Yoga teachers: enough with the invitations. TEACH! (A rant.) — Susan Piver. I love yoga. I’ve been a half-assed student (which might be an asana, I’m not sure) for close to twenty years. I remember the moment I fell in love with the practice. It was at Kripalu. The teacher was Stephen (Kaviraj) Cope. The pose was trikonasana/triangle. Kavi gave point-by-point instruction on how to find the proper alignment. From this, I learned that the first step in asana practice is precision. Precision. Since then, I’ve been to like a zillion yoga classes: Iyengar, Ashtanga, Kripalu, Anusara, “Power,” Bikram, heated vinyasa, and on and on. A long time ago, I stopped caring who the teacher was, too. And so I arrive at the point of this post, which is already turning into a bit of a rant.
“Do what feels right” is actually a super-advanced instruction that requires tremendous self-awareness. Please, before offering too many choices, help the poor guy with his shoulders up about his ears in Downward Dog. We live in a culture that eschews discipline as punishment. The Miracle and the Irony of Forgiving. Douglas B.
Turner, MAPP '06, is Corporate Vice President, Talent Management, for Balfour Beatty Construction,overseeing human resources, including leadership, management, employee training and development, team development, employee recruitment and retention, employee relations, and compliance. Full bio. Doug's articles are here. Several months ago a man made an appointment to meet with me regarding some of his personal struggles. When the appointed time arrived I was more than a little curious about what was on his mind and how I could help.
Forgiveness as a Choice to Give Up a Right The interesting thing to me was that he didn’t attribute his burdens to the challenges in his life; he attributed his burdens to HIS inability (or refusal) to forgive. This meeting launched me on a study of the Positive Psychology of Forgiveness. I found that Positive Psychologists have defined forgiveness in various ways. This definition acknowledges what we all feel when we have been hurt. But How? Microwave Ovens - The Proven Dangers. In short, microwaves distort the molecular structure of the foods.
They destroy much of the nutrients and cause many other problems with the immune system over a period of time. If you love your family read this and take the extra couple of minutes to heat the food up the right way. Radiation Ovens The Proven Dangers of Microwaves Is it possible that millions of people are ignorantly sacrificing their health in exchange for the convenience of microwave ovens? Over 90% of American homes have microwave ovens used for meal preparation. The purpose of this report is to show proof - evidence - that microwave cooking is not natural, nor healthy, and is far more dangerous to the human body than anyone could imagine. How do microwave ovens work? Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic energy, like light waves or radio waves, and occupy a part of the electromagnetic spectrum of power, or energy. In commercial models, the oven has a power input of about 1000 watts of alternating current.