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Karma, Samskara, Potholes and the Splits
Yoga and several other eastern philosophies are built around the concept of the wheel of karma and samskara.
Karma is action. Samskara is the imprint of the action: the unresolvedness of the action.
POTHOLES, a metaphor
Where I grew up there were still a few dirt roads left. I'd often see in these dirt roads these strings of potholes, decreasing in size. As I looked at them I deduced which was the initial pothole, the first and largest - it's cause unknown,…
ContinuePosted by David Schlussel on November 18, 2011 at 10:00am
yoga & emotions
Leaving class the other day I overheard something both beautiful and curious. A student who was leaving the class I just taught said to someone who hadn't, something like "I want to go home and have a good cry." The other person (I'll call them "Chris") said "I know, I always feel like that after his class, that's why i stopped going."
I posted this as my FB status and got a lot of interesting responses, which has had me sit down and think about it. These are my thoughts,…
ContinuePosted by David Schlussel on October 5, 2011 at 8:23pm
Introduction to Interchange Tonight Monday (9/12/2011)
An introduction will be led by Steve Bearman, PhD, the founder and facilitator of Interchange this Monday (September 12th) at 7pm. The evening will be a gathering of people getting to know each other and learning about Interchange. It will also be a chance for us to meet and chat if I haven’t seen you in a while, it'll be awesome :)
Details:
September 12th (Monday) 7pm
1808 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 94703 (map)
cell: (415)…
Posted by John Van Dinther on September 12, 2011 at 3:52pm
What is Spirituality?
I've been meeting with a group called the Center for World Spirituality.
What's exciting to me about them is that they seem to be creating a place for Spirituality to blossom independent of religion. For people to foster their connection to spirit rather than their connection to a place or system of worship.
Which has me question what spirit actually is. So I call on some powerful teachings...
Yoga is not a religion, a belief…Continue
Posted by David Schlussel on June 1, 2011 at 11:18am
Yoga and the Art of the Nearly Impossible
I sometimes think of yoga as the practice of exploring the nearly impossible.
All these crazy postures: they seem impossible, but someone has achieved them, so that means they actually ARE possible. One of my first big conceptual breakthroughs in my yoga practice was replacing "can't" with "haven't" when referring to my abilities both on and off the mat. "Can't" means to me that it is outside of my abilities, now and forevermore. "Haven't" implies that it just hasn't happened… Continue
All these crazy postures: they seem impossible, but someone has achieved them, so that means they actually ARE possible. One of my first big conceptual breakthroughs in my yoga practice was replacing "can't" with "haven't" when referring to my abilities both on and off the mat. "Can't" means to me that it is outside of my abilities, now and forevermore. "Haven't" implies that it just hasn't happened… Continue
Posted by David Schlussel on April 26, 2011 at 5:00pm
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Karma, Samskara, Potholes and the Splits
Yoga and several other eastern philosophies are built around the concept of the wheel of karma and samskara.Karma is action. Samskara is the imprint of the action: the unresolvedness of the action. POTHOLES, a metaphorWhere I grew up there were still a few dirt roads left. I'd often see in these dirt roads these strings of potholes, decreasing in size. As I looked at them I deduced which was the initial pothole, the first and largest - it's cause unknown, perhaps a puddle. When cars hit the…See More
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yoga & emotions
Leaving class the other day I overheard something both beautiful and curious. A student who was leaving the class I just taught said to someone who hadn't, something like "I want to go home and have a good cry." The other person (I'll call them "Chris") said "I know, I always feel like that after his class, that's why i stopped going." I posted this as my FB status and got a lot of interesting responses, which has had me sit down and think about it. These are my thoughts, I'd love to hear…See More
Blog post by David Schlussel
Introduction to Interchange Tonight Monday (9/12/2011)
An introduction will be led by Steve Bearman, PhD, the founder and facilitator of Interchange this Monday (September 12th) at 7pm. The evening will be a gathering of people getting to know each other and learning about Interchange. It will also be a chance for us to meet and chat if I haven’t seen you in a while, it'll be awesome :)Details:September 12th (Monday) 7pm1808 Addison St. Berkeley, CA 94703 (map)cell: (415) 515-1252I took the Interchange program…See More
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