Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Lot of Learning
I am learning that although I have been teaching Yoga for 8 years, I know so little and there is so much to remember, ie: learn. The information and experience is never ending and so enjoyable. Learning this week about prolonged holding in postures, how to get out of the mind and into the body, be lead by a higher voice (whatever you want to call it), and how to love and not judge others for their version of their experience.
what I learned in March is knowledge by itself is useless, it takes experiencing the lesson and then there may be understanding. This time I am in understanding that we all have a different experience and that is ok, at the root it is all the same lesson, it just shows up differently.
Tonight I had a major understanding from a highly versed and well researched and experienced teacher. Pain, weather physical, mental, or emotional is only greater than or less than according to the perceived. For me that means that mental pain or emotional does not have to be any greater than nor have any more impact than a physical pain unless I choose so. In going into witness, I can perceive the pain on the level I need for my understanding. In other words, an emotional pain can have the potential to effect me no more than the pain in my foot, unless I choose for it to effect me more or less.
In this understanding, I am free to allow an emotional or mental challenge to exist at varying degrees according to my perception of that pain. For me this means that I can no longer view from the witness perspective, a mental or emotional pain as something that needs or can cause me any greater discomfort than holding a posture for a longer time than my physical body is comfortable with. Thus I can evaluate and say to myself, this pain is not greater than any other pain I have experienced, I can allow it to exist without affecting me and breath into it and release when ready.
This is amazing to me, the practice of it will be a challenge, but I am ready for the challenge. I imagine myself experiencing an emotion disappointment and viewing it as no greater than a bump on the head, and I survived that pain when I fell of the bike and lived to tell about it and keep doing my Yoga. Therefore, no perceived pain from someone being rude to me, or saying something hurtful, or suffering a loss will be greater than a physical pain that I can easily let the sensations of pass, unless I want it to be.
Revolution of the mind, I love this Yoga stuff.
Troy
what I learned in March is knowledge by itself is useless, it takes experiencing the lesson and then there may be understanding. This time I am in understanding that we all have a different experience and that is ok, at the root it is all the same lesson, it just shows up differently.
Tonight I had a major understanding from a highly versed and well researched and experienced teacher. Pain, weather physical, mental, or emotional is only greater than or less than according to the perceived. For me that means that mental pain or emotional does not have to be any greater than nor have any more impact than a physical pain unless I choose so. In going into witness, I can perceive the pain on the level I need for my understanding. In other words, an emotional pain can have the potential to effect me no more than the pain in my foot, unless I choose for it to effect me more or less.
In this understanding, I am free to allow an emotional or mental challenge to exist at varying degrees according to my perception of that pain. For me this means that I can no longer view from the witness perspective, a mental or emotional pain as something that needs or can cause me any greater discomfort than holding a posture for a longer time than my physical body is comfortable with. Thus I can evaluate and say to myself, this pain is not greater than any other pain I have experienced, I can allow it to exist without affecting me and breath into it and release when ready.
This is amazing to me, the practice of it will be a challenge, but I am ready for the challenge. I imagine myself experiencing an emotion disappointment and viewing it as no greater than a bump on the head, and I survived that pain when I fell of the bike and lived to tell about it and keep doing my Yoga. Therefore, no perceived pain from someone being rude to me, or saying something hurtful, or suffering a loss will be greater than a physical pain that I can easily let the sensations of pass, unless I want it to be.
Revolution of the mind, I love this Yoga stuff.
Troy
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Girls...excuse to go to the mall....tell your husbands.
Ladies,
this is from my client Michie who I got on the BodyBug armband to track her calories. It is such a good device that is acurate to a fault and does not let us get away with much. We can tell minute by minute how many calories we are burning and know which daily activities burn calories. Let me know if you want to order one, I can get you a good deal at 24 Hour Fitness on sale. Email me for more information. trainertroy@gmail.com or call me up 818) 415-9554
Troy,
>
> I forgot to talk to you about this today.
> Recently, I found even just a small grocery shopping on my way home
> from work makes a lot of difference with my exercise and stress.
> Only 30 mins or so shopping will burn a lot of calories and release stress.
> I went to Macy's yesterday and just looked around about 40 mins and
> checked my calories, it is just like working out at the gym.
> Also, I felt much lighter and better even after the busy day.
> Even after hanging around Macy's, I still had enough time to cook
> dinner and to do house hold stuff.
>
> Thinking about when I was in Japan, I did the same thing almost every day.
> Because there are some shopping malls at each station in Japan and to
> change the trains/subways, I had to pass by or even walk through the
> mall.
> During this time, I was looking around a lot of things, released some
> stress I got at work and did some cardio.
> Here, we don't have those culture, just drive to office and back home.
> Only once in a while, do some shopping and that is only for necessary
> things.
>
> I know hanging around shopping malls is really risky...hehe.
> Sometimes I will spend a lot of money...
> But still, I think this is really much better than holding stress and
> jump into stress eating.
> I was joking with Sean, maybe I should go to Costco every day and
> walked 1 or 2 circles then I can burn at least 200 calories or so.
> LOL.
>
> How do you think?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michie
this is from my client Michie who I got on the BodyBug armband to track her calories. It is such a good device that is acurate to a fault and does not let us get away with much. We can tell minute by minute how many calories we are burning and know which daily activities burn calories. Let me know if you want to order one, I can get you a good deal at 24 Hour Fitness on sale. Email me for more information. trainertroy@gmail.com or call me up 818) 415-9554
Troy,
>
> I forgot to talk to you about this today.
> Recently, I found even just a small grocery shopping on my way home
> from work makes a lot of difference with my exercise and stress.
> Only 30 mins or so shopping will burn a lot of calories and release stress.
> I went to Macy's yesterday and just looked around about 40 mins and
> checked my calories, it is just like working out at the gym.
> Also, I felt much lighter and better even after the busy day.
> Even after hanging around Macy's, I still had enough time to cook
> dinner and to do house hold stuff.
>
> Thinking about when I was in Japan, I did the same thing almost every day.
> Because there are some shopping malls at each station in Japan and to
> change the trains/subways, I had to pass by or even walk through the
> mall.
> During this time, I was looking around a lot of things, released some
> stress I got at work and did some cardio.
> Here, we don't have those culture, just drive to office and back home.
> Only once in a while, do some shopping and that is only for necessary
> things.
>
> I know hanging around shopping malls is really risky...hehe.
> Sometimes I will spend a lot of money...
> But still, I think this is really much better than holding stress and
> jump into stress eating.
> I was joking with Sean, maybe I should go to Costco every day and
> walked 1 or 2 circles then I can burn at least 200 calories or so.
> LOL.
>
> How do you think?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michie
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Really Rude
So teaching Yoga reveals so much to me about communicating with others something I love and have learned. I see so much at the front of the room. I have always been a 'watcher' and notice all the little details. This week so far I have seen more guys in Yoga which is a good sign, we guys need to loosen up. I had a student say to me that they took another teachers class and the teacher hurt their back. I asked how and they said they told them to do this posture and it hurt her back. All I could say is do not do the posture, but I was thinking why would you do a posture just because someone told you to? I always tell everyone to do their own postures, to make it their practice, but whatever you do, make it to the end of the class. Which brings me to my next point. I subbed for a teacher this week and about 1/2 way through people would get up one by one, about five of them, making a lot of noise and roll up their mats, take time in the middle of class to put their shoes on ect. and leave. Who knows why they were leaving, but if they knew they had to go, wouldn't it make sense to be by the door doing your practice? If they had no reason to leave, they just did not care for the class, they could have learned so much more in patience by staying until the end and doing other postures they liked. I am so glad I have learned to let reactions within me pass without attaching to them so it did not bother me. Secondly, funny lady came in to class half way, walked up front, threw out her mat on the floor with a big bang, startling me, and began to practice. I just smiled...gym Yoga.
Happy Yoga to you.
Happy Yoga to you.
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