house and car etc), other times i am comfortable and relaxed, that i'm in touch with all this change as a real blessing. occaisionally i feel like i've been set on fire and that my personality/being has been cracked wide open, and that my suffering is exposed and visible to everyone. i feel kind of wild and untammed... sometimes it feels as if my entire life is starting now, and that i'm ill prepared to participate, and i wonder what i will let myself become... http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2009/11/how_am_i_doing.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2009/11/how_am_i_doing.html General Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:49:45 -0500 when shall the cosmos once again observe in awe and cherish our dance divine?]]> http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2009/10/cherish.html http://blogs.ashtangi.net/99to1/archives/2009/10/cherish.html General Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:02:47 -0500