I have been busy today building my blog in a new permanent place. Look for that next week. I am excited about it as well as some design work I want to have placed in the site. It is a process and I have a direction I want to move into that I will reveal more about later.
Above is a picture of Richard Freeman, an esteemed yoga teacher. Primarily an Ashtangi, I look forward to doing a silent retreat with four teachers later this year and he is one of the primary teachers. Obviously a very accomplished asana yogi, I am reading his book, THE MIRROR OF YOGA. There is no asana involved in this book. He delves into the spiritual pursuit of yoga and makes a good case for asana as the vehicle towards enlightenment and presence. It is not a light read. I would recommend it for students familiar with the sutras. He is a beautiful writer and I find myself reading passages over and over. It resounds of the philosphy of Buddhism and I connected to it because of my training with Tias Little, who is also a part of the retreat. Check the book out here:
As I have said I am a mulitasker (unfocused person) and just order the following book on Kindle which is also written by a strong asana based yoga teacher but is more about contemplation. I have heard great things about Rod Stryker and recently took a strong class from one of his students. The book is called The Four Desires and is more based on traditional Hindu yoga philosphy. I am guessing the dharma path is similar to Freeman's so will look forward to cmparing the two in a later blog. Here is the link:
I also changed the blog so you can leave comments if you choose. If there is anything else you wish covered in the world of yoga, gardening, canning, politics, just asked. I have really been biting my tongue on politics lately.
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