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17 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - The Obama Delusion. · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks Mark - it's amazing how many people seem to assume that things like military bases and bloated "defense" budgets are just "how it is", or even "how it ought to be" (for fear some other power has them). Eisenhower's honesty was impressive though: http://www.h-net.org/~hst306/documents/indust.htm...

17 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - The Obama Delusion. · 0 replies · +1 points

The Ghost In The Machine? ;)

18 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga Wrecked My Hash H... · 0 replies · +1 points

:) The thought of a chillum full of Phillies makes me queasy...

18 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga Wrecked My Hash H... · 0 replies · +1 points

You're welcome - glad to hear it raised some cheer!

18 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga Wrecked My Hash H... · 0 replies · +1 points

Very true! That's certainly been my experience in my own life - the "choice" to continue suffering often felt comforting, whereas facing it, and changing, felt alarming... Another way in which yoga's helped - to tease me out of my comfort zone and grow. All the best, Daniel

19 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga Wrecked My Hash H... · 0 replies · +1 points

Well said Braja - behavioural patterns mostly rearrange themselves, unless something subtler changes. I liked this film about yoga and addiction - even if some of the subjects are substituting, the asana seems a better hit than booze: http://www.adyo.org/home.html

19 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga Wrecked My Hash H... · 2 replies · +1 points

Thanks! If yoga's taught me anything, it's to learn to observe imperfection, and accept it, without that being the end of the story itself...

I like this line from Iyengar: "Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured."

A lot seems to hinge on the power to discriminate. :)

19 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga: Doing More Harm ... · 0 replies · +1 points

We got chatting in a taxi to Rishikesh... then got chanting by the Ganga with some Kazakhs. A friend from London's getting married in Calcutta, so I got in touch with Hari and said hi... turns out his research centre's walking distance from the wedding venue.

19 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga: Doing More Harm ... · 2 replies · +2 points

Accha! I'll be seeing him in Calcutta this time next week... It's a small world! :)

19 weeks ago @ elephant journal: Yoga... - Yoga: Doing More Harm ... · 4 replies · +2 points

Yes, I was there for the Ayurveda course. There was someone else from Mayapur there too - he's working on this: http://www.brconline.co.in/

Hope to see you in March for more of the mountains and the wisdom of Yog Ganga!

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