Comments on: Home and shala http://donutszenmom.com/2007/09/21/home-and-shala/ ashtanga yoga. zen. life. words. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: donutszenmom http://donutszenmom.com/2007/09/21/home-and-shala/comment-page-1/#comment-928 donutszenmom Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:43:55 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/home-and-shala/#comment-928 Thanks, Vanessa! It's really helpful to read about other people's experiences with this part of the practice. I keep thinking about how folks often quit practicing at this point, and I think I understand why: it's one thing to re-balance your hip joints (primary) but another altogether to work into the back and sacrum so deeply (beginning of second). It's really challenging me in terms of what I'm supposed to do to my body, my mind, my emotions, and my sleep patterns. Definitely challenging all of the samskaras! (0v0): Probably safe to say more practice is always necessary, huh? :-) Thanks, Vanessa! It’s really helpful to read about other people’s experiences with this part of the practice. I keep thinking about how folks often quit practicing at this point, and I think I understand why: it’s one thing to re-balance your hip joints (primary) but another altogether to work into the back and sacrum so deeply (beginning of second). It’s really challenging me in terms of what I’m supposed to do to my body, my mind, my emotions, and my sleep patterns. Definitely challenging all of the samskaras!

(0v0): Probably safe to say more practice is always necessary, huh? :-)

]]> By: The mindbender http://donutszenmom.com/2007/09/21/home-and-shala/comment-page-1/#comment-927 The mindbender Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:09:31 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/home-and-shala/#comment-927 Tales of struggle of when I was doing primary and second up to Kapotasana: http://mindbending.wordpress.com/2007/05/ and earlier Tales of struggle of when I was doing primary and second up to Kapotasana: http://mindbending.wordpress.com/2007/05/ and earlier

]]> By: (0v0) http://donutszenmom.com/2007/09/21/home-and-shala/comment-page-1/#comment-929 (0v0) Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:24:17 +0000 http://donutszenmom.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/home-and-shala/#comment-929 D: "The more I meditate, the more I practice, the more I hear how much thinking I do. Seriously. Years ago, when I first started meditating, I really thought that all the thoughts were VERY important." O: Wait. The thoughts aren't VERY important? D: "Oh dear. Perhaps more practice is needed." O: Mmm..... D: “The more I meditate, the more I practice, the more I hear how much thinking I do. Seriously. Years ago, when I first started meditating, I really thought that all the thoughts were VERY important.”

O: Wait. The thoughts aren’t VERY important?

D: “Oh dear. Perhaps more practice is needed.”

O: Mmm…..

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