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anger is not getting my way in the present;
& fear is not getting my way in the future
anger is not getting my way in the present;
& fear is not getting my way in the future
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Knees, Chest, and Chin Yoga Pose- Ashtanga Namaskara Yoga Pose
Also known as: Salute with Eight Limbs
Type of pose: Backbend
Benefits: Increases the flexibility of the spine.
Knees, Chest and Chin is usually done as part of the Sun Salutation vinyasa sequence. It is can be done as an alternative to Chaturanga Dandasana in the sequence for beginners.
Instructions:
1. From Plank position, drop the knees to the floor.
2. Bring the chest and chin forward and down to the floor, placing the chest right between the hands.
3. Keep the elbows hugging into your sides.
4. The hips should stay high.
Beginners: This pose is like a half push-up, and will help you build the arm strength necessary to move onto Chaturanga Dandasana
Advanced: You may want to include Knees, Chest, and Chin in your first few Sun Salutations as you warm up before going on to Chaturanga.
Also known as: Salute with Eight Limbs
Type of pose: Backbend
Benefits: Increases the flexibility of the spine.
Knees, Chest and Chin is usually done as part of the Sun Salutation vinyasa sequence. It is can be done as an alternative to Chaturanga Dandasana in the sequence for beginners.
Instructions:
1. From Plank position, drop the knees to the floor.
2. Bring the chest and chin forward and down to the floor, placing the chest right between the hands.
3. Keep the elbows hugging into your sides.
4. The hips should stay high.
Beginners: This pose is like a half push-up, and will help you build the arm strength necessary to move onto Chaturanga Dandasana
Advanced: You may want to include Knees, Chest, and Chin in your first few Sun Salutations as you warm up before going on to Chaturanga.
Dharma Tweets: Recovered DharmaTweets
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BuddhaHumor: If yoga twists you into a pretzel does buying a pretzel twist you into a yoga position?Today's Koan: Can one become too attached to getting rid of one's attachments?Month ago, by accident, for a few minutes, I understood the universe & was @ peace. As great as it was, I cannot be attached to a return.Today's Koan. Inspired by singer/songwriter Jimmy Webb's "All I Know." When the singer's gone does the song go on?My dogs Tot & Thunder lie in the morning sun at peace, untroubled about the past, unconcerned about the future. They are canine bodisattvas.Today's Koan: If Shakespeare wrote in Tweets rather than Sonnets, would a rose still smell as sweet?I met a scientist who studies lightning & shoots high speed video of strikes. His video shows moments within moments of strkes. That's Zen.Heard 89 year old WWII fighter pilot talk about dog fights & close calls. Said after all the's been thru, nothing bothers him. That's Zen.Like most prisoners I meet, my new client was desperate, desperate for hope. But desperation is suffering's cousin and we are all related.An I-90 Zen Tail. A redtail hawk perches on road sign and silently surveys his sun-filled short grass prairie domain. Just being, perfectly.If you can't find your way to loving kindness to someone yet, start with liking kindness. If not, then simple civility. Start where you can.It is easy to get caught up in the anger of others. Remember, anger is just a manifestation of suffering. Try to see the suffering.Our future shines before us brightly like a star. Try believing that and see what happens.It sounds counter-intuitive. But try to strive less and live more and let what may come. You might be surprised at your results.I think the anticipate of the snow storm is worse than the actual snow storm. But then again, you don't have to shovel anticipation but you do have to shovel hardened precipitation.Sure, it's a funny line from Buckaroo Bonzai: "Where ever you go, there you are." But it's true. You are always there in that exact moment.Plans, memories, and judgments are the clouds that pass across the clear blue sky of our mindfulness.Your suffering, my suffering, everyone's suffering are all tears in the same rain. Buddhism can be your umbrella from that suffering.Nothing is ever done outside of the present moment. We can recall the past and we can plan the future but life only happens right now.While on a walk, I saw a man with a power washer. Meditation is like a power washer that removes the everyday grime from our minds.Spring uncovers what we have forgotten or have seen but not seen. Think spring as a time to start your dharma practice.Gil Fronsdal says it's enough to just be alive. So be alive. And alive in each moment is possibility and wonder.Just finished walking meditation with the dogs. There was lots of barking.Then my dogs started making noise. By the end, we were all calmer!The Eagles say we live our lives in chains but we have the key. Think of Buddhism as your kindly neighborhood locksmith to help you unlock.You know the way you are? Don't be that way said Lou Grant to Ted Baxter. Or be that way if that is your Buddha nature. Be true to yourself.Our minds are often in a fog. But just beyond the fog is a bright sun & blue sky.Buddhism helps us blow away the fog to find that clarity.My pets live in mindfulness. Eat, play, sleep. Repeat as needed. And that is without years of practice.Most of us strive to become. But what we really need for true happiness is to just be.Memories are our reservoir of past events, lived in that moment, recalled in this moment.Do not ignore your shenpa--anxiety, unease, tightness, stickiness. The first step to overcoming it is to recognize it and embrace it.Nothing is ever done outside of the present moment. We can recall the past and we can plan the future but life only happens right now.Gil Fronsdal asks what are you will to give up so to be just a bit freer? Maybe a bad economy is a blessing if it helps rid us attachments.The search for enlightenment is not an outer search but an inner search. It's there.You just have to find it, like a lost key you misplaced.We all suffer. But our suffering is not our own or someone else's. It is all our suffering. It is all the same suffering.That Twitter would eat the DharmaTweets feed is a painful yet funny reminder of the impermanence of everything--especially Buddhist Tweets.Important safety tip: do not become attached to free services, expecting them to save your stuff. Twitter ate my DharmaTweets feed.
BuddhaHumor: If yoga twists you into a pretzel does buying a pretzel twist you into a yoga position?Today's Koan: Can one become too attached to getting rid of one's attachments?Month ago, by accident, for a few minutes, I understood the universe & was @ peace. As great as it was, I cannot be attached to a return.Today's Koan. Inspired by singer/songwriter Jimmy Webb's "All I Know." When the singer's gone does the song go on?My dogs Tot & Thunder lie in the morning sun at peace, untroubled about the past, unconcerned about the future. They are canine bodisattvas.Today's Koan: If Shakespeare wrote in Tweets rather than Sonnets, would a rose still smell as sweet?I met a scientist who studies lightning & shoots high speed video of strikes. His video shows moments within moments of strkes. That's Zen.Heard 89 year old WWII fighter pilot talk about dog fights & close calls. Said after all the's been thru, nothing bothers him. That's Zen.Like most prisoners I meet, my new client was desperate, desperate for hope. But desperation is suffering's cousin and we are all related.An I-90 Zen Tail. A redtail hawk perches on road sign and silently surveys his sun-filled short grass prairie domain. Just being, perfectly.If you can't find your way to loving kindness to someone yet, start with liking kindness. If not, then simple civility. Start where you can.It is easy to get caught up in the anger of others. Remember, anger is just a manifestation of suffering. Try to see the suffering.Our future shines before us brightly like a star. Try believing that and see what happens.It sounds counter-intuitive. But try to strive less and live more and let what may come. You might be surprised at your results.I think the anticipate of the snow storm is worse than the actual snow storm. But then again, you don't have to shovel anticipation but you do have to shovel hardened precipitation.Sure, it's a funny line from Buckaroo Bonzai: "Where ever you go, there you are." But it's true. You are always there in that exact moment.Plans, memories, and judgments are the clouds that pass across the clear blue sky of our mindfulness.Your suffering, my suffering, everyone's suffering are all tears in the same rain. Buddhism can be your umbrella from that suffering.Nothing is ever done outside of the present moment. We can recall the past and we can plan the future but life only happens right now.While on a walk, I saw a man with a power washer. Meditation is like a power washer that removes the everyday grime from our minds.Spring uncovers what we have forgotten or have seen but not seen. Think spring as a time to start your dharma practice.Gil Fronsdal says it's enough to just be alive. So be alive. And alive in each moment is possibility and wonder.Just finished walking meditation with the dogs. There was lots of barking.Then my dogs started making noise. By the end, we were all calmer!The Eagles say we live our lives in chains but we have the key. Think of Buddhism as your kindly neighborhood locksmith to help you unlock.You know the way you are? Don't be that way said Lou Grant to Ted Baxter. Or be that way if that is your Buddha nature. Be true to yourself.Our minds are often in a fog. But just beyond the fog is a bright sun & blue sky.Buddhism helps us blow away the fog to find that clarity.My pets live in mindfulness. Eat, play, sleep. Repeat as needed. And that is without years of practice.Most of us strive to become. But what we really need for true happiness is to just be.Memories are our reservoir of past events, lived in that moment, recalled in this moment.Do not ignore your shenpa--anxiety, unease, tightness, stickiness. The first step to overcoming it is to recognize it and embrace it.Nothing is ever done outside of the present moment. We can recall the past and we can plan the future but life only happens right now.Gil Fronsdal asks what are you will to give up so to be just a bit freer? Maybe a bad economy is a blessing if it helps rid us attachments.The search for enlightenment is not an outer search but an inner search. It's there.You just have to find it, like a lost key you misplaced.We all suffer. But our suffering is not our own or someone else's. It is all our suffering. It is all the same suffering.That Twitter would eat the DharmaTweets feed is a painful yet funny reminder of the impermanence of everything--especially Buddhist Tweets.Important safety tip: do not become attached to free services, expecting them to save your stuff. Twitter ate my DharmaTweets feed.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
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