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Turning off the Tape Recorder
Turning off the tape recorder
Ok, I lied. This post is not going to be about what I saw in the photo from my previous post. But don't worry; I will get to that at some point. However, I just got back from one of my yoga classes and the focus of the class was one that really struck a chord for me.
Every week we focus on a certain chakra and what those chakras control and maintain. This week was about the chakra that controls stubbornness, your will, and your intellect- the Manipura Chakra.
Now, if you know me at all you know that I am very much a Capricorn and this makes me extremely stubborn. Yeah, I admit it. I can be very pigheaded and pretty much always want to believe I'm right. But, sometimes my stubbornness works in my favor- so it's a good balance. But, what a lot of people don't know about me is that I am also insanely hard on myself. I have a constant tape recorder going through my head that pretty much tells me I fail at life. Obviously this isn't true- in fact based on facts alone I'm pretty damn successful. However, this tape recorder jades my view of this. During everyone's favorite part of yoga (the part where you take a 10 minute cat nap) our instructor guided us through a mantra or meditation type thing. She stated that the only thing holding us back from being the new us and being successful is that stupid little tape recorder. Granted she stated it a bit more eloquently, but you get the point.
This really resonated with me and was kind of a wake up kick to my head. I know that I've been told a million times to not listen to the negative thoughts that go through my head on an hourly basis- but I've never really felt the push to really work on this idea. I mentioned in a previous post that I saw a therapist (yup- going back to this now). Well, she is one of the biggest advocates for turning off the tape recorder. Until I started seeing her I always half-heartedly followed the advice. But, with her I've actually tried (yeah she's that awesome). Well, I felt and thought that I had tried anyways.
Now that I'm sitting here mulling over the words my yoga instructor stated tonight I realized that this isn't necessarily true. I did try and truly thought I was making an effort- but, I was still letting my tape recorder control just how much effort I put in and what seemed like enough. This stuff isn't easy ya know? I realize now that it's never going to be easy to just brush off the thoughts and negative feelings, but I can't put half the effort in and expect extraordinary results. I think I have also finally realized that it's not going to be "all in a day's work" and that it's going to take time and a lot of practice.
I'll probably mess up a few times and I'll probably grow quite a bit more too. But, I guess that's kind of the point of everything in life right? My challenge to you this week is to turn (or try to turn) off the tape recorder- even if only for a minute. Take those 60 seconds and realize just how epically amazing and awesome and unique and powerful you are.
For more: http://amkantrovich.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/turning-off-the-tape-recorder/
Andrea has been a student at SSYS since we opened in 2009.
Back to the Mat: My Reconciliation With Yoga. ~ Heather O'Hare
Some people have epiphanies. Some people recognize the signs sent to them a little easier.
For me, the signs weren't enough, nor the pit in my stomach; none of the warning signs were heeded. So, the need for change hit me like a freight train and happened all at once. The end of a dependent relationship, financial turmoil, bad career decisions—it all came to a brutal head.
When I was finally able to come up for air, I found myself at a yoga retreat in Central America, shaking, crying, and cradling myself in a ball on the floor in a room full of strangers. It wasn't the bottom; I was still in free fall and desperately looking for anyone to cling to and tell me that it was all going to be OK. I was looking for any way to avoid spending time alone, having to face the thoughts in my head.
Every morning of that retreat, I waded waist deep into the ocean, tears running down my face, begging the Universe to send someone to love me. The emptiness felt all encompassing. To be alone with myself felt like a death sentence, even if for just a few minutes.
Over the next several months I ingratiated myself in the world of yoga: classes, teacher training, blogs, conferences. Still searching desperately for the answer to come to me in one glorious, life rendering moment—convinced that yoga and now the universe were obligated to bring me love, someone to take care of me, to fill the emptiness that was my ever-present companion.
After months of trying to squeeze my intended purpose from the yoga stone, I found myself turning away from it altogether. I was angry.
Look at how much time I had dedicated, how many days I had bowed my head to the mat showing gratitude and still, the universe hadn't paid up. I was still alone, still scared. The pit in my stomach grew, I felt as if I would turn inside out from loneliness.
A few months after telling my yoga mat to go kiss off and turning away from my practice altogether, I moved thousands of miles from the city I had always called home. I moved away from all of the people who told me "it will be all right" as I went through another breakdown. Away from all the comforts. Into isolation. To a city where I knew no one. Living alone for the first time. No safety net.
I even tried a few yoga classes again, but was frustrated when my body betrayed me, not able to bend itself into poses as easily after months of neglect. My ego once again bruised, I felt my relationship with yoga to be even more strained than ever.
But living alone was where I first started to hear myself and feel a connection to the things I had learned about meditation. I found myself able to find some peace in the quiet when life was strained. When I would break down and reach for the phone to make a long distance plea for comfort, I heard my own voice saying "it will be all right. It will be better than all right. You are fine. Breathe."
It was in this solitary life that I began, perhaps for the very first time, to look at my naked body each morning, finding places I am growing to love more each day—parts of me I used to see as flaws or opportunities for rejection.
Now, it is my own voice that I hear saying, "I love you, breathe," when the void feels ever so wide. And for the first time, those words don't fill me with the fear of potential loss and the desperation to hold on for dear life.
I know that this is the love that I will never lose.
In a recent yoga class, when my stiffened body was unable to move fully into poses, it brought a smile to my face instead of my previous go to, "I hate my body. Why is this so hard for me? And only me?" I know that limitations are a part of life. My relationship with myself and with yoga are an everyday practice that will likely always be far from perfect, and none of us are without our imperfections and insecurities.
When I bowed my head to that dusty, neglected mat at the end of class, I realized that I am finally finding appreciation for the tough love that this practice has shown me.
This blog comes courtesy our friends at elephant: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/back-to-the-mat-my-reconciliation-with-yoga-heather-ohare/
9 Rules Every Yoga Teacher Should Follow. ~ Rob Pollak ~ Funny!
Nine simple things that every yoga teacher can do to make class a little bit more awesome.
Rule 1: Pay Attention to me!
Most yoga teachers really like yoga and also happen to be very good at it. These traits, however, do not mean that I'm taking your class to watch you be awesome. If that's what I was seeking, I'd flip on your youtube channel. Please don't forget the real, live, disgustingly sweaty people right there behind you. So, goddamnit, pay attention to us!
The best teachers strike a balance between showing off their mad skills and watching students struggle to get the little things right. They use their strength and ability to demonstrate or highlight certain aspects of a pose rather than to show off a one-handed side crow headstand that they've been working on in their Super-level eight goddess class.
If I leave class thinking, "Wow, that teacher was sooo good at yoga," then something went horribly wrong. I should walk by the treadmills on my way out of the gym thinking, "Wow, I am freaking awesome at yoga. Suck it, runners!"
Rule 2: Introduce yourself to your students:
Loyal readers of mine will remember that I'm working on introducing myself. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't introduce yourself to me first.
All it takes is a one second conversation in which the teacher comes over and says, "Hey, I'm [insert hippie name]. Have you done yoga before? Any questions? Namaste, bro." Boom. Instant openness and camaraderie.
However, since we're preaching mindfulness here, just remember to be mindful of your junk:
3. Ignore Anything You Weren't Supposed to See.
Look, things happen in yoga classes. Like the time I saw the entire left ball of the guy practicing next to me. Or how every time I jump from a standing fold into a push up, my shirt flies up a little bit, exposing the lower portion of my back (aka the upper portion of my ass). Look, I realize that the teacher is going to see everything that's going on down there. Maybe he or she will even give it a once or twice over to size me up. Totally cool. There's just no need to draw attention to the fact that I've got a little hair down there. Or that my love handles make twisting poses slightly more difficult.
How about we just agree to keep a few things between us?
In other words, maybe the moment my naked back and partially naked ass are exposed is not the best time for you to do that adjustment. You know the one. It's when you grab my hips and pull them back or rest your hand on the sweaty small of my back and push with all your might. Yeah, save that for my first down dog. Just before the sweating starts.
I suspect we'll both be happy with that agreement.
4. If you're gonna Om, Om loudly.
At first, I admittedly did not like chanting "om." Now, I can tolerate it. Maybe sometimes it's kind of nice. Oh whatever. You caught me. I like it. So what. This isn't the place for judgment.
Listen up, teachers: If you're going to start with an Om, then do so with gusto-mmmm. Trust me, the class will follow your lead. But if you are timid and mousy with your om, then guess what? Your class will be quiet and timid and self-conscious when they holla' back.
Also—and this is admittedly quite selfish of me—I'm 100 percent tone-deaf, so if you say it loud and say it proud, then I can join in without others noticing that I am the discordant MF'er ruining spiritual bliss.
5. Remember my name and use it.
We've already agreed that introductions are key. Well, that's the easy part. The hard part is remembering those names and then using them throughout class. A deftly timed "Nice job, Bikram," or "Sweet crow, Baba," or "Pull your hips back, Tara" really pulls those people into the class.
But surprisingly, even when the teacher refers to someone else by name, I find that I try harder.
I'm all, "I want that too." "Hey look at me!" "Don't you think my crow is good?" "I'm trying so hard over here, you guys!"
Even a "whoa, looking a little sweaty, Rob" wins me over. Or, if you want to ignore rule three, I'll even take an "I can see a little bit of your ass crack, Rob. Pull up your pants, you disgusting slob."
6. Go easy on the Rumi, okay?
Oh wow, you studied at an Ashram in India! And then you memorized all of Rumi's quotes? You don't say! That's amazing!!! Sincerely.
But you know who doesn't even know what an Ashram is? Guess who never took English 101 in college and doesn't understand "quotes"? Oh yeah, that's right! This guy.
That doesn't mean you have to give up on Rumi altogether. What it means is that you should feel free to explain things to me. Even the stuff that seem painfully obvious. Because when you say a quote and then say, "well that speaks for itself," what I'm thinking is "No. That doesn't speak for itself. I hate this stupid class. I don't get it. Wah wah wah poor me."
While I'm thinking that, I'm sitting there nodding my head pretending to look like I have the slightest clue what you're saying. Then I start thinking, "Damn, I bet she smoked a toooonnnnn of a pot in college. That's so hot."
7. Come On, Speak English.
For the first three months I practiced yoga, I mistakenly thought every Sanskrit word meant Savasana. For any non-yoga people reading this, Savasana is a made up word that literally translates to "lie on the floor while thinking about everything you were supposed to do today but didn't."
Yoga teachers of America, you know how to fix that problem? Just speak English. We all understand English (except the Latvian woman who sometimes comes to that Vinyasa flow class on Wednesdays), so everyone will be on the same page when you say "Do crow."
An added benefit: You may avoid that tattoo in Sanskrit. The one you think means, "Peaceful Warrior" but actually means, "judgmental douchebag" Oops!
8. Be Considerate of Your Diverse Class When Giving Instructions.
So what if your class is usually all hot limber women? I'm here now, and I'd like to feel welcome, too! In order to make everyone feel at home, yoga teachers should give instructions that are mindful of the entirety of the class, not its largest component.
So no more "put this block under your bra strap," or "you should feel a good stretch in your vagina."
9. Make Class Fun!
This goes without saying, but if I'm having fun, I'm not thinking about how much I hate the teacher for all of the horrible painful things she's making me do. So make it fun.
One incredibly east way to make yoga more fun is by sharing this post with everyone you've ever met. And then following this blog at www.robpollak.com or on facebook.
This blog comes courtesy of Rob Pollack: http://robpollak.com/2013/01/16/9-rules-every-yoga-teacher-should-follow/
10 Principles About Life to Look at Every Day
1. Bad situations in life are only temporary.
"If you are going through hell, keep going." ~ Winston Churchill
Life is messy—bad things happen to good people. We all face hardships, but what makes us human is the ability to bounce back. We can become more resilient than we did before. Some things happen that we have no control over.
You can find strength in situations that you never thought possible if you just keep moving forward.
2. Be open and compassionate.
"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." ~ Albert Einstein
Sometime events occur in your life that cause you to close. You assume every situation is going to occur the same way: if you were hurt once, you will be hurt again. This is not true. It's better to forgive than to hold a grudge.
3. Things aren't going to always workout the way you plan.
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. " ~ Shunryu Suzuki
Don't approach life with expectations of how things should or shouldn't be. So many conflicts in life occur because someone is attached to a plan on how things should or shouldn't work.
It's alright to have goals, aspirations and dreams, but you don't have to be set on a particular outcome. Sometimes the worst tragedies in people's life turn out to be the best.
4. People's opinions of you are not who you are.
"If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own." ~ Paulo Coelho
Some people might say terrible things to you—who cares!? They might make a comment on your work, or your blog post. There's no reason you need internalize it. Some people aren't conscious of the things they say to people. So just be compassionate towards them.
5. You're going to fail at things.
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fail, fail and fail some more. Find inspiration in children, how many times does a child fail before they get something right, children are constantly trying new things and failing. Learn from them!
Go out and try new things! No one has ever been good at something without failing.
6. Find a reason to laugh every day.
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~ Charlie Chaplin
I think there is no greater mood lifter than to find a way to laugh every day. Find people every day to have a good laugh with.
7. Some days are good; some days are bad.
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them—that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." ~ Lao Tzu
I one time was in line at a bank, and I heard something that changed my life. The clerk said to a customer, "How's business?" The customer responded, "Some days good, some days bad." Then the customer smiled.
You're not your car; you're not your fear; you're not your feelings. Some days you will have good feelings, some days you will have bad feelings.
8. Do what you love every day.
"Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love." ~ Rumi
If you're a writer, do it every day. If you're a musician, do it every day. If you're an actor, do it every day. If you're a bobsledder, do it every day.
Whatever you like to do—just do it. But make sure you do it every day. Because if you do it every day you'll become good at it, and when you're good at something you can make a living out of it, if you decide to.
Who do you need permission from—your friends? This is not their life. This is your life. Do what you love to do.
9. Find some time to do some meditation.
"I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one." ~ Gandhi
I don't care if you hate spirituality and you think meditation is for people that live on top of a mountain and eat plants. You might just feel better if you take some time throughout the day to close your eyes and check in with your breathing.
If you think meditation is weird—that's your opinion—it doesn't mean it's right. There are over 3,000 studies on the effects of meditation and over 2,500 years of Eastern philosophy behind it. I don't understand why everyone in the world doesn't at least try meditation. I think the world would be a better place.
10. Be a rebel—with a cause.
"I rebel; therefore I exist." ~ Albert Camus
Break the rules. Who cares?! Don't get arrested or doing anything illegal, but it's alright to break the rules. Anyone who ever did anything worth doing was a trouble maker. Steve Jobs—trouble maker. Albert Einstein—trouble maker. Amelia Earhart—trouble maker. It's alright to be a troublemaker and break free from the status quo.
This blog comes courtesy our friends at elephant: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/10-principles-about-life-to-look-at-every-day/
Favorite Obscure Cues and Their Translations Revealed!
Ever been stuck in a class utterly perplexed by the lexicon of yogaspeak? Me too! Thankfully I have compiled a cheat sheet for all your mind-bending yoga cue needs. Translation, please!
I took a yoga class recently at an unfamiliar studio as part of my yoga teacher training. Being the practicing yogini that I am, I settled myself down on my mat and tried to keep an open mind. To say that I needed a dictionary to understand the teacher's cues would be an understatement. I needed a thesaurus, and an encyclopedia. A short tour inside her yogi brain wouldn't have hurt either! So in order to save you some awkward pauses, and to help yoga teachers avoid confused looks, I decided to share my top 10 translations with you!
1. Blossom your fingers: No, your fingers did not turn into flowers in the few seconds you haven't been looking. This probably just means engage or spread your fingers. Done.
2. Find your breath: No worries, your breath was never lost – just use your nose and suck in air like you've been doing all your life!
3. Puff your kidneys: If your teacher tells you this, you have my permission to give her a perplexed stare until she/he realizes this cue is just plain dangerous. Seriously, if you have puffed kidneys, visit a doctor.
4. Spiral your thigh bones out like a rainbow: I don't know about you, but this comes off rather kinky. Anusara cue or not, if your teacher is staring straight at you and starts to speak like a leprechaun while saying this…run far, far away.
5. Open your heart space: The gist here is to broaden your chest, slide your shoulder blades down, expand your rib cage via your breath, relax your neck muscles, pull in your core… THIS is your heart "space."
6. Feel the river of energy flow through your core: Huh? Last time I checked I didn't notice a river flowing through me. I wonder if there's a forest too? Maybe some fishes? Hold on let me go check. In short, feel the burn.
7. Allow the back of your heart to curve: Don't freak out here, I can't curve my heart either – curve your thoracic spine (behind your heart) and you'll be good.
8. Flutter your butt cheeks: Pardon? I may be wrong but I believe (HOPE) this means engage your mula bandha. I don't know about you, but I don't flutter my butt cheeks for just anyone. Hug your midline. Engage your core towards the center of your body and don't forget to breathe! Or go on, hug yourself, it's your prerogative.
9. Shine the heart forward as if it's springing out of your chest: Egads, if my heart sprung out of my chest I would be too busy dying to worry about shining forward. If you see shining and/or springing hearts, I recommend calling 911. Spread your collar bones, chest forward. Safety first.
Well there you have it! I hope you yogis and yoginis are better equipped to handle obscure cues now. When in doubt just breathe and look around the room to see what everyone else is doing. Odds are, they are just as confused as you so at least you won't be alone!
A few of my favorites worth honorable mention (and yes, these were all really instructions given in a class):
Remove the fluff from your sitz bones
Make space in your kidneys
Make your collarbones bright
Hug the muscles to your bones
Draw up through the legs as if your are putting on a pair of pantyhose
Let your spine pour out like water
Imagine there are 2 windows where you buttocks meet your thighs, now open those windows
All-time favorite:
I had a teacher during my YTT whose catchphrase was "blossom those buttocks." And I do believe one teacher of yore instructed us to imagine a lotus blossoming internally from our perineum. I never knew our nether regions were so floral. Maybe my farts really do smell like roses!
Subbing Hell
- At May 18, 2012
Ok, maybe it's not a layer of hell, but it can be really uncomfortable.
If you've ever subbed a class for someone else, particularly a very well-loved teacher, you know what I'm talking about. Two days ago I guest taught for a popular teacher for the first time. I felt honored and grateful and excited to share my teaching with her lovely students. But when I sat down in the spot that she normally sits in, I suddenly felt like a dazed deer. The thought, "this is her spot" went through my head, and I had a surreal moment when I felt like I was in a spotlight.
Not in the "Oooh, look at me! I'm in the spotlight!" kind of way. But the kind where I'm trying to quietly sneak out of somewhere and all of a sudden thwak, the spotlight goes on and I'm frozen in my tracks, exposed.
The truth is, a subbed class is an awkward and potentially triggering event for sub and students alike. As a teacher, you're unfamiliar with the students and maybe it's not a class time or style that you normally teach, so you're completely out of your comfort zone.
As a student, it's not the warm fuzzy blanket of what's familiar, so you're also out of your comfort zone. And when everyone in the room is out of their comfort zone, you get a whole room full of triggered people. And the only thing worse than a room full of triggered people is a room full of people who are triggered but don't know that they're triggered, or are triggered and are trying to pretend like they aren't. In my experience, this is often the case in a yoga class with a sub.
Having been a student in a class where my teacher has a sub, I know that being triggered for me means being ornery or being inwardly judgmental of the new teacher, or (yes, I've done this, too) just deciding to leave when I see that it's not my teacher who is teaching.
Given that I know that students must feel some of the same things that I've experienced as a student, when I'm a sub and I'm triggered because I'm uncomfortable, my tendency is to try to make the students feel comfortable.
In the past I've done this in different ways—I've tried to teach more aligned with how their usual teacher teaches than with how I teach, I've taught a very vanilla class so as not to offend anyone or I've tried to throw the kitchen sink of what I know about yoga at them so they see how smart I am as a teacher.
The common theme of all of those above techniques is of trying to please the students so they'll like me, of trying to meet the expectations I imagine they must have for me, and doing it in a way that abandons who I am as a teacher. I know when I'm doing that because the general flavor of the class is either lifeless and robotic or kind of spastic and hasty. And during it I feel disconnected from myself and from the students. Most of all, I know when I'm teaching that way because it's just not fun. In fact, it can actually kind of feel like hell.
Not to say that the class that I taught the other day felt like hell—hardly. But it definitely was not as fun as I normally have when I teach. So I came home and sat with why that was and with what I could have done differently. I discovered that it has to do with expectations—mine and the students'.
When a student shows up for a class and finds that her teacher isn't there, one of her big expectations has already not been met. And if her tendency is to want to compare me to her teacher throughout the entire class, I will continue to fail to meet her expectations. Guaranteed. Even if I'm a great teacher, I can never be someone else.
I've recognized this before, and simply spoken to it at the beginning of class. Essentially saying "release your expectations and be open to what I have to offer." I did this the other day, but it wasn't enough.
It wasn't enough because I realized that I also have expectations–I have expectations of how my students will engage with my teaching. There are ways that I'm accustomed to interacting with students that fits my style of teaching and that is different than the way others teach. I really want people to respond and to find a bit of dialogue to enhance the learning environment, not sit quietly waiting for class to end.
When those expectations weren't met the other day—people thinking my questions were rhetorical or just not feeling confident enough to speak up—I felt more and more uncomfortable. I left feeling ornery, the way I do when I'm a student and had a sub who didn't meet my expectations.
What I realized is: not only is it not my job to meet their expectations in relationship to me being like their teacher, it's not their job to let go of their expectations of me. For better or worse, it's human nature to have expectations. In fact, I shouldn't let go of mine either. Instead, it's my job as the teacher to set new expectations.
So that's what I did today. I started class by briefly saying how my approach to teaching differs a bit from the regular teachers, and then I asked for what I needed from the students so that I could offer them my best teaching. Then I just dropped in and did what I do. The result: no dazed deer, no sense of being trapped by a spotlight or of enduring 75 minutes in hellish discomfort.
It doesn't mean that everyone loved how I taught, but everyone did know what to expect. And with all of us having shared expectations, there was more comfort all around, and class flowed with ease. I had fun because I got to be me, and I left feeling good that I had given them the best class that I could. And that's all I can ever do.
So though subbing a class for someone else might not actually be a layer of hell, expecting someone else to meet your expectations without having conveyed what your expectations are just might be. But that's for a different post…
Courtesy of Jay at Grace & Grit Yoga: http://graceandgrityoga.com/one-of-the-layers-of-hell-subbing-a-yoga-class/
When are 5 breaths really just 5 breaths?
This is a blog that my dear friend Ellen wrote and I felt it was quite appropriate for the first blog entry at SSYS! Ellen was probably the most influential of all of my teachers – from helping me develop that "yoga voice" (especially when I am taking you out of savasana) to picking up the props and putting them away for you. I have learned so so much from Ellen and miss her as well as Yoga Madre. Enjoy!
This is a blog all about the caring community that makes up my yoga classes each and every week in and around the San Gabriel Valley area. I hope to feature overviews of the classes I have taught during the week, along with links and cool resources about issues that have come up in our groups.
Ellen Mathews
** To follow Ellen please see: http://yogawithellenmathews.blogspot.com/
When are 5 breaths really just 5 breaths?
I admit it. Often when I say take 5 breaths in down dog, it really stretches out into 8, 9. Who knows?
As I look around the room during the poses, some students need to be adjusted, and others need encouragement, and sometimes 5 breaths turn into 8 or 9. This confession came to the fore yesterday on Thanksgiving. After teaching at Yoga Madre, while saying goodbyes in the lobby, Ken, a dedicated yogi, mentioned how gentle and kind I sound in class and then keep them in excruciating poses FOREVER! Okay, that is not be his exact quote, but you get the picture.
I cop to all of this. In fact, I shared with my lovely, dedicated Thanksgiving students that Martin, my husband, has rightly accused me of the very same transgression. Once, while in my class at Yoga Madre, he noted that my 5 breaths in dog stretched out interminably. He battled with his desire to yell out "this is madness…I am going for the door, who's with me?" and stage a mutiny. Thankfully he didn't do it, but I got the point.
Another admission is that I once exclaimed something similar to Martin's call for mutiny. While taking a class from the wonderful Erik Rieder, my colleague and friend, he had us in warrior 1 for what felt like forever. I finally blurted out something like, "Come on man!" I regretted it immediately and felt embarrassed. It just came out! We all had a laugh about it, though.
Seriously speaking folks, if any pose feels too long or inappropriate for your body, seek rest in child's pose or modify the pose that you're in. Always remember to stay safe, connected to how you feel in the pose as so to never hurt yourself. Playing your edge and exerting the body is different than causing an injury. Your yoga practice is always an individual experience and you are, no matter what I or any other teacher say, your best teacher.
In closing, I have been accused of liking "bed of nails" style yoga, but I realize that this stuff is not for everyone. When I do lose track of time and breaths, I do apologize to those who suffer. To all students, past and future, I apologize for those times when 5 breaths are not 5 breaths…Namaste and see you in class.


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Dit is een volledig gerenoveerd gezellige een slaapkamer / een badkamer appartement in een rustige straat in het oude San Juan. Perfect voor twee personen. Het is op de tweede verdieping van een twee verdiepingen koloniaal huis. Hoge plafonds. Traditionele checkers en harde houten vloeren. Het heeft een queen size bed in de slaapkamer. Het heeft een / c in de slaapkamer en woonkamer, kabel-tv en WiFi. Volledig ingerichte open keuken met koffiezetapparaat, magnetron en koelkast. Het heeft een groot rustig terras aan de achterkant met comfortabele meubels en een tafel. Het huis is volledig gerenoveerd met respect voor de koloniale stijl. U kunt gemakkelijk alle van Old San Juan lopen en dineren in de meest gerenommeerde restaurants, een bezoek aan de forten en zie de meest spectaculaire uitzicht over de baai van San Juan en de Atlantische Oceaan. Levendige «pleinen» zijn een en twee blokken verderop. Het is een blok van de Ocean Walk en El Jibarito Restaurant en op loopafstand van alles wat Old San Juan te bieden heeft. Old San Juan ligt dicht bij Escambron strand Condado en Miramar!
Het terras is een rustige omgeving om te ontspannen en mediteren. We vragen onze gasten om onze buren te respecteren en op dit gebied muziek en luide gesprekken te voorkomen.
La Terraza is een geweldige plek om te verblijven!
I loved staying in this apartment for the simple fact that it was near everything that we wanted to see. The apartment itself was very nice and quiet, and it had everything you needed while we were on vacation. The best feature was the patio which you could see Old San Juan at night. For our next trip to Puerto Rico we will rent this property again.
We had a great time staying in "La Terraza". The apt is charming cozy and super cool. The terrace is beautiful with lots of nature and sun! The location is perfect, Old San Juan is such a fun town, the night life is amazing and theres so much to do during the day. If you are staying in PR, this is the place to be.
Old San Juan is a walking town so everything is close. There was little to no street noise. Even with all the construction it was easy to get around. The apt was clean and the a/c cold. There is very little cross ventilation so we turned it on to sleep. The rooms cooled down quickly so we shut them off while out. The kitchen is tiny but functional. There was very little in the way of seasonings to cook with- just the basics. The dining out choices are just too good and too many to spend much time in there. The microwave was enough to reheat left overs. The bed was comfortable. We are small statured so if you "need" a larger bed the double will be a tight fit. The fold out in the living room did not look inviting but functional. The bathroom is the chink in the armor here. Counter space is non existent. There was only one roll of toilet paper for two people for a 6day stay. My wife wasn't happy that I rationed squares. The shower is huge which was convenient because the water was set to varied- hot or cold. Suddenly the temperature would change. The extra room allowed us to get out of the way. Overall this place is a great deal for what you have to pay- good location, quiet and attractive.
I had a wonderful time at this property it is perfectly located in old San Juan. It was in walking distance of everything i wanted to do like exploring the forts and tasting some authentic Puerto Rican cuisine. Lourdres and Sofia were very accommodating and even going above and beyond with the locations of some excellent restaurants and a laundromat to wash cloths. Even when my key broke and it had to be replaced they responded within seconds and made what could have been a nightmare only a slight hiccup on the trip. I would recommend this property to anyone looking to explore everything old San Juan has to offer or even just cuddling up with a book on the lush patio and chilling out. I would definitely stay here again.
I stayed at La Terraza for three nights with my Husband. The rooms were clean and full of Puerto Rican charm. We particularly enjoyed sipping mojitos the sizable porch, which makes up for the lack of view with privacy and tranquility from the cool breeze to the tinkling of the wind chimes and potted plants.
We arrived during the annual San Sebastian festival, which is a city-wide party did goes all night. We found it difficult to fall asleep for the first two nights due to the boisterous partying and clear sound from the stage performances on Plaza de la Barandilla. Definitely felt like we were right there, front row, even if we couldn't see anything. Once the festival was over, La Terraza was a beautiful oasis from the heat of PR and a cozy landing for our vacation.
Lourdes and Sofia were prompt with their communication. Once we arrived, we were given the code to a lock box on the door which contained our key. Be warned, you'll need your full body weight to pull the door into position to open and close it. We found this a bit cumbersome, along with two flights of stairs to the unit, but quickly adapted. This would not be a good place to stay if you have trouble with stairs.
We also made our own breakfast and a few dinners, as vegetarian food is not readily available in PR. We found all the necessary tools, including a percolator for our morning coffee and a small stash of spices. One of the better kitchen set ups that we have experienced.
We were steps from everything we wanted to see in Old San Juan, even stopping back at the room for a mid-day siesta on more that one occasion. I would highly recommend staying here to friends and family. It is a great deal that made a very enjoyable vacation for us both.
The property was exactly as described and suited our needs perfectly. Lourdes was there to meet us to let us in and answered all questions we had. The deposit was returned immediately after we left which was a pleasant surprise. Would definitely recommend to others.
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you neen a plugg in for wmp install this one then in wmp go to tool/plugins and make sure it is ticked, this will make wmp show and play your flac albums
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206. Senior revenue service officer Atulesh Jindal on 21 January 2016 was appointed chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Jindal will succeed A K Jain, who completes his term at the end of January 2016.
207.Italian director Ettore Scola passed away on 19 January 2016 following a prolonged illness in Rome.
208.Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on 21 January 2016 won the award of the world's best hotel at the Travellers' Choice award organised by TripAdvisor. The winners of Travellers' Choice Award, which entered its 14th year, were determined on the basis of the reviews and opinions collected in a single year from TripAdvisor travellers worldwide.
209.The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has won the National Award for e-Governance 2015-16 for its Universal Account Number programme.
210.Deposits in accounts opened under the government's flagship financial inclusion programme —— Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) —— have crossed the Rs. 30,000 crore mark. As many as 20.38 crore bank accounts were opened under the PMJDY as on the January 20, as per the latest data available. These bank accounts had deposits of Rs. 30,638.29 crore (about $4.5 billion).
211.Google India and Indian Railways' telecom arm RailTel has launched free Rail Wire Public Wi-Fi service for railway passengers at the Mumbai Central Station. This service was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
212.Former Deputy Speaker of Gujarat Assembly and Social Activist Nirmala Gajwani passed away on 21 January 2016 in Rajkot, Gujarat. She was 87. Gajwani was a reputed social worker and one of the leading lights of the Sindhi community in the state.
213.The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on 22 January 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and implement National Action Plan for Skill Development in Telecom Sector.
214.The term BEPS is an acronym of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting and it was in news in the third week of January 2016 as India decided to implement these guidelines.
215.BJP chief Amit Shah became the party President again today. Top party leaders led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a bevy of Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states proposed his name for the party president's post during the nomination process.
216.BJP chief Amit Shah became the party President again today. Top party leaders led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a bevy of Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states proposed his name for the party president's post during the nomination process.
217.India's digital payment startup company TranServ has launched country's first Social Mobile Wallet named Udio. The digital wallet seeks to address the gap between real and virtual modes of payment as it has more social experience.
218. As per recently released United Nations (UN) World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 Report, India will be the fastest growing big economy in the world in 2016. The report has projected India's growth rate by 7.3 % in the year 2016 and 7.5 % in 2017 slightly up from an earlier estimated 7.2 % rate in 2015.
219.Mosquito-borne Zika virus has created a panic over thousands birth defects in the Latin America countries.
220. Sri Lanka has maintained its high ranking in 2015 human development index (HDI) in the South Asia Region.
221.6th National Voters' Day (NVD) was observed across the country on 25 January 2016 by the Election Commission of India. The theme for the 6th National Voters' Day is 'Inclusive and Qualitative Participation'.
222.Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on 24 January 2016 won the Presidential election of Portugal. Sousa, a centreright Social Democrats candidate and a former journalist, won the election by securing 52 percent of votes.
223.The Andhra Pradesh Government on 22 January 2016 launched Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Scheme to support the tribal women in their quest for livelihood. The scheme was launched by Andhra Pradesh Minister for Social Welfare Ravela Kishore Babu.
224.Eminent Tabla player Pandit Shankar Ghosh passed away on 22 January 2016 in Kolkata following a prolonged illness.
225.National award-winning actress Kalpana, who appeared in 300 films including recent superhit "Charlie", died this morning in Hyderabad due to a heart attack.
226.Alice Vaidyan has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re), the National Reinsurer. She will hold office till July 31, 2019.
227.Now, LPG users can pay online for their cylinder refills on the website www.mylpg.in soon after booking their refill for delivery. This is the latest part of the online refill booking facilities that the three public sector oil marketing companies have introduced in the past two years.
228.Japan's Izumo Takuto and Hong Kong's Zhu Chengzhu on 24 January 2016 became champions in the boys' and girls' categories, respectively, in the 11Even Sports 2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals at the Abhay Prashal Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
229.India on 24 January 2016 won the first T20 Asia cup cricket for Blind. In the final clash played at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium of Kochi, India defeated Pakistan by 44 runs.
230.Republic Day 2016 was celebrated on 26 January 2016 across the nation. This was the 67th Republic Day of India. President of France Francois Hollande was the Chief Guest at 67th Republic Day parade.
231.Manipal Hospitals Bangalore becomes the first centre in Karnataka for conducting the MRCP practical assessment of examination skills (PACES) mock exam in collaboration with UK-based Royal College of Physicians Federation.
232.Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the President of France François Hollande, on 25 January 2016 laid the foundation stone of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquarters in National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) in Gwalpahari, Gurgaon.
233.Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the President of France François Hollande, on 25 January 2016 laid the foundation stone of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquarters in National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) in Gwalpahari, Gurgaon. They also inaugurated the interim Secretariat of the ISA at the same place.
234.Marvin Minsky, the pioneer of artificial intelligence, died at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital due to cerebral hemorrhage. The mathematician and the computer scientist died at the age of 88.
235.Veteran Bollywood actress Rekha on 25 January 2016 was honoured with the third Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai.
236.A Kerala dentist Sajeev Koshy settled in Melbourne on 26 January 2016 was honoured with the highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia. Koshy was given the award for his service to dentistry in Victoria, Australia. He was honoured on the Australia Day Awards 2016, by the Governor General of Australia.
237.Actor Abe Vigoda, known for his work in The Godfather and on the television series Barney Miller, passed away on 26 January 2016 in New Jersey following natural causes. He was 94. He was best known for his roles as mobster Tessio in the movie The Godfather.
238.President Pranab Mukherjee on 26 January 2016 approved the Union Cabinet's recommendation for the imposition of President's rule on Arunachal Pradesh.
239.The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on 26 January 2016 announced the winners of its Hockey Stars awards for 2015. The Netherlands' Robert Van der Horst and Lidewij Welten won the men's and women's FIH Player of the Year awards, respectively, for their performances in 2015. Goalkeeper of the year (Women) - Joyce Sombroekü (The Netherlands) Goalkeeper of the year (Men) - David Harteü (Ireland) Rising Star of the Year (Women) - Lily Owsleyü (Great Britain) Rising Star of the Year (Men) - Chrisopher Rührü (Germany)
240.The West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 22 January 2016 announced his retirement from international cricket almost 22 years after making his debut.
241.150th birth anniversary of great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai, also known as Punjab Kesri is being celebrated 28th January 2016. To celebrate this occasion a state level function has been organised in Punjab and special event will be held at village Dhudi Ke, the birth place of Lala Lajpat Rai in Moga district.
242.Ministry of Culture on 28 January 2016 released a commemorative coin of 150 rupees and a circulation coin of 10 rupees on Lala Lajpat Rai. The Commemorative Coin of 150 rupees is made of Quaternary alloy with diameter of 44 mm and weight of 35 grams.
243. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust was observed on 27 January 2016 across the world. The day was proclaimed so by the United Nations General Assembly. The theme for the Holocaust remembrance and education activities in the year 2016 including the Holocaust Memorial Ceremony is The Holocaust and Human Dignity.
244.The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot on 27 January 2016 launched the National level Job portal www.disabilityjobs.gov.in for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).
245.The Union Cabinet has approved proposal of raising of 17 Indian Reserve Battalions (IRBs) in Jammu & Kashmir and 4 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states.
246.Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERTIn) has signed cybersecurity agreement with its counterparts in Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.
247.Rajasthan Government along with its power distribution companies (DISCOMS) has signed a MoU to join UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) Scheme.
248.India and Armenia has signed a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) to curb instances of tax evasion. The Protocol amends the Article on Exchange of Information for tax in the bilateral DTAC signed between India and Armenia and has been in existence since September 2004.
249.India has overtaken Thailand as the world's largest rice exporter in the year 2015 by shipping (exporting) 10.23 million tonnes of rice. It was announced by the Bangkok based Thai Rice Exporters Association Chairman Charoen Laodhammatas.
250.United States (US) based software services exporter Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) has acquired cloud-based computing firm KBACE Technologies. This acquisition will help Cognizant to strength and expands its digital capabilities from its critical business applications to cloud-based IT infrastructures.
251.India on 28 January 2016 test fired its indigenouslybuilt surface-to-air Akash missile from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR).at Chandipuri in Odisha. It was as part of a user trial mission.
252.Aparna Kumar, IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, became India's first civil servant to scale Mount Vinson Massif, the highest peak in the Antarctica. She hoisted the Tricolour and the flag of the Uttar Pradesh Police Service on Mount Vinson Massif.
253.Chennupati Jagadish and Jay Chandra, Indian-origin persons, were on 26 January 2016 honoured with the Order of Australia, highest civilian honour of Australia on the occasion of the Australia Day. They were awarded for their contribution in the fields of physics, engineering and medicine.
254.Indian lawyer and human rights defender Henri Tiphagne on 26 January 2016 was selected for the 8th Human Rights Award by Amnesty International Germany.
255.Australian batsman David Warner on 27 January 2016 defeated captain Steve Smith for the prestigious Allan Border Medal for 2016.
256.Union Ministry of Urban Development on 28 January 2016 announced the 1st batch of 20 smart cities from 11 States and Union Territory of Delhi under the Smart Cities Mission. The 20 cities were selected through the Smart City Challenge competition that saw the participation of 1.52 crore citizens from 97 cities and towns.
257.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $80-million loan agreement with the Centre to help continue improving infrastructure in the two NorthEastern cities of Agartala and Aizawl. The loan is the third tranche of $200-million financing facility under the North Eastern Region Capital Cities Development Investment Program.
258.Kerala will host a three-day 'Nypunyam International Skill Summit and Skill Fiesta 2016' next month with a view to bridging the gap between the job market requirement and the skill level of available workforce.
259.Iran and Airbus on 28 January 2016 signed two agreements covering new aircraft orders and a comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package. The agreement includes purchase of 118 new Airbus aircrafts.
260.Gurdeep Singh on 28 January 2016 was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NTPC Ltd. Singh will be the first person to be appointed to the top job at a Maharatna company through a search committee route.
261.Nisid Hajari on 28 January 2016 won the 2016 William E. Colby Award for his book, Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition. Hajari will be presented with the award and honorarium at Norwich University, the USA in April 2016.
262.India on 28 January 2016 test fired its indigenouslybuilt surface-to-air Akash missile from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR).at Chandipuri in Odisha.
263.Justice Sanjay Mishra was on 28 January 2016 appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh. 264.Punjab's Navneet Kaur on 28 January 2016 won two gold medals in the 34th Senior National Rowing Championship at Hussainsagar Lake, Hyderabad. It was her maiden gold at the country's highest level in the senior category.
265. Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on 29 January 2016 won the 2016 Australian Open title of tennis in the women's doubles category.
266.Uttar Pradesh became the fourth state to join the Centre's scheme to revive state electricity distribution utilities on Saturday. The state government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd, the holding company of the various electricity distribution utilities in the state.
267.Cabinet of Somalia agreed on Election Model outlined by the Mogadishu Declaration. The declaration, which was adopted in December 2015, calls for the electoral process in Somalia to establish a new, bicameral Federal Parliament in 2016, based on inclusivity and representation.
268.Lt Governor of Puducherry launched the MITRA mobile application to ensure safety and security of women in the Union Territory. The app was launched in the presence of the Chief Minister N Rangasamy in Puducherry.
269.The Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) has set up a separate cell for monitoring progress under all the governmentsponsored schemes, according to Ashok Reddy, Chairman of the bank.
270.Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar launched Goa e-Suvidha Portal, an online project tracking mechanism to fast track projects. 271.Prince Mahidol Award 2015 was conferred upon Professor Morton Mower and Sir Michael Marmot for outstanding achievements in medicine and public health worldwide.
272.In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the government has transferred Central Provident Fund Commissioner KK Jalan as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
273.Amid the high-decibel debate around Net neutrality, call drops and the upcoming mega spectrum auction, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg was moved to the low-profile Minority Affairs Ministry, as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle.
274.Leslie Berland appointed as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Twitter Inc, an online social networking site. Before Berland's appointment, the marketing operations was overseen by the Twitter's CFO Anthony Noto.
275.Former Army Chief General K V Krishna Rao, who played a key role in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, died at the military hospital following a cardiac arrest. He was 92.
276.Angelique Kerber became the first German to win a Grand Slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999 when she upset world number one Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open on Saturday.


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Detlev Schlichter makes the case for the inevitable failure of a paper money economy, and tells us what that means for the future.
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Three characters: Anna from the White Ajah, Jessica from the Red and Patrul R. who was also a musician of some sort. The day before, I (Anna) said goodbye to Patrul R. He felt somethng would be happening as he gave his blessing with a long kiss. Rightly so, the next morning, Anna had a bus accident and her conciousness transferred to Jessica.
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Hyperion, a pre-Homeric deity, is the Greek primordial god of light, a Titan, and, according to some texts, his consort is Thea. He is the father of Helios and Selene. A.G.H.
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shall i just downloading everything again via DCU?
Also, DcUpdater is spelt wrongly in the taskbar (it says DcUppdater with two p:S).
i'm sure this has been mentioned before but i couldn't find the thread. so here it is again.. what to do when DCU shows programs already installed as "not installed"?
did you install the latest versions of the other programs?
i'll look into this a bit more, but what should happen is that the first time you run the program it should overwrite that redirect file to point to the real location. but thanks for the tip katkilla, that may be a clue to some bug causing this.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
16 Comments:
- Dark Daughta said...
Yes, I understand the role celebrations can play in bolstering the psyches of the dominated, but doesn't this seem a bit like they're partying on the charred remnants of their world? I feel sad.
- G Bitch said...
Part of the tradition here, the Black tradition, the tradition of the dominated, is to celebrate not just the happy times but also the bad times, the end, especially, of bad times and to hope for the future. It's like singing "happy" blues after your lover has left--it affirms that you are alive and that life can go on, will go on, is going on. To parade, to gather with family, to have a glass of wine and catch cheap plastic stuff reaffirms life. (What people see of "Mardi Gras" outside of the city is not the predominant experience.) Canceling Mardi Gras wouldn't change the shit job the Army Corps of Engineers did on our levees.
It's hard for folks outside of here to understand. It's also hard for people to understand and remember that despite what they have read and heard, the majority of people who stayed for Katrina were not abandoned or neglected or had no access to escape. Many had rides, had family begging them to go but could not, would not leave their homes and the only city they knew as home. Were folks abandoned in the Superdome and Convention Center? Absolutely. Would school buses have helped? Yes and no.
I get what you're saying. Can you get what I'm saying?
- Dark Daughta said...
Definitely, I do. It stirs up a mixture of pride, familiarity and history in me. I come from a people living by the sea on land too flat to protect us. It's been a geographical and climatic miracle, that Barbados hasn't been flooded out by a big hurricane yet.
Coming from the West Indies where there are also traditions of celebrating the hardship, too, I sit with the reality that it hasn't done a lot of "good" for our families.
Sometimes, in times when we could be dealing with some really harsh awful truths, we do take time to celebrate and to remember, so much so, that the difficult stuff gets obscured and sidelined.
I come from a tradition of carnival where queers dance with people who will attempt to kill them at any other time of the year, and, truly, at this time too. A tradition of carnival where all the children, abused or neglected or fearful of their various clans, must learn to dance and celebrate with families who don't pay their suffering any mind or try to cover it up. A tradition of carnival where the poor and rich, light and dark mingle...but only so much, when it's all over, we've all got our places to maintain. A tradition of carnival that invites white folks in to party even though their presence on the island historically right through to present day has meant that our cost of living has been way too high.
So, what you're saying is painful and familiar. There are tears in my heart and rage against what oppression and resistance manifest in our day to day and special times.
I'm a tantruming exile who tends to piss on people's resistance/celebration parties because I can seem to find that carnival groove, that urge to jump up, after all I've seen and heard and witnessed.
Trust me, g, I get it.
- said...
dark daughta--do you think Carnival should be permanently cancelled in New Orleans? Or should it have taken one year off? What's the magical amount of time to wait before it's okay to laugh, dance--and dare I say it?--drink too much?
New Orleans has some of the problems you describe in the West Indies, but not nearly to the same degree--even now. Resist projecting your experiences there to N.O. We've got enough problems!
If we wait to have Carnival in New Orleans until we've created some Utopian city where nobody is poor and we all have a Ph.D. and the racists have moved on to other locales it ain't ever gonna happen.
- Dark Daughta said...
Nowhere did I suggest cancelling Carnival. This is about discussing, no? I was trying to say that I understand the complexity of what g bitch is talking about and bringing my own very well situated and claimed angle. What a strange way to engage, by putting words in my mouth. I left my last comment thinking how amazing it would be to actually talk about things like the purpose of carnival, to bolster the spirits in order to resist rather than in order to avoid resistance. I'm not sure how it ended up being that I'm instigating a totalitarian regime designed to end carnival. (giggle) Anonymous, your venom and logic sounds awfully familiar, have we met and perhaps duelled in blogland, before? :)
- G Bitch said...
Yes, relief. You cannot resist, rebuild or even face the next day oppressed without relief, preferably in the community, not individual but a group thing (like...?). I think part of anonymous' "venom" is the local (and national) conflict over having Carnival/Mardi Gras at all. Wounded locals (and some agenda-bound folks who really didn't understand the celebrate-to-keep-on-keepin'-on aspect) focused their anger and hurt over the destruction and neglect on Mardi Gras with the implication that white people couldn't wait to "party[...] on the charred remains" of black people, ignoring/forgetting/needing to deny that Katrina struck indiscriminately, that no levees were bombed or neighborhoods intentionally destroyed, that white people are being ignored, too, that the businesses still closed are owned by blacks, whites, Latinos, Vietnamese-Americans, East Indians, West Indians, you name it. The whole region got screwed by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bush-Rove White House.
Hey, i'm liking the lack of civil discourse here!
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dark daughta--I agree you didn't call for the cancellation of Carnival. I was only trying to follow your line of reasoning. My real question is: What would have been the right thing to do? Cancel it this year? What would that have really accomplished? And, then, why not 2 years? Or more? Do you hear what I'm saying?
I truly am sorry you took offense. I was clowning around more than anything, maybe being a little sarcastic (as g bitch noted, here in New Orleans we've been having this discussion quite a bit), but I certainly didn't think I was being venomous.
- said...
The Times-Picayune actually had a decent article the other day on this very subject (it can be found @ http://www.nola.com):
"After 9/11, nobody expected this nation to skip the Fourth of July; indeed, a great many Americans thought that holiday was more important than ever. Likewise, not even Katrina can keep residents of greater New Orleans from honoring the traditions that define this community. The president of one krewe in flood-ravaged St. Bernard Parish put the matter succinctly: "We've had so many bad days," he said. "The people of St. Bernard desperately needed something like this.
"Of course, lots of people elsewhere in the country fail to understand what our Mardi Gras is about. They think it's tacky, sleazy, wasteful. They've heard of "Girls Gone Wild," but they don't know that friends and families gather together along parade routes. This year, parades are an ideal forum for neighbors to reassure each other that they're sticking around.
"Even as the floats roll, no one should think that we in Southeast Louisiana have forgotten our predicament. No one here needs to be reminded of the death and destruction that Katrina visited upon us. If you boated from or to your home, you know. If you left town on foot, along train tracks surrounded on either side with deep, murky water, you know. If you waited on the river levee in St. Bernard Parish. If you slept on the floor of the Superdome or a cot in the Astrodome, you know."
- said...
editorial, not article :)
- Dark Daughta said...
Hi g bitch and anonymous,
Yeah, the passion and emotional presence isn't something I'm accustomed to seeing or experiencing online.
No offense taken.
I think for me the issues as I see them (as much/best as an outsider can) are not about stopping carnival. I've gone on with gatherings I've planned even in the most upsetting times because I knew that the longterm effects would bolster me for what lay ahead.
My beef with carnivals is not about whether yours should be stopped. I'm not a bureaucrat or politician. :) I'm more interested in creating and/or sharing opportunities that occur at places of rupture (when our lives get turned upside down completely either literally in your case or figuratively), to explore what it would mean to think deeply, to explore possibilities for change or for new forms of resistance...of course predicated on the old or the traditional.
In short, how do we build on the legacies of resistance bequeathed to us in ways that will move us farther and pay hommage to the amazing revolutionary actions of our ancestors?
When our shit gets burn' up, torn, stolen or otherwise destroyed, the ground is fertile like volcanic soil. How can we plant in it and reap the benefits of that planting even in present day.
Just seeking conversation and perhaps flight.
- said...
Good! Glad you're not offended, dark daughta. Great discussion. Maybe it's a case where we're all trying to climb up the same mountain but taking different paths.
- G Bitch said...
What is not seen outside of New Orleans is the satire in the parades and marching, not only the defiance of being in the streets at all after Katrina and FEMA and Shaw Group and sheer neglect and fraud but the group anger at government expressed. Will it lead to change? Maybe, maybe not but it did help bolster the locals who need something.
anonymous is obviously a local and locals feel passionately about the city. We all hope that better can come out of all we've lost, better schools, better government, better representation, better wages and quality of life, jobs other than "hospitality" without losing our grass, any more of our trees, our culture, our black people, our other people, our food, our links to the Caribbean, Africa, France, Spain, etc. We all hope. How it'll all work out.....depends on how many who's get greedy and steal "their" share, the same old same-old.
I should post more of the local views, voices, fears and needs and hopes and plans. There's a lot going on/being said even I know little about as I struggle to get thru the days. But I also want to be able to NOT talk about the recovery, the city, the potential strife and the downtroddenness of the days because of the damn downtroddenness of it all.
Glad no hard feelings. I like having you as a reader, dark daughta.
- Dark Daughta said...
Heard, seen and understood.
- Dark Daughta said...
Please post some more. I keep coming back to see what else you've got up your sleeve. Until then...waiting patiently. :)
- Dark Daughta said...
Oh, and i'm interested in your take on something. Can you come to my blog for a sec and look at Sex Positive Parenting...ARGH (http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/2006/
03/sex-positive-parenting-argh.html) and I Feel Excited (http://darkdaughta.blogspot.com/
2006/02/i-feel-excited.html)? I'd love to have your input.
- said...
I stumbled across your blog while looking for resources on colorism with which to teach my primarily non-white 9th grade students in upstate NY. Your voice is powerful. Keep up your good work.


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