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MEMORIES
JUL 30, 2017
MEMORIES
JUL 30, 2017
“The senses are like a mirror. Turned outward, they reflect the outside; turned inward, they reflect the pure light. By themselves, the senses are innocent, but when allowed to turn outside they attract everything and transfer those messages to the mind, making it restless. Turned inward, they find peace by taking the form of the mind itself.” – Sri Swami Satchidananda
You are made of all things pure and awesome!
Paradoxically, creating boundaries around our energies can help to become less bound. To internalize the senses and go inward can be revelatory — it highlights how we’re using our energies... and what might be mucking them
up.
Some tips for keeping your energies tended to:
-practice fasting / taking breaks from sensory inputs via meditation, retreat or other. Go somewhere and get silent.
- make a mindful choice of media! Bad vibes in often = bad vibes out. Sensory impressions can be harmful! Listening to people talk shit can make you feel like shit.
- start tuning into that third eye— redirecting seeing can encourage other senses to follow. try to “see” with your other senses!
Later today, go outside and stare up at the sky! Let yourself get lost in the space between the clouds.
You are made of all things pure and awesome!
Paradoxically, creating boundaries around our energies can help to become less bound. To internalize the senses and go inward can be revelatory — it highlights how we’re using our energies... and what might be mucking them
up.
Some tips for keeping your energies tended to:
-practice fasting / taking breaks from sensory inputs via meditation, retreat or other. Go somewhere and get silent.
- make a mindful choice of media! Bad vibes in often = bad vibes out. Sensory impressions can be harmful! Listening to people talk shit can make you feel like shit.
- start tuning into that third eye— redirecting seeing can encourage other senses to follow. try to “see” with your other senses!
Later today, go outside and stare up at the sky! Let yourself get lost in the space between the clouds.
WOW— six years. the Facebook post
that started
it all
that started
it all
in imageAbby Melissa Dobbs
July 29, 2013 at 11:55 AM • Washington • 2
•••
DC yogis! So sad that the amazing Antonella is leaving DC -
and we're losing a kickass Mysore teacher! Does anyone
have any leads for another Mysore instructor?
Like
Comment
Lizandra Vidal
next year it'il be me! but hmmm- maybe Peg
Mulqueen has some ideas??
6 yrs
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Dustin Canter
Katie Otoya, got any ideas?!
6 yrs
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the Facebook post
that started
it all
WOW- six years.
July 29, 2013 at 11:55 AM • Washington • 2
•••
DC yogis! So sad that the amazing Antonella is leaving DC -
and we're losing a kickass Mysore teacher! Does anyone
have any leads for another Mysore instructor?
Like
Comment
Lizandra Vidal
next year it'il be me! but hmmm- maybe Peg
Mulqueen has some ideas??
6 yrs
Like More
Dustin Canter
Katie Otoya, got any ideas?!
6 yrs
Like More
01
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Post
the Facebook post
that started
it all
WOW- six years.
in imagematthew_davis_1
@michaeljaelhall
@mikeanthanyshaw
@michaelgeavanni
SHT
Lave all af you!!
apaulawin
Qyasmikey
@michaeljaelhall
@mikeanthanyshaw
@michaelgeavanni
SHT
Lave all af you!!
apaulawin
Qyasmikey
change of perspective.
I am so excited. wanna?
in imageI am so excited.
wanna?
soukofrima_
Jivamukti Yoga Center
aea
Rolf&
Marci @
Jivamukti
Wed 7/31, Thur 8/1, Fri 8/2
Mysore 5:30-7:30am
Workshops 7:30-9:30am
Contact rimagoa@gmail.com
wanna?
soukofrima_
Jivamukti Yoga Center
aea
Rolf&
Marci @
Jivamukti
Wed 7/31, Thur 8/1, Fri 8/2
Mysore 5:30-7:30am
Workshops 7:30-9:30am
Contact rimagoa@gmail.com
Any of my New York friends wanna put me up for Tuesday night-friday morning? Iâve got a yoga thing in the village in the mornings.
in imageYour memories on Facebook
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 7 years ago.
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Michael Joel Hall
27 July 2012 at 12:21
I'm thankful for my teachers in all of their forms for
awakening me to the insight of the happiness of pure Being.
A place without the poison of conditioned existence, the
poisons of prejudice and hate. I'm thankful for my teachers,
who provided the antidote (like a jungle physician). That
antidote: be yourself. No hate. No prejudice. Just joy. Just
love. Vande Gurunam.
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 7 years ago.
f
Michael Joel Hall
27 July 2012 at 12:21
I'm thankful for my teachers in all of their forms for
awakening me to the insight of the happiness of pure Being.
A place without the poison of conditioned existence, the
poisons of prejudice and hate. I'm thankful for my teachers,
who provided the antidote (like a jungle physician). That
antidote: be yourself. No hate. No prejudice. Just joy. Just
love. Vande Gurunam.
FLOW class
@eaton.dc
Friday
7/26
6pm
@eaton.dc
Friday
7/26
6pm
Stolen, and presented without comment.
in imageDO MOLE
CCALLE
Conor Michael Casey
2 hours ago
Heres
your
so called
fitness journey
Stolen, and presented
without comment.
CCALLE
Conor Michael Casey
2 hours ago
Heres
your
so called
fitness journey
Stolen, and presented
without comment.
Guuuuuys!! Iâm teaching a VinyÄsa class at Eaton tonightâ 6pm!
get boring
never ever
Foundations
A day at the office.
A member of the greater DC/NOVA yoga community, @andreharrisyoga came in to visit today at @dcashtanga . He lives in Washington (state, not DC) now, and only gets back to visit about once a year. I love seeing him!
Lately, he has been struggling with injury. Life is like that, ya know? @livelyogini And he went over a bunch of great tactics including #FRC over at @ashtanganation to help him get stronger.
I recognized the work they had done (Maggie and I have worked together a lot over the years), and was able to facilitate further. The truth is, André wanted to work on his tick-tok (and so did I!) but we had some more pressing issues to resolve.
Together, we explored upstream and downstream to find compensatory movement patterns that have perhaps been leading to some of the injury, and examined how to remove the pattern by introducing a new one.
If it came automatically, we’d all move perfectly. We don’t. Andre’s patience with the developmental drills and upstream/downstream modifications left him able to practice the ashtanga yoga syllabus — elegantly into the primary series.
Same-same, intermediate.
Pretty cool.
After all the slow and steady and elegant; and then transition-y, we finally got to work on the tik-tok!!
I wanted André to share with me some of his progress while he works on these things, and so i got the ball rolling with video.
Here’s one way we work to develop motor skills somewhat autonomously in the Mysore room. We went from being totally assisted, to using a chair, to using pads.
Teamwork, patience, and persistence. They go a long way.
Lately, he has been struggling with injury. Life is like that, ya know? @livelyogini And he went over a bunch of great tactics including #FRC over at @ashtanganation to help him get stronger.
I recognized the work they had done (Maggie and I have worked together a lot over the years), and was able to facilitate further. The truth is, André wanted to work on his tick-tok (and so did I!) but we had some more pressing issues to resolve.
Together, we explored upstream and downstream to find compensatory movement patterns that have perhaps been leading to some of the injury, and examined how to remove the pattern by introducing a new one.
If it came automatically, we’d all move perfectly. We don’t. Andre’s patience with the developmental drills and upstream/downstream modifications left him able to practice the ashtanga yoga syllabus — elegantly into the primary series.
Same-same, intermediate.
Pretty cool.
After all the slow and steady and elegant; and then transition-y, we finally got to work on the tik-tok!!
I wanted André to share with me some of his progress while he works on these things, and so i got the ball rolling with video.
Here’s one way we work to develop motor skills somewhat autonomously in the Mysore room. We went from being totally assisted, to using a chair, to using pads.
Teamwork, patience, and persistence. They go a long way.
Working inside of different federal agencies, corporations, and NGOs for the last 10+ years as a yoga teacher has been illuminating in the ways mindfulness practice can be co-opted for both the forces of good and some far more nefarious.
As a young teacher, i felt as though i was sharing something very useful with people who could affect change on a much larger scale than I ever couldâ i felt subversive to be doing it right in the heart of the corporate/capitalistic machine.
Practice worksâ and it works across a broad spectrum of therapeutic modalities each with individual metrics. Spiritual health, physical well being, interpersonal relational skills, emotional balanceâ each can be touched on. When instructed well, each can be elevated. So too, Iâm sad to say, can the shadow side: further anesthetization, good old spiritual bypassing, and duration of a culture that punches down and goes to sleep.
Having seen this in local yoga studios, international finance organizations, and local community sports non-profits, its very much on my radar. But, it doesnât mean to stop. It means to care more and share better.
Teachers have a responsibility: pick your platform, and to pick it well. Keep your ethics high, and they will trickle down.
https://www.thenation.com/article/ron-parser-mcmindfulness-mindfulness-meditation-book-interview/
As a young teacher, i felt as though i was sharing something very useful with people who could affect change on a much larger scale than I ever couldâ i felt subversive to be doing it right in the heart of the corporate/capitalistic machine.
Practice worksâ and it works across a broad spectrum of therapeutic modalities each with individual metrics. Spiritual health, physical well being, interpersonal relational skills, emotional balanceâ each can be touched on. When instructed well, each can be elevated. So too, Iâm sad to say, can the shadow side: further anesthetization, good old spiritual bypassing, and duration of a culture that punches down and goes to sleep.
Having seen this in local yoga studios, international finance organizations, and local community sports non-profits, its very much on my radar. But, it doesnât mean to stop. It means to care more and share better.
Teachers have a responsibility: pick your platform, and to pick it well. Keep your ethics high, and they will trickle down.
https://www.thenation.com/article/ron-parser-mcmindfulness-mindfulness-meditation-book-interview/
updates from DC Ashtanga (and classes with me!)
Today I was lucky enough to get @dcashtanga ‘s own @mikestefani (@flowyogacenter ‘s evening Mysore guy!) to help me with some stuff I’ve been working on. We've done some of this together, and I needed a buddy to help me out, so we coached each other a little.
You might recognize some of it from what @yogawhitney (director of takoma @yogaheightsdc ‘s ashtanga program!!) and i were going through together.
Lots of fun, great care and patience, and boy it feels good. Maybe we should do another workshop?
anyway, practice practice practice.
You might recognize some of it from what @yogawhitney (director of takoma @yogaheightsdc ‘s ashtanga program!!) and i were going through together.
Lots of fun, great care and patience, and boy it feels good. Maybe we should do another workshop?
anyway, practice practice practice.
this is also
good yoga @somebritindc
good yoga @somebritindc
in imagesomebritindc 16m
@somebritinda
this is also
good yoga
Whatever scruffy disrespectful
twat is sticking their used gum
down the side of the doors if I
find out who you are I will
make you clean the toilet with
your mouth scruffy twat!
The notices at
the village gym
are amazing
@somebritinda
this is also
good yoga
Whatever scruffy disrespectful
twat is sticking their used gum
down the side of the doors if I
find out who you are I will
make you clean the toilet with
your mouth scruffy twat!
The notices at
the village gym
are amazing
Kiki the big yogi
in imageKiki the big yogi
Karuna Maze
36 mins • 2
•••
After picking up a pre-order at Wal-Mart (the service, BTW,
is amazing!), I waited for the bus on a dingy block sporting a
brass-and-glass furniture mart, wig shop, and ubiquitous
liquor store. Nice weather, so lots of guys hanging out on the
corner smoking, talking. Moms hustling kids along the
crosswalk at a light that's too short—"Vamos! Vamos!" An
elderly neighbor spotted me from across the street, waving
his arms and shouting "Hi!" Another neighbor, who is
mentally disabled, picked up and smoked a cigarette butt off
the sidewalk, saw me, said "Heeeyyy" then excitedly told me
all about his trip to Cleveland. And there I was, with my light
complexion and Anthro dress, fitting right in with the fabric
of America.
It's just as easy to strike up a conversation with a person who
looks/dresses/acts nothing like you as it is to hide behind a
screen and rant racist asshole venom. Choose the former.
Karuna Maze
36 mins • 2
•••
After picking up a pre-order at Wal-Mart (the service, BTW,
is amazing!), I waited for the bus on a dingy block sporting a
brass-and-glass furniture mart, wig shop, and ubiquitous
liquor store. Nice weather, so lots of guys hanging out on the
corner smoking, talking. Moms hustling kids along the
crosswalk at a light that's too short—"Vamos! Vamos!" An
elderly neighbor spotted me from across the street, waving
his arms and shouting "Hi!" Another neighbor, who is
mentally disabled, picked up and smoked a cigarette butt off
the sidewalk, saw me, said "Heeeyyy" then excitedly told me
all about his trip to Cleveland. And there I was, with my light
complexion and Anthro dress, fitting right in with the fabric
of America.
It's just as easy to strike up a conversation with a person who
looks/dresses/acts nothing like you as it is to hide behind a
screen and rant racist asshole venom. Choose the former.
in imageWhitman-Walker Health
Are you the parent, guardian or caregiver of
a transgender, gender nonconforming or
gender expansive youth? On July 27th and...
FAMILIES IN
TRANSITIBN
Lionel Messi•
KOCHTICSSI
I start early and I stay late, day
after day, year after year. It took
me 17 years
14 days to
become
success.
Add to
Story
Kevin
Waldorf-Cruz
001
ST
Britt
Daniels
Your memories on Facebook
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 5 years ago.
=6
Michael Joel Hall
24 July 2014 at 10:31
My mama, the big yogi: "The road ahead will always be a
new adventure. Breath, smile, enjoy."
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it be shown in anyone else's News Feed unless you
nal
Share
See more memories
Karuna Maze
36 mins • 2
Are you the parent, guardian or caregiver of
a transgender, gender nonconforming or
gender expansive youth? On July 27th and...
FAMILIES IN
TRANSITIBN
Lionel Messi•
KOCHTICSSI
I start early and I stay late, day
after day, year after year. It took
me 17 years
14 days to
become
success.
Add to
Story
Kevin
Waldorf-Cruz
001
ST
Britt
Daniels
Your memories on Facebook
Michael, we care about you and the memories that
you share here. We thought that you'd like to look
back on this post from 5 years ago.
=6
Michael Joel Hall
24 July 2014 at 10:31
My mama, the big yogi: "The road ahead will always be a
new adventure. Breath, smile, enjoy."
This wor
it be shown in anyone else's News Feed unless you
nal
Share
See more memories
Karuna Maze
36 mins • 2
Theory and practice are the same in theory but not in practice.
in imageEATON
WELLNESS
TUESDAY
FLOW
6 45
A
MYSORE YOGA 7 00
AM
DAILY MEDITATION 1200
FLOW
12 15 PM &
600 PM
WELLNESS
TUESDAY
FLOW
6 45
A
MYSORE YOGA 7 00
AM
DAILY MEDITATION 1200
FLOW
12 15 PM &
600 PM
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