tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post1537531923769487142..comments2023-09-30T06:10:34.381-07:00Comments on Shadow Knows: Starting the Kar-maRobbi N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-19694334902075208972013-03-02T07:49:08.122-08:002013-03-02T07:49:08.122-08:00Thanks Marly. I must read that story! It sounds wo...Thanks Marly. I must read that story! It sounds wonderful.<br />I for one do not come to yoga class to be noticed. Although I generally sit in the front, because of my height and deafness, I wish to melt into the class. <br />My ability is not so wonderful that I think I could serve as a model, though sometimes the teacher does single me out--as often for my characteristic errors as for my ability to approximate the pose as it ought to be done.<br />But this is a wonderful fantasy that I must read for myself. Where could I find it?Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-23829485517427561432013-03-01T16:20:33.329-08:002013-03-01T16:20:33.329-08:00Thought of you. From a review of "Unstuck&quo...<br />Thought of you. From a review of "Unstuck" (mag)--<br /><br />Julieta García González’s story “The Beginner in a Yoga Class” (translated from the Spanish by Toshiya Kamei) concerns a brash new student to a yoga class who “came in trying, as always, to get noticed, but no one paid her much attention.” During this lesson, however, the class is forced to pay attention to her as her posture and appearance begin to take on aspects of each pose that the instructor asks of the class. Her transformation starts slowly, in tadasana, the mountain pose, with dirt appearing between her toes and on her thighs without any apparent reason. The changes become more drastic, as her body becomes coated with armor during the Warrior 2 pose. The story hovers between the unreal and real as the class bands together to try to rescue the woman from being permanently stuck in a pose.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-3425158849007789092013-02-24T15:18:05.497-08:002013-02-24T15:18:05.497-08:00It would be nice to think so. It would be nice to think so. Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-50576793778567835872013-02-22T09:08:36.530-08:002013-02-22T09:08:36.530-08:00Glad you are posting again, Robbi. And perhaps tha...Glad you are posting again, Robbi. And perhaps that, too, is a way of being kind...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-10397064004185318412013-02-17T07:21:43.566-08:002013-02-17T07:21:43.566-08:00I still honor the memory of Gandhi, even if he was...I still honor the memory of Gandhi, even if he was a flawed person, who beat his wife and drove his son to suicide. Human beings are flawed, but no one can deny the great things this man did.<br />All we can do is try to be as kind as possible. This is why we are here.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-11384349490461622672013-02-15T18:07:06.907-08:002013-02-15T18:07:06.907-08:00“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more pow...“The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” <br />― Mahatma GandhiMichele Wnoreply@blogger.com