Field Ledger Archive
13,278 entries across the years, 2003–2026.
View
February 2020
January 2020
Are you an ASHTANGA practitioner in DC? This is for you!
If you wanna be wonderful, you gotta remain full of wonder.
Call it what you will, and organize it however you like, but near as i can tell: the entrance to the "kingdom of heaven" is truly inside of each of us.
Heaven? It’s the experience of making harmless and honest the existence you keep. The contentment and the effort, all at the same time. The relational harmony? Nothing like it.
And Hell?
It’s existence, knowing you have not made right the trespasses you have come to note in your own history. Not asking for forgiveness, knowing you should. Not making the effort to do better, and knowing you could. This consciousness of conscience let's youvohiwbwyen you're out of alignment.
Living an aligned life requires waking up, accepting, and committing to growth. The reward is great— but wow— no wonder folks want to stay asleep.
Call it what you will, and organize it however you like, but near as i can tell: the entrance to the "kingdom of heaven" is truly inside of each of us.
Heaven? It’s the experience of making harmless and honest the existence you keep. The contentment and the effort, all at the same time. The relational harmony? Nothing like it.
And Hell?
It’s existence, knowing you have not made right the trespasses you have come to note in your own history. Not asking for forgiveness, knowing you should. Not making the effort to do better, and knowing you could. This consciousness of conscience let's youvohiwbwyen you're out of alignment.
Living an aligned life requires waking up, accepting, and committing to growth. The reward is great— but wow— no wonder folks want to stay asleep.
Discussing equinox, fair and free markets, and every day activism.
Here is an explanation or intersectional analysis as it relates to the Kobe story. I found it useful.
I donât know anything about current athletes who arenât gay and shirtless, so I only know of Kobe by how much he meant to a lot of people. When I saw he died, I said âoh wow.â
Later, I said, âdidnât he get accused of rape or something?â
My news feed is filled to the brim with stories of sexual assaultâ stories of black men, Indian men, and white menâ and they are all intense and complicated and people hold these men up high on pedastels while others say to tear them down and distance themselves. Iâve taken down the smiling visage of one such Indian man.
But guys, canât we think more deeply?
I donât know anything about current athletes who arenât gay and shirtless, so I only know of Kobe by how much he meant to a lot of people. When I saw he died, I said âoh wow.â
Later, I said, âdidnât he get accused of rape or something?â
My news feed is filled to the brim with stories of sexual assaultâ stories of black men, Indian men, and white menâ and they are all intense and complicated and people hold these men up high on pedastels while others say to tear them down and distance themselves. Iâve taken down the smiling visage of one such Indian man.
But guys, canât we think more deeply?
in image| ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS
I believe churches are meant for praising
God. But so are 2am car rides, showers,
coffee shops, the gym, conversations with
friends, strangers, etc. Don't let a building
confine your faith because we will never
change the world by just going to church,
we need to be the church.
I believe churches are meant for praising
God. But so are 2am car rides, showers,
coffee shops, the gym, conversations with
friends, strangers, etc. Don't let a building
confine your faith because we will never
change the world by just going to church,
we need to be the church.
love everyone. especially yourself.
in imageLove is the condition in which
the happiness of another person
is essential to your own.
love everyone.
especially yourself.
the happiness of another person
is essential to your own.
love everyone.
especially yourself.
You asked for itâ and here it is.
A weekly Led Primary, and weekly evening mysore! Get em while theyâre hot-hot-hot!
A weekly Led Primary, and weekly evening mysore! Get em while theyâre hot-hot-hot!
Yoga practice has an external form and an internal form. The external can show up nicely in pictures for those who take pictures nicely.
Internal forms show up relationally. They can’t be captured by a camera.
The way I see it:
-You can practice externally without practicing internally.
-You can practice internally without practicing externally. -External practice has a shorter shelf life than internal practice.
What does all of this mean?
The better long-term investment in your time is on the internal form.
So why practice externally at all? Frankly, If you can’t be alone with yourself, what are the odds that someone else will want to be in your company, either?
To get better at being better, having a practice that helps to improve your ability to be alone also helps you in your ability to be in relationship.
To be a better lover, brother, father, or community member: -learn a practice
-find some open space and practice
-get an accountability buddy -be alone, together.
If you are looking for a place to start, DM me. I teach practice one-on-one — in person and online.
Already started and need some coaching or an accountability buddy? Let me know.
Internal forms show up relationally. They can’t be captured by a camera.
The way I see it:
-You can practice externally without practicing internally.
-You can practice internally without practicing externally. -External practice has a shorter shelf life than internal practice.
What does all of this mean?
The better long-term investment in your time is on the internal form.
So why practice externally at all? Frankly, If you can’t be alone with yourself, what are the odds that someone else will want to be in your company, either?
To get better at being better, having a practice that helps to improve your ability to be alone also helps you in your ability to be in relationship.
To be a better lover, brother, father, or community member: -learn a practice
-find some open space and practice
-get an accountability buddy -be alone, together.
If you are looking for a place to start, DM me. I teach practice one-on-one — in person and online.
Already started and need some coaching or an accountability buddy? Let me know.
Iâm teaching a weekend long applied anatomy workshop (12-5!) at VIDA this weekend. Interested? Message me!
Donât think I didnât clock the pandering little lisp I heard in their tv ad the other day. Canât fool me, bigot chicken.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/01/last-chick-fil-uk-shutting-months-nonstop-protest/#.XidBn7dhwuA.facebook
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/01/last-chick-fil-uk-shutting-months-nonstop-protest/#.XidBn7dhwuA.facebook
Yoga practitioners can often be segmented out into categorical archetypes based on their approach to practice:
Scientist.
Artist.
Athlete.
Do you approach your yoga practice from a place of curiosity and experimentation? You might be the scientist archetype.
Do you approach it from a sense of creation, craft, and beauty? You might be the artist.
Are you concerned with jumping further, faster, and farther? You guessed it: athlete.
Regardless of where you fall in terms of approaching the shapes, some anatomical knowledge can go a long way to honing your construction.
Want to learn more? Join me on Saturday and Sunday for an applied anatomy immersion at @vidafitnessdc —- send me a DM for more info!
Scientist.
Artist.
Athlete.
Do you approach your yoga practice from a place of curiosity and experimentation? You might be the scientist archetype.
Do you approach it from a sense of creation, craft, and beauty? You might be the artist.
Are you concerned with jumping further, faster, and farther? You guessed it: athlete.
Regardless of where you fall in terms of approaching the shapes, some anatomical knowledge can go a long way to honing your construction.
Want to learn more? Join me on Saturday and Sunday for an applied anatomy immersion at @vidafitnessdc —- send me a DM for more info!
January brought an unseasonably warm day— and so I went into nature and rejoiced. How do you rejoice?
The practice of yoga is one for carving away on the calcified dust and dirt that almost opaquely blocks the mind and spirit from their truest form of bliss absolute.
Yoga allows any practitioner an opportunity to descale their senses, like Saul cum Paul, and wake up to the interconnected nature of body, mind, and spirit. By getting at the center of the center, each aspirant can get free.
Free from the bondage of poisoned existence. The chains of oppression.
Real yoga creates a sliver of transparency to the internal forms of knowing— revealing to anyone who will look that there is only one of us inside— and from that gleam of light, and avenue towards freedom from the oppressive external and internal voices that would limit our majesty.
Then comes the real cost of admission: what do you do with this awakening?
—-
Retreat to Ecuador April 12-19,
10 Hour Anatomy Weekend: Jan 25-26
Online Coaching: DM Me
If you want more from your yoga practice, I want to help. Links in bio.
Whether it’s how to better work with the mind, the body, or getting directly at the spirit. Links in bio:
The practice of yoga is one for carving away on the calcified dust and dirt that almost opaquely blocks the mind and spirit from their truest form of bliss absolute.
Yoga allows any practitioner an opportunity to descale their senses, like Saul cum Paul, and wake up to the interconnected nature of body, mind, and spirit. By getting at the center of the center, each aspirant can get free.
Free from the bondage of poisoned existence. The chains of oppression.
Real yoga creates a sliver of transparency to the internal forms of knowing— revealing to anyone who will look that there is only one of us inside— and from that gleam of light, and avenue towards freedom from the oppressive external and internal voices that would limit our majesty.
Then comes the real cost of admission: what do you do with this awakening?
—-
Retreat to Ecuador April 12-19,
10 Hour Anatomy Weekend: Jan 25-26
Online Coaching: DM Me
If you want more from your yoga practice, I want to help. Links in bio.
Whether it’s how to better work with the mind, the body, or getting directly at the spirit. Links in bio:
Join me in Ecuadorâ April 13-19!
https://www.montanitaestates.com/2020-april-yoga-retreat.html
https://www.montanitaestates.com/2020-april-yoga-retreat.html
https://www.montanitaestates.com/2020-april-yoga-retreat.html
https://www.montanitaestates.com/2020-april-yoga-retreat.html
117 homeless Washingtonians have died in the last year. This is up more than 100% compared to the previous last year.
2 million dollars was spent on an art installation designed to keep homeless people out of an underpassâ not for safety, but because of community aesthetics.
The building the crew club is in on 14th street sold for 2 million.
Iâm all for public art commissionsâ but câmon. We can hang shitty LED lights, but not help our most vulnerable at the very least stay safe from the elements?
How much housing can 2 million buy?
2 million dollars was spent on an art installation designed to keep homeless people out of an underpassâ not for safety, but because of community aesthetics.
The building the crew club is in on 14th street sold for 2 million.
Iâm all for public art commissionsâ but câmon. We can hang shitty LED lights, but not help our most vulnerable at the very least stay safe from the elements?
How much housing can 2 million buy?
Iâm so excited to listen to this one
https://soundcloud.com/chrispyoga/dc-yoga-podcast-annie-and-amir
https://soundcloud.com/chrispyoga/dc-yoga-podcast-annie-and-amir
Interested in an online respite? Join Naomi Worth and other scholars as they dive into a wide variety of philosophical and therapeutic topics in Embodied Philosophyâs winter retreat.
https://www.embodiedphilosophy.org/a/20589/94zegEFJ
https://www.embodiedphilosophy.org/a/20589/94zegEFJ
Converting from wordpress to square space-- thoughts?
Putting the finishing touches on an Ashtanga Practice Intensive-- a deep dive into the history, philosophy, pedagogy. In-person, on-line, and for those interested, includes Mysore. Right around 300 hours, but really, a whole lifetime of study.
7 years ago from “People for Animals” —
India’s largest animal welfare organization.
India’s largest animal welfare organization.
in image7 years ago
from "People for Animals" -
India's largest animal
welfare organization.
from "People for Animals" -
India's largest animal
welfare organization.
A little pic from "People for Animals"-- India's largest animal welfare organization...about 7 years ago
a reminder from someone on the path a good bit longer than me. Thanks, DG.
omg!
in imageSo good to get back on my yoga mat with the amazing @michaeljoelhall at @balancegym today -- remembering my favorite 6 year old yogi's tips 🙂
@MICHAELJOELHALL @BALANCEGYM
there are many moves in yoga. I do yoga. there are moves like full lodus.
@MICHAELJOELHALL @BALANCEGYM
there are many moves in yoga. I do yoga. there are moves like full lodus.
Get MichaelFilter
Enter your email. We'll send a one-tap link to read today's edition free, in your browser — the link works for 24 hours. Membership unlocks every issue, PDFs, and transcripts.
Already a member of theyoga.club or ashtanga.tech? You're already on file — no re-registration. We won't add you to any list.