I love that Mark is a Zen priest as well as an Ashtangi.
Love that it's not as polished as David Swenson's ( the only other 4th series I have on DVD ), David's videos are excellent but.... everything is just a little too perfect. There are a couple of places in this video where you can see Mark is still working hard to get into the pose, makes it look... doable ( OK half of it looks doable, the other half.....not so much ) something to perhaps aspire to after all rather than just sit back in awe.
Love the 'Encouraging words' that scrolls up like a Zen version of Star wars, never fancied a tattoo but there was a second there where the thought of having 'Practice heroically' on one forearm and 'only then you will realise you have not practiced well' on the other, passed through my mind
And there it is, the reason I practice, some might seek to know the self, god or escape the cycle of rebirth, me, I'll settle for,
'Still your mind, end wrong perceptions, concentrate and do not run after the objects of the senses'
plenty to be going on with.
Loved seeing Punga Kukkutasana, brings the asana madness out in me. Oh and the jump into lotus Jump through, very very cool. Only just managed to flip into lotus without using the hands, sitting down, now I find out there's a flying version, yep. Reminds me of some of thoseTibetan yoga videos on youtube where the monks are standing and then just drop to the floor in full lotus.
Anyway here it is, enjoy.
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Ya this one's good.
Can't believe i hadn't seen it 'till this week
Practice heroically. That's it.
Yeah, I love it too, and you are reminding me again, must get on the cushion right now... good thing that we keep posting, it reminds us again and again, just what we need when you think about it!
Nice one, just what I needed on a dark frosty morning before practice, cheers. Oh and I don't have a food blog, just had a rant on the blog I do in Japanese. A guy who comes to my class drinks over 10 cups of coffee a day and is earnestly trying to figure out why he feels irritable! I guess some people don't make the connection. The blog is really just a place to put my teaching schedule on, to try and bring the group together and my occasional five pence worth ; ) Now I can rant away in English, it is taking a while to feel at home on the blog thang tho.
Good morning Ursula, Claudia, Yeah, we need all the help we can get these cold, dark mornings. This morning I'm resting heroically.
Unlike me to take a rest day but I tweaked my back somehow so taking it easy today. Curious one, backbends are fine, dropbacks no problem but forward bends are hurting a little. I'm using one of those hot patches you get in Japan, エスタ will know what i mean , I'm sure. You peel off the backing, stick it to your shirt and your warm all day. Not sure how I did it, felt something a couple of days ago when I slipped on the ice walking my bike, tried to keep the bike upright, should have rested then but tried to stretch it out through practice.
Does take a while to feel at home in a blog space, was easy for me as I pretty much just posted pictures and videos for the first year. Still don't like writing long posts and I seem to delete more than I post these days. I should do a post on posts i didn't post. You've made a nice start though, looking forward to reading more. Took a picture of my Bhekasana, your's is much better with your elbows forming that nice 45o angle, mine looks more like Sweeney's.
Dear Grimmly
yes, I loved that, and blabbed in your FB page. how great that he's a Zen priest too.
cheers,
Arturo
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