vipassana-my experience

zatoichi

make fashion, not war
i have used foam toe stretchers for years. they go between your toes & seperate them, giving you the feeling of a mild full body massage. they also widen your feet from years of squashing them into shoes such as these guns & ammo boots courtesy of a new japanese fashion blog i ha

bulla ki jaana maen kaun
this has always been one of my favorite videos. it was overplayed in india about 2005. i only recently found it on youtube & the lovely translation of the lyrics. i never tire of watching it. i hope you enjoy it. it shows off mumbai like no one else can.Bulla, ki jaana maen kaunBulleh! to me, I am not known Not a believer inside the mosque, am INor a pagan disciple of false ritesNot the pure amongst the impureNeither Moses, nor the PharohBulleh! to me, I am not knownNot in the holy Vedas, am INor in opium, neither in wineNot in the drunkard`s crazeNiether awake, nor in a sleeping daze

will yoga help me lose weight?
a question i get a lot when teaching is"will yoga help me lose weight?"i tell them if it were true, i would be the size of a blade of grass. but i'm not. i'm on the burly side. what i tell them is this."it will help you be happy with the way you are right now."

perfect balance
A Manual for Students, Teachers, and Practitioners.this is a bible for anatomy & it's scientific clarifications in hatha yoga. no teacher should be without it. and it weighs about 20 pounds for some reason. same as a manduka black mat.the skeleton is fascinating & yoga

delicious silence
i was speaking with a type "A" (she labeled herself this) student. the corporation i teach for has a couple kinds of yoga. one is anusara. the other is astanga.she said she likes to do both styles. but because of her busy life, a lawyer with 4 kids one year apart, she does half her yoga at home. she chooses ast