Day 29~ Hey Guys

onthemat • December 20, 2017

OK, since I’m a guy, I feel compelled to say something about our minority in the yoga community. Men ruled yoga until the latter years of the 20th century. Now it’s at least 80/20 women, although at OTM I have been in classes that are 50/50. I’m sure there is plenty of research about why […]

OK, since I’m a guy, I feel compelled to say something about our minority in the yoga community. Men ruled yoga until the latter years of the 20th century. Now it’s at least 80/20 women, although at OTM I have been in classes that are 50/50. I’m sure there is plenty of research about why more men don’t do yoga. Not competitive enough? Too touchy-feely? Teachers that tell you are doing “beautiful?” There’s a Yoga Barbie, why not a Yoga Ken? Whatever the reasons, I’m not here to make learned remarks. Rather, I offer some anecdotal observations about my fellow travelers. Guys generally sweat a lot more and sometimes are unaware of the mess they leave behind. There seems to be a disproportionate number of bald guys (like me) or am I just projecting? Guys aren’t into outfits very much – gym shorts or sweats and tee shirts work fine for most. You tend to hear more huffing and puffing and grunting and groaning from guys. Maybe it’s to prove how hard we are working. I’ve tried to think of what might attract more guys to practice yoga and I keep coming back to beer.

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Heart~ Day #7 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 3, 2020
“There is a light in the core of our being that calls us home—one that can only be seen with closed eyes; We can feel it as a radiance in the center of our chest. This light of loving awareness is always here, regardless of our conditioning. It does not matter how many dark paths we have traveled or how many wounds we have inflicted or sustained as we have unknowingly stumbled toward this inner radiance. It does not matter how long we have sleepwalked, seduced by our desires and fears. This call persists until it is answered, until we surrender to who we really are. When we do, we feel ourselves at home wherever we are. A hidden beauty reveals itself in our ordinary life. As the true nature of our Deep Hear is unveiled, we feel increasingly grateful for no reason—grateful to simply be.” —John J. Prendergast, PHD, The Deep Heart

SUN!~ Day #6 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 2, 2020
Seems like it’s been rainy, windy, dreary for eons. Which may have helped us shelter inside a bit more. I remember reading years and years ago in a Seth book that weather can be influenced, and even created by mass human emotion. Why not? We are far more powerful than we currently acknowledge, and science is beginning to validate many phenomena that had seemed inconceivable before. Those seemingly endless days of “bad” weather seemed congruent with the emotional tone of covid her in New England. And now SUN! Glorious, warming, invigorating, hope-filled Sun! Today I will be outside basking and gardening and thanking. And I’m sure the whole neighborhood, and most of New England will go outside, stand with our faces to the sun and breathe a huge healing breath of joy. And maybe the collective energy of that will resonate out across the word as a promise of brighter days to come.
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