Monthly Archives: January 2010
Lyric of the Day – Amores Bongo by The Herbaliser
Sample at the end: Boy: How do you like that? Man: Why, it’s preposterous! Boy: Thank you very much!
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End of January
And so January draws to an end. A month of re-establishing the relationship with my body in daily asana practice, a month in which I realised a daily practice needn’t be feared, a month in which I turned 39, a … Continue reading
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Lyric of the Day – Weather to Fly, by Elbow
So in looking to stray from the line we decided instead we should pull out the thread that was stitching us into this tapestry vile. And why wouldn’t you try? Perfect weather to fly.
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Living (in) the dream
Living the dream I don’t know about that How about: Living in a dream And within that, daydreams And night dreams Dreams within a dream And if it is a dream How about: Waking up? … At the end of … Continue reading
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iPad by Stephen Fry
There are many issues you could have with the iPad. No multitasking, still no Flash. No camera, no GPS. They all fall away the minute you use it. I cannot emphasise enough this point: “Hold your judgment until you’ve spent … Continue reading
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The end, the beginning
And that’s it! Four weeks of early(ish) mornings, daily asana, continuing when in the past I have given it a miss. Previously, I could find any excuse not to do yoga. Any excuse will do. But for four weeks I … Continue reading
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Lyric of the Day – Hyperborea by Biosphere
This was a vision, fresh and clear as a mountain stream, the mind revealing itself to itself. In my vision, I was on the veranda of a vast estate, a palazzo of some fantastic proportion. There seemed to emanate from … Continue reading
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Candle Gazing
Kind of like a birthday present, the 27th day of the course is relaxation, breath and candle gazing. I really like the candle gazing; I hadn’t done it for a long long time. Darken the room, look at the flame … Continue reading
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Lyric of the Day – Magic Marker by Monsters of Folk
Ordinary don’t mean nothin’ no-how – look what’s ordinary now It’s got a magic marker stain on its face and it needs a shower
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The days are strange, the nights are weird.
Woke from dreams of military hardware, huge vehicles that could roll over anything, hundreds of them converging at Avebury to meet the media. The days are strange, the nights are weird. It’s day 26, of 28 – only a relaxation … Continue reading
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Walls, firewalls.
So, yeah, you’ll hit some walls, probably firewalls; you are going to get burned. That’s pretty tough and it’s the only way in this yoga thing. Or the only way I know. I am suspecting that the hard part, the … Continue reading
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Dark Days
One problem with following a course in a book is the disproportionate time it takes for some classes. Today’s review took one and a half hours, including the sitting still. Some days take only 20 minutes. I’m feeling pretty exhausted … Continue reading
Torso > Limbs
Problem areas. One of mine is the hamstrings. If you have been practising yogasana for fifteen years you are supposed to be able to touch your toes, right? Right?? Well I can’t. And it doesn’t matter. Stretching, breathing into, relaxing … Continue reading
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Yogasana
I am into the fourth week of the course, with only six days to go. On January 1st, it wasn’t so much a resolution to ‘do’ yoga every day because I find resolutions are made by one part of me … Continue reading
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Hallucinating while the owls hoot
I’m sure we are meant to sleep longer this time of year. In winter, I need way more than the eight hours I usually like and get. Today is one of those days when I know I won’t fully shake … Continue reading
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Nanoscale: World’s Smallest Robot Can Move Atoms
The future won’t be as you imagine it: In a 2009 article in Nature Nanotechnology, Dr. Seeman shared the results of experiments performed by his lab, along with collaborators at Nanjing University in China, in which scientists built a two-armed … Continue reading
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Simple
This compulsion to keep moving. To keep moving within, if not without. What is driving it? What if it’s nothing very much? What if we were spooked once and from there fled? And have been fleeing ever since? Stopping outwardly, … Continue reading
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TV
The nearest analogy to the addictive power of television and the transformation of values that is wrought in the life of the heavy user is probably heroin. Terence McKenna, Food of the Gods
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Nimble
Today was all about side bends: rotations from the waist, triangle, side bends with arms raised, side bends while sitting, leg lifts from lying on the side, and some twists. It’s become automatic to do yoga every day, which is … Continue reading
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Artificial stimulation
Back to work today after the on-off Christmas and New Year period, followed by our staff retreat. Waking up at 0630 with the daylight alarm. It’s less of a surprise that way, with the light slowly increasing for half an … Continue reading
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