Yogini’s Quest

Heavy air, bugs, bulging veins and I am perspiring just walking around my apartment. It’s 27 C (81 F) right now and this apparently “isn’t that bad.”
My students say, “The worst months are August and September.”
I can’t imagine it getting any hotter or more humid. 

In my free time, outside of work friends, my only [...]

I haven’t written about yoga in a while, so since this is an ashtanga blog, let me indulge your desires on the practice here in Busan.
So, where have I been practicing?
I don’t have a website, otherwise I would link it. It’s called Shanti Yoga and it’s an ashtanga studio.  Actually, I’m feeling quite illiterate [...]

When I see I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see I am everything, that is love. My life is a movement between these two.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
The other day, one of my classes had a thinking project on family traditions.  I asked them to brainstorm with me, I got my usual bunch of [...]

 
OK some of you might think this is cheesy, but I love the passion emerging from the speaker.  Teachers really do have the opportunity to make a powerful impact.  I only hope some day I can make a big impression on kids or people, better yet, the world.

I recently found a place nearby that is just starting an ashtanga-mysore style program.  I decided to check it out yesterday.  Well, first, I fell down the stairs coming out of my loft after waking up.  My right arm now has a rather large cut down it and the rest of  the right side isn’t [...]

I woke up so frustrated after my last post. I was at a loss for a solution.
My practice was a joke and I barely did finishing.
A care package arrived from my parents, reminding me so clearly, that yes, with all your insecurities and guilt, you are loved.
This sweet gesture from my parents put me [...]

Are you not willing to be sponged out, erased, canceled, nothing?  If not, you will never really change.
D.H. Lawrence
I am exhausted.  My cat is so loud.  He meows all the time and wakes me up in the middle of the night running around playing.
I know, he just wants attention.
Teaching today was so draining. First, there’s [...]

My girlfriend was telling me about something that irritates her about one of her students.  She was being really funny and animated.  I, of course, started laughing at his expense.  About 2.5 second later, WHAM, I fall off the edge of the sidewalk and have shooting pains towards the edge of my right foot.
annnnd that’s [...]