a non-linear, unsteady aerodynamic effect occurring when aerofoils rapidly change angle or, in simpler terms, how the bumblebee is able to fly
In: Yoga
30 Jul 2006A couple of months ago I gave up my yoga room so that my 20 year-old nephew could move in. I smooshed all the yoga stuff into my already over-stuffed and very messy office then pulled a standard Scarlett O’Hara/Barbara Wood. I decided to not deal with it till tomorrow “for tomorrow is another day”! [...]
Here’s my playlist for the hours between 10 PM and whatever in the AM –
1. Bachelorette – Bjork
2. Saved – Bowery Electric
3. Underwater – Delerium
4. Bonfire – Lamb
5. Electro Shock Faders – Hooverphonic
6. Clubbed To Death – Rob Dougan
7. At The Heart Of It All – Nine Inch Nails
8. Junkdrome – Front 242
9. Predator (Final [...]
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7 Oct 2005Niyama
The second limb of the eightfold path has to do with self-discipline, the cultivation of certain virtues and spiritual observances. It describes actions and attitudes that should be cultivated to overcome the illusion of separation and the suffering it causes thus facilitating spiritual progress.The five niyamas are –
Saucha (saow-chuh) cleanliness
Santosha (sahn-toe-shuh) contentment
Tapas (tah-puhs) heat; spiritual [...]
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20 Sep 2005I have been thinking about what kind of person I want to be.
Why? I have no idea.
(By the by, this values discovery is in progress, hence the combining of past and present tense verbs.)
I think I have it my mind from some self-help book along the way that I don’t have to sit around daydreaming [...]
My yoga teacher read this poem the first day of yoga class last year. It made me cry right there in front of complete strangers.
I don’t want you to think that I’m denouncing crying. I’m not. I cry and I know there is nothing wrong with it.
However, the suddeness and intensity of emotion triggered by [...]