By ryan October 13, 2014 blogging cyber-shala practice the Dark Side The Cybershala, Ashtangeeks, and Ashtanga Sith Lords I have been following with great interest some of the discussion that has arisen in the Ashtanga blogosphere as a result of the recent publi...
By ryan October 13, 2014 blogging past lives siddhis yoga Some neither here-nor-there musings on a downcast, snowy Friday afternoon It's almost 5 p.m. on Friday afternoon. I'm sitting here in front of my computer, musing over a few things that have occurred to me ...
By ryan October 13, 2014 blogging Lino Miele rainbows Double rainbows, the non-virtues of blogging, and Lino's upcoming Montana workshop Wow, it's been more than two weeks since I wrote anything here. I haven't been that busy, although the beginning of the academic yea...
By ryan August 01, 2013 Battlestar Galactica blogging life Long live Cylon-free Ashtanga blogging I just finished watching all four seasons of Battlestar Galactica: About half an hour ago, I consumed completed the last episode of season 4...
By ryan May 26, 2013 blogging practice Practice with stomach trouble, this blogging thing I discovered something this morning: It is possible to do full primary to Sharath's count while having stomach trouble. It all started l...
By ryan April 10, 2013 blogging jumping the shark kapotasana practice Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana Dancing and backbending; Has Ashtanga blogging jumped the shark? Is there even a shark to be jumped? Practice this morning was... actually, I can't quite find one or two adjectives to describe how it was, so I guess I'll just describ...
By ryan March 19, 2013 blogging chaos encounters kino So I don't blog, chaos, and encounters Haven't felt much of a desire to blog lately. I'm guessing this is because much of what I blog about here has something to do with m...
By ryan January 11, 2013 blogging Idaho snow Perfect Blogging Weather Darn, these Idaho folks are strong! How can she get by with wearing so little in this weather? This is the view from the window of the coffe...
By ryan November 08, 2012 being real blogging talking shit about others yoga teaching The deadly trifecta: yoga blogging, yoga teaching, and "real" life Deborah from The Beauty of Everyday Things recently wrote an interesting post on her blog, in which she ponders and examines the relations...
By ryan November 04, 2012 blogging led primary practice rambling Sharath writing Lightness and strength in Navasana; Rambling about rambling This morning, I did full primary to Sharath's led primary CD. Gosh, doing full primary to Sharath's vinyasa count is the asana equiv...
By ryan September 08, 2012 Ashtanga Ashtanga-bashing blogging kino traffic Some assorted Saturday morning thoughts on Ashtanga-bashing, Fish and Chips, and watching Kino videos I did full primary this morning; it was very relaxing and refreshing. I know, I know, I practice on Saturdays (Sunday is my rest day). I gue...
By ryan August 31, 2012 backbends blog award blogging Chakrabandhasana practice That sweet, delicious burning sensation in backbends; Yoga Blog Award Practice this morning was very nice and refreshing. Especially the backbends. After dropping back and coming back up three times, I succeede...
By ryan February 20, 2012 blogging Blogging about everything and nothing in particular I have been having a lot of trouble motivating myself to blog the last few days. What could there be to blog about? I can blog about my prac...
By ryan February 14, 2012 acupuncture blogging Do you have to be anybody special to blog? (You probably know the answer to this one...) Whew! This past weekend was packed so full with activities; from the way things are looking, this coming week will probably be just as busy....