YOGATOBEKIDDING! http://blog.yogatobekidding.com Yoga, Meditation & Spirituality for the Rest of Us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:45:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Good Things Come… http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/07/good-things-come/ http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/07/good-things-come/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:45:00 +0000 Brenda P. tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555295.post-6316512987329766762 ... to Those Who Wait. But who has time to Wait, anymore? Or the patience to Wait? Can't the microwave pop that corn any faster?!?!

Patience is a virtue. Or was--maybe it's more of a lost art. I try to remind myself, especially when dealing with the Big Picture, that things take time and will reveal themselves eventually. With instant downloading, instant messaging, yoga in 15 minutes-or-less, it's hard to remember that most of the things that matter are not quick. They need to unfold at their own pace and rushing them will just foul everything up. Anyone who has ever dabbled in watercolors knows exactly what I mean.

But can you teach it? How do you convey the idea that you can't have a thing immediately, just because you want it? Is it simply a matter of experience, age? Do you have to sit, miserably, watching the black pigment soak across your entire sheet of expensive Arches watercolor paper before you get it? Burn your hand on a hot pan full of fresh chocolate star cookies (a painful bit of negative reinforcement for the 6-yr-old yesterday)?

I wonder if there is a way to learn patience through positive reinforcement. The more effective examples seem to be the lessons learned when you're not patient; especially because you have to be patient to see the fruits of patience. So maybe it is an age thing. Somewhere you have to find a source of calm, quiet reserve to allow stuff to just happen.

Obviously, yoga is great training for this (I guarantee it will take a lot more than 15 minutes), but you have to go into the practice already ready to slow yourself down. The realization sets in pretty quickly that it is "slow medicine," but even accepting that fact requires a bit of self-discipline. I have students who took a few months to get that, but when they finally stopped fighting, it was a beautiful thing. But I don't really think I taught that--I think they had to figure it out themselves.

So, again the question: Is it a learned skill or is it an acquired habit? Can some one show you, or do you have to discover it on your own? Sunny-side up or Over-easy?
]]> ... to Those Who Wait. But who has time to Wait, anymore? Or the patience to Wait? Can't the microwave pop that corn any faster?!?!

Patience is a virtue. Or was--maybe it's more of a lost art. I try to remind myself, especially when dealing with the Big Picture, that things take time and will reveal themselves eventually. With instant downloading, instant messaging, yoga in 15 minutes-or-less, it's hard to remember that most of the things that matter are not quick. They need to unfold at their own pace and rushing them will just foul everything up. Anyone who has ever dabbled in watercolors knows exactly what I mean.

But can you teach it? How do you convey the idea that you can't have a thing immediately, just because you want it? Is it simply a matter of experience, age? Do you have to sit, miserably, watching the black pigment soak across your entire sheet of expensive Arches watercolor paper before you get it? Burn your hand on a hot pan full of fresh chocolate star cookies (a painful bit of negative reinforcement for the 6-yr-old yesterday)?

I wonder if there is a way to learn patience through positive reinforcement. The more effective examples seem to be the lessons learned when you're not patient; especially because you have to be patient to see the fruits of patience. So maybe it is an age thing. Somewhere you have to find a source of calm, quiet reserve to allow stuff to just happen.

Obviously, yoga is great training for this (I guarantee it will take a lot more than 15 minutes), but you have to go into the practice already ready to slow yourself down. The realization sets in pretty quickly that it is "slow medicine," but even accepting that fact requires a bit of self-discipline. I have students who took a few months to get that, but when they finally stopped fighting, it was a beautiful thing. But I don't really think I taught that--I think they had to figure it out themselves.

So, again the question: Is it a learned skill or is it an acquired habit? Can some one show you, or do you have to discover it on your own? Sunny-side up or Over-easy?
]]> http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/07/good-things-come/feed/ Good Things Come… http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/07/good-things-come-2/ http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/07/good-things-come-2/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:45:00 +0000 Brenda P. tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555295.post-6316512987329766762 ... to Those Who Wait. But who has time to Wait, anymore? Or the patience to Wait? Can't the microwave pop that corn any faster?!?!

Patience is a virtue. Or was--maybe it's more of a lost art. I try to remind myself, especially when dealing with the Big Picture, that things take time and will reveal themselves eventually. With instant downloading, instant messaging, yoga in 15 minutes-or-less, it's hard to remember that most of the things that matter are not quick. They need to unfold at their own pace and rushing them will just foul everything up. Anyone who has ever dabbled in watercolors knows exactly what I mean.

But can you teach it? How do you convey the idea that you can't have a thing immediately, just because you want it? Is it simply a matter of experience, age? Do you have to sit, miserably, watching the black pigment soak across your entire sheet of expensive Arches watercolor paper before you get it? Burn your hand on a hot pan full of fresh chocolate star cookies (a painful bit of negative reinforcement for the 6-yr-old yesterday)?

I wonder if there is a way to learn patience through positive reinforcement. The more effective examples seem to be the lessons learned when you're not patient; especially because you have to be patient to see the fruits of patience. So maybe it is an age thing. Somewhere you have to find a source of calm, quiet reserve to allow stuff to just happen.

Obviously, yoga is great training for this (I guarantee it will take a lot more than 15 minutes), but you have to go into the practice already ready to slow yourself down. The realization sets in pretty quickly that it is "slow medicine," but even accepting that fact requires a bit of self-discipline. I have students who took a few months to get that, but when they finally stopped fighting, it was a beautiful thing. But I don't really think I taught that--I think they had to figure it out themselves.

So, again the question: Is it a learned skill or is it an acquired habit? Can some one show you, or do you have to discover it on your own? Sunny-side up or Over-easy?
]]> ... to Those Who Wait. But who has time to Wait, anymore? Or the patience to Wait? Can't the microwave pop that corn any faster?!?!

Patience is a virtue. Or was--maybe it's more of a lost art. I try to remind myself, especially when dealing with the Big Picture, that things take time and will reveal themselves eventually. With instant downloading, instant messaging, yoga in 15 minutes-or-less, it's hard to remember that most of the things that matter are not quick. They need to unfold at their own pace and rushing them will just foul everything up. Anyone who has ever dabbled in watercolors knows exactly what I mean.

But can you teach it? How do you convey the idea that you can't have a thing immediately, just because you want it? Is it simply a matter of experience, age? Do you have to sit, miserably, watching the black pigment soak across your entire sheet of expensive Arches watercolor paper before you get it? Burn your hand on a hot pan full of fresh chocolate star cookies (a painful bit of negative reinforcement for the 6-yr-old yesterday)?

I wonder if there is a way to learn patience through positive reinforcement. The more effective examples seem to be the lessons learned when you're not patient; especially because you have to be patient to see the fruits of patience. So maybe it is an age thing. Somewhere you have to find a source of calm, quiet reserve to allow stuff to just happen.

Obviously, yoga is great training for this (I guarantee it will take a lot more than 15 minutes), but you have to go into the practice already ready to slow yourself down. The realization sets in pretty quickly that it is "slow medicine," but even accepting that fact requires a bit of self-discipline. I have students who took a few months to get that, but when they finally stopped fighting, it was a beautiful thing. But I don't really think I taught that--I think they had to figure it out themselves.

So, again the question: Is it a learned skill or is it an acquired habit? Can some one show you, or do you have to discover it on your own? Sunny-side up or Over-easy?
]]> http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/07/good-things-come-2/feed/ FInal Week Yoga Giveaway http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/05/final-week-yoga-giveaway/ http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/05/final-week-yoga-giveaway/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:08:09 +0000 My Yoga Online http://www.myyogaonline.com/community/blog/final-week-yoga-giveaway My Yoga Online's last week of the 4 Week Yoga Giveaway is here!  This final week is all about spreading good energy and inspiring others.  Enter for a chance to win a Passport To Prana card and a 1 Year Membership to MyYogaOnline.com.  To participate for this final week, go to our Facebook Fan page, join as a fan (click the LIKE icon), and then share your favorite inspirational quote on our Facebook wall page.

Example:  "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. Dalai Lama"

Spread your positive energy with your favorite quote on our Facebook wall.  Each wall post will act as an entry for this week.  For more giveaway details, visit here.

Passport To Prana

]]> My Yoga Online's last week of the 4 Week Yoga Giveaway is here!  This final week is all about spreading good energy and inspiring others.  Enter for a chance to win a Passport To Prana card and a 1 Year Membership to MyYogaOnline.com.  To participate for this final week, go to our Facebook Fan page, join as a fan (click the LIKE icon), and then share your favorite inspirational quote on our Facebook wall page.

Example:  "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. Dalai Lama"

Spread your positive energy with your favorite quote on our Facebook wall.  Each wall post will act as an entry for this week.  For more giveaway details, visit here.

Passport To Prana

]]> http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/05/final-week-yoga-giveaway/feed/ New Online Yoga Studio Class with Cameron Gilley http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/02/new-online-yoga-studio-class-with-cameron-gilley/ http://blog.yogatobekidding.com/2010/09/02/new-online-yoga-studio-class-with-cameron-gilley/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:14:30 +0000 My Yoga Online http://www.myyogaonline.com/community/blog/new-online-yoga-studio-class-with-cameron-gilley

My Yoga Online is continuing its' live studio yoga sessions with the latest yoga class by Cameron Gilley: Yoga for Heart Opening and Rejuvenation.  Join Cameron in this moderate level hatha yoga class that will leave you feeling expansive, deeply rejuvenated, and in touch with your body and mind. Cam discusses Ujaiyi breath, flows through a balanced sequence of yoga postures ending in the most important posture of all: savasana. Filmed at Semperviva Yoga Studios' Kits Beach location in Vancouver, BC.

About Cameron Gilley:

Cameron whole-heartedly believes in the transformative power of Yoga. Having received certification to teach Hatha Yoga in 2002, he has been passionately sharing in his search with students ever since. Drawing from his experience in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Power Yoga, Meditation and Martial Arts, in each class Cam devotes his energy to creating a space for students to access their own innate presence through posture, flow, breath and awareness.

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My Yoga Online is continuing its' live studio yoga sessions with the latest yoga class by Cameron Gilley: Yoga for Heart Opening and Rejuvenation.  Join Cameron in this moderate level hatha yoga class that will leave you feeling expansive, deeply rejuvenated, and in touch with your body and mind. Cam discusses Ujaiyi breath, flows through a balanced sequence of yoga postures ending in the most important posture of all: savasana. Filmed at Semperviva Yoga Studios' Kits Beach location in Vancouver, BC.

About Cameron Gilley:

Cameron whole-heartedly believes in the transformative power of Yoga. Having received certification to teach Hatha Yoga in 2002, he has been passionately sharing in his search with students ever since. Drawing from his experience in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Power Yoga, Meditation and Martial Arts, in each class Cam devotes his energy to creating a space for students to access their own innate presence through posture, flow, breath and awareness.

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