Higher Practices
Presence is What you Got...NOW!
So WHY do we always want something that is NOT available now? Why do we long for someone from our past? Why do we wait for that person in our future? Why do we long for some things to be finished? Why are we so
NOT present?
When I'm with my yoga friends, I miss my party friends. When I'm with my party friends, I wonder if I will miss my yoga practice the next morning. My social mind just can't be happy with who it is with!
When I'm in Mexico, I wish I could eat a yummy Masala Dosa from India. After a week of Masala Dosas in India, I don't eat one again for weeks. After a month of Indian food in India, I wish I had a bunch of deliciously green Hass avocados for a bowl of guacamole. Or a nice green arugula salad with fresh parmesan cheese. My culinary mind just cant be happy eating where it is!
When I was learning Primary Series, I couldn't wait to get to Second Series. Same during Second Series, wanting to get to Third Series. After Advanced Series, I just wanted to practice Primary Series. My Asana Mind can't be happy with the pose it is practicing!
When I am feeling stressed, overwhelmed or off-center, the overactive mind longs to meditate. When I am meditating, the under active mind drifts to the things it wants to be doing. My over/under active mind just can't seem to make up its........MIND!
STOP!!!!!!!!!!
LIVE fully with what you've got.....NOW.... or LEAVE!
LIVE In each moment now, ......or LEAVE!
Because this is all you have. This is all any of us have. NOTHING that has already happened is here now. NOTHING that may come in the future is here now. EVERYTHING always happens in THIS moment. And it is only in this moment that we can experience it,... enjoy it, ...love it ...or hate it.
I invite you to try to truly LIVE this awareness. First you must acknowledge your patterns, as above. Then, you can call yourself on them when they sneak up on you.
When your friends invite you to a party and you say yes. Go to the party, dance, drink, sing, socialize and PARTY! And don't think about your yoga practice the next morning. Surrender to the Party Vibe. The practice will be there tomorrow... Or it wont.
When you decide to practice yoga instead of going with your friends to the beach, DO your practice! Don't fantasize about the beach and what you will miss. Go to the beach later or the next day....Or not.
Allow your Mind to do only one thing at a time. Allow your Body to do only one yoga pose at a time. When the Mind is active, allow it to get things done. When you are meditating, Disconnect from the Mind.
If you are at a Pizza party, be a Pizza Lover! Don't wish you were eating soup or salad.
Shanti Out, Not
to distract you from your 'Presence', but there are still a few spaces
available (NOW) for the GAVY Teacher Apprenticeship in
Playa del Carmen,
Mexico, September 7 - 29.
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Next Workshop
Charlotte, North Carolina
July 28 - August 2, 2009
Mysore Practice Week & Weekend Workshops
Join Michael as he helps to inaugurate one of the hottest new yoga studios in the USA -- Y2 Yoga. Opening just in time for Michael's second annual visit to Charlotte, NC. With morning mysore practice AND evening mysore practice AND weekend workshop sessions, there is no excuse to miss out.
Y2 Yoga
280 S. Sharon Amity Road
Charlotte, NC usa
704 456 YOGA
tanner@y2yoga.com
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The yoga systems that are the most effective today, must also be the most accessible. There is a shortage of sufficiently trained teachers to share traditional yoga systems in a way that makes it available to people at every level. GAVY (Gannon Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga)
Teacher Apprenticeships solve this problem.
The GAVY system of teaching yoga is based on the proven yoga traditions from India. The way that Michael learned it from 10 years of visits to India, training with his Gurus. BUT, we take it an important step further, making these practices palatable for the western mind. And it is through this system that GAVY has graduated over 150 teachers from 30 countries to teach yoga. Teach yoga to ANYBODY.
Teach yoga to EVERYBODY.GAVY has developed a series of programs to offer serious practitioners, aspiring teachers and current teachers a method to explode their practice potential, cultivate fresh teaching skills and inspire real life transformations.
Available in Month Long Intensive, Four 5-day modules
or 10-Weekends.
September 7 - 9, 2009 (Module 1 - 4)Gannon Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Loft
Residents Sian Kaan, Playacar 2
Playa del Carmen, MéxicoTuitioin: US$ 2,500 |
retreats
KOVALAM BEACH, INDIA
Hotel Peacock
Mysore Practice Intensive
February 7 - 19, 2010
GOA, INDIA
Purple Valley
Mysore Practice Retreat
February 28 - March 12, 2010
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tour schedule
CHARLOTTE, NC
Y2 YOGA
Weekend + Mysore Week
July 28 - August 2, 2009
REGINA, CANADA
Yoga Mala
Weekend + Mysore Week
August 3 - 9, 2009
PUERTO RICO
It's Yoga
Weekend Workshop
August 14 - 16, 2009
ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
The Spot
Mysore Workshop
Oct 26 - 28, 2009
TORREON, MEXICO
Weekend Workshop
October 3-4, 2009
LONDON, ENGLAND
The National Hall
The Yoga Show
October 30, 2009
AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLANDS
Yoga Tree
Weekday Workshop
November 3 - 4, 2009
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Union Yoga
Weekend + Mysore Week
November 6 - 12, 2009
EAST GRINSTEAD, ENGLAND
The Yoga Sessions
Weekend Workshop
November 14 - 15, 2009
RICHMOND, VAAshtanga Yoga RichmondWeekend + Mysore WeekMay 21- 28, 2010
GAVY teacher apprenticeships
PLAYA DEL CARMEN,MÉXICO
GAVY Yoga Loft
(RYT-200) (Module 1- 4)
Sep 7 - 29, 2009
MEXICO CITY, MEXICOCentro Kiai(Module 1)
August 24 - 28, 2009
(Module 2)
Oct 5 - 9, 2009
(Module 3)
Nov 30 - Dec 4, 2009
(Module 4)
January 25 - 29 2010
EDINBURGH, SCOTLANDUnion Yoga(Module 1- 2)
Oct 16 - 25, 2009
QUERÉTARO, MÉXICO
Todoesuno
(Module 1)
Nov 23 - 27, 2009
CANCÚN, MEXICOIDASH(Module 1- 4)
10 Weekends: Mar - Dec, 2010
CHARLOTTE, NC
Y2 YOGA
(Module 1)
April 25 - 29, 2010
RICHMOND, VA
Ashtanga Yoga Richmond
(Module 1)
May 24 - 28, 2010
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