numerous reflections in the morning
up at ten to nine. so what to do with these few hours?
i determined that i need to leave here around 11:30am to give me time to hit the SF farmers market at the embarcadero and make it to yoga class on time. thus with nearly an hour somehow floating away between waking and a quick check of email and tea and such i've got about two hours left, less by the time i finish this.
i was going to meditate. we have to do ten hours of that in the next month and they suggested starting with 15 minutes a day. i was going to meditate but we're supposed to do that in silence and i'm just not ready to give up my morning Bowery Electric for that. so later, probably when i finish writing this.
there will be no time for a full ashtanga practice. it's amazing how long that takes when you factor in no eating for a minimum of two hours beforehand and that a shower is absolutely necessary after. sure the practice only takes between 1.5 and 2 hours but it changes the way nearly five hours of my day must operate and i'm a bit hungry right now. instead i will do my calisthenics. that is, after tea and Bowery Electric and meditation. next week i guess i'll have to get up at about 7:30am to be sure to get in my ashtanga practice before training.
yesterday i cleared out my studio and prepared it to be a yoga sanctuary. it still needs work but it is quite functional now. enough space for all but the largest asanas and the computer area curtained off so i don't have to look at it while i practice. i stole my lamp back from the common space so i have some nice lighting in here, too. coming up will be tapestries and such as well as a decent sized statue of Patanjali and Ganesha and perhaps some manifestation of Vishnu with which I find I connect. i also need to do something about the floor. perhaps i will paint it. perhaps i will find some wood flooring at Urban Ore that i can lay down over part of it. the giant robot head someone else painted before i moved in, though amusing doesn't fit what i want for the space.
time keeps on slipping into the future. i'm cutting myself off with this entry at 9:55am.
yesterday was the first day of teacher training, mostly and introduction with question and answers and the presentation of the sylabus and homework assignments. conveniently i have already done most of the homework by reading Yoga Mala over the last two weeks. Furthermore I am already engaged in reading the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita. the instructors are great, though a bit hippie-like, and i am so pleased about the ecological focus of this training which is a rare phenomenon indeed. these guys actually started the Green Yoga Association and part of our Karma Yoga requirement can be fulfilled volunteering for that. i could go on about this, but it so warms my heart and my spirit smiles to hear a love of the natural world so integrated with the practice. and they actually admonished us against single using bottled water and asked us to recycle on site and such. the training manual has a picture of a path in the forest on it. i'm not feeling to eloquent about this at the moment, moreso i just want to smile warmly at the leaf-filtered light and touch the trees and rub my face on the soft flowers.
last night when i came home the warehouse was empty and i felt a bit lonely because of it. no big surprise though, 10:30 on a friday night and people have fun things to do. so i made myself some gyoza and ramen and talked to jenny on the phone for a bit. then breanna and rabbit appeared with the lamps i lent to the Lucid Dream Lounge and Keeli appeared and joined us for about a half hour of hanging out and talking. they are off to the Mutant Fest which I would go to but for my yoga training. it sounds wonderful. that little visit was just the the creature company i needed to not have a lonely evening. good hugs goodbye and i soon went to sleep.
but my time is up on this thing. i will pass hours writing if i am not careful, which is good when i want to write, but i have other things to do this morning.
i love you all each in your own way as i love the All. many blessing to you.
i determined that i need to leave here around 11:30am to give me time to hit the SF farmers market at the embarcadero and make it to yoga class on time. thus with nearly an hour somehow floating away between waking and a quick check of email and tea and such i've got about two hours left, less by the time i finish this.
i was going to meditate. we have to do ten hours of that in the next month and they suggested starting with 15 minutes a day. i was going to meditate but we're supposed to do that in silence and i'm just not ready to give up my morning Bowery Electric for that. so later, probably when i finish writing this.
there will be no time for a full ashtanga practice. it's amazing how long that takes when you factor in no eating for a minimum of two hours beforehand and that a shower is absolutely necessary after. sure the practice only takes between 1.5 and 2 hours but it changes the way nearly five hours of my day must operate and i'm a bit hungry right now. instead i will do my calisthenics. that is, after tea and Bowery Electric and meditation. next week i guess i'll have to get up at about 7:30am to be sure to get in my ashtanga practice before training.
yesterday i cleared out my studio and prepared it to be a yoga sanctuary. it still needs work but it is quite functional now. enough space for all but the largest asanas and the computer area curtained off so i don't have to look at it while i practice. i stole my lamp back from the common space so i have some nice lighting in here, too. coming up will be tapestries and such as well as a decent sized statue of Patanjali and Ganesha and perhaps some manifestation of Vishnu with which I find I connect. i also need to do something about the floor. perhaps i will paint it. perhaps i will find some wood flooring at Urban Ore that i can lay down over part of it. the giant robot head someone else painted before i moved in, though amusing doesn't fit what i want for the space.
time keeps on slipping into the future. i'm cutting myself off with this entry at 9:55am.
yesterday was the first day of teacher training, mostly and introduction with question and answers and the presentation of the sylabus and homework assignments. conveniently i have already done most of the homework by reading Yoga Mala over the last two weeks. Furthermore I am already engaged in reading the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita. the instructors are great, though a bit hippie-like, and i am so pleased about the ecological focus of this training which is a rare phenomenon indeed. these guys actually started the Green Yoga Association and part of our Karma Yoga requirement can be fulfilled volunteering for that. i could go on about this, but it so warms my heart and my spirit smiles to hear a love of the natural world so integrated with the practice. and they actually admonished us against single using bottled water and asked us to recycle on site and such. the training manual has a picture of a path in the forest on it. i'm not feeling to eloquent about this at the moment, moreso i just want to smile warmly at the leaf-filtered light and touch the trees and rub my face on the soft flowers.
last night when i came home the warehouse was empty and i felt a bit lonely because of it. no big surprise though, 10:30 on a friday night and people have fun things to do. so i made myself some gyoza and ramen and talked to jenny on the phone for a bit. then breanna and rabbit appeared with the lamps i lent to the Lucid Dream Lounge and Keeli appeared and joined us for about a half hour of hanging out and talking. they are off to the Mutant Fest which I would go to but for my yoga training. it sounds wonderful. that little visit was just the the creature company i needed to not have a lonely evening. good hugs goodbye and i soon went to sleep.
but my time is up on this thing. i will pass hours writing if i am not careful, which is good when i want to write, but i have other things to do this morning.
i love you all each in your own way as i love the All. many blessing to you.