tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post8675480171574242340..comments2024-03-21T00:30:14.738-07:00Comments on Yoga in the Dragon's Den: I am a dangerous brainwashed automatonNobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-11588378054688536082012-10-04T10:25:19.126-07:002012-10-04T10:25:19.126-07:00I think all forward bends have the capacity to mak...I think all forward bends have the capacity to make one hungry, by virtue of stimulating the digestive organs. Seen in this light, getting ravenously hungry is good news: The asanas are doing their work! :-)Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-102175816595244162012-10-04T09:09:14.173-07:002012-10-04T09:09:14.173-07:00You're welcome! RE Seroquel any time you mess ...You're welcome! RE Seroquel any time you mess around with the central nervous sytem things are bound to get messy.<br /><br />I saw today's post and wondered, could forward bends that don't involve LBH make me hungry? I'm not far along (tight hips + bad knee = no 1/2 lotus), but sometimes get ravenously hungry when I'm making headway in the seated forward bends in the first 1/2 of primary. Never occured to me that they could be causing it, though.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808625894610750918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-37202215965602508822012-10-02T16:32:24.876-07:002012-10-02T16:32:24.876-07:00Thanks for linking to the VF article, Beth. I just...Thanks for linking to the VF article, Beth. I just read it. I think it's a great article, and I find the things reported in the article disturbing, even though I have known for quite a while about the things that go on with Big Pharma.<br /><br />I suppose I can go on and on about people I have known who were on drugs like Seroquel, but well, I won't. After all, this is supposed to be a yoga blog ;-) Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-87650272799179097872012-10-02T11:35:27.819-07:002012-10-02T11:35:27.819-07:00I work in biomedicine but follow your blog for the...I work in biomedicine but follow your blog for the yoga. <br /><br />People don't want to think about the costs of biomedical research (like clinical drug trials) but want the new medications to help sick kids. But virtually no biomedical research without causing harm to something or someone--animals, embryos, and poor people. And those new medicines for sick American kids are probably tested on poor children in India.<br /><br />http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/01/deadly-medicine-201101<br /><br />In my uneducated opinion, doing a clinical trial on people in third world countries causes more suffering, than the destruction of embryos. <br />But it's the embryos that have gotten all the attention in this country.<br />Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808625894610750918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-73522553807057220792012-10-01T11:25:06.467-07:002012-10-01T11:25:06.467-07:00Thanks Leslie. Well, I only shared my research int...Thanks Leslie. Well, I only shared my research interests because she asked. I suppose it is in a sense unfortunate that I could not have picked a less controversial topic for a research topic, but well, it is what it is. Isn't there something about not asking questions you don't like the answers to? <br /><br />But you are right that I don't know what her story is; for that matter, I don't know yours either... <br /><br />But you are also right that all this is water under the bridge. The trick is to try to breathe deep without getting the water into my nose. I'll try ;-)Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-5921104152487481312012-10-01T10:55:39.910-07:002012-10-01T10:55:39.910-07:00Perhaps you were both over-reacting. You don'...Perhaps you were both over-reacting. You don't know this woman or what her 'story' is. Maybe she just saw yet another needless surgery or worse death. And why would you share such a heated controversial topic with a total stranger? Just let it go. Both of you were using each other as a sounding board and that rarely goes over well, unless you really know your listener. You mean't well - that's enough. Water under the bridge. Breathe deep.<br /><br />Freedom is an illusion, but so is bondage.Leslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-62758674273808604632012-10-01T09:47:48.090-07:002012-10-01T09:47:48.090-07:00Thanks for finding my argument interesting ;-)
I...Thanks for finding my argument interesting ;-) <br /><br />I have to admit that I don't have a good "social radar"; I certainly did not get that first clue. On hindsight (and also after a good night's sleep), I also think that she is quite likely a very overworked and burnt-out person who probably doesn't have anybody she can talk at length to about her work and her socio-political views. I happened to be her first "victim" in a while ;-)<br /><br />"...maybe I'm weird but your description of the Chinese people who take a middle ground sounds like a lot of Americans I know."<br /><br />Actually, I talked to a friend about this last night. Her view is that we have a perception that we are somewhat free and can change things because we have access to technology and all this social media. Whether we are truly free, or whether we are simply perpetuating an illusion of freedom (which I may be doing right now by writing this blog) is a difficult question to answer. Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-29018559942832512582012-09-30T17:36:48.238-07:002012-09-30T17:36:48.238-07:00Your first clue that the conversation would not go...Your first clue that the conversation would not go well was that she talked a long time without knowing you well and without inviting feedback. That alone is pretty rude. Certainly thoughtless.<br /><br />And I don't know, maybe I'm weird but your description of the Chinese people who take a middle ground sounds like a lot of Americans I know. <br /><br />Off to bed now, this tired Ashtangi can't keep her eyes open, certainly not feeling intelligent enough to talk about stem cell research but I found your argument interesting nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com