tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post4852153007883739678..comments2024-03-21T00:30:14.738-07:00Comments on Yoga in the Dragon's Den: Dancing and backbending; Has Ashtanga blogging jumped the shark? Is there even a shark to be jumped?Nobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-1640360725006825282013-04-10T11:40:52.136-07:002013-04-10T11:40:52.136-07:00"...perhaps then we get to consider....to thr..."...perhaps then we get to consider....to throw the dust of words in the air and discern if nothing else the merest outline of the sacred in our practice......."<br /><br />Nicely said. Perhaps the Ashtanga blogosphere is now at the point where the dust of words is in the air, and we are all waiting for the dust to settle and see what emerges. <br /><br />At any rate, we can hope :-)Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-46400903951058419602013-04-09T21:58:16.970-07:002013-04-09T21:58:16.970-07:00Thought you probably knew it was mine, thank you f...Thought you probably knew it was mine, thank you for being discrete : ) Wasn't really being critical of the Music post it was fine of course but somewhat of an epiphany all the same. But your right, this only makes sense if we write honestly about our own encounter with the practice and not think or worry too much about the sensibilities or interest of the reader. <br /><br />Never bought into that Ludwig quote ( why are all his best or at least pithiest quotes in the first book ) what else should one seek to speak about if not that which cannot be said, why just say what can be uttered over and over. Perhaps that's where it gets interesting, after we've written about kapo to death and whether you should or shouldn't wear tiny shorts or start 2nd before coming up, perhaps then we get to consider....to throw the dust of words in the air and discern if nothing else the merest outline of the sacred in our practice.......but hey, about those yellow shorts, too much? oh And yeah you do get to do 2nd whether you can come up or not...just sayin'.Grimmlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301656317399292135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-28750014650458736772013-04-09T15:09:26.250-07:002013-04-09T15:09:26.250-07:00Actually, I remember it was your post, Grimmly; I ...Actually, I remember it was your post, Grimmly; I just didn't want to "out" you without your consent, since I wasn't sure if you wanted to be "outed." :-)<br /><br />But yes, I do hear your groan about Ashtanga and music; but then again, I have written similarly if not more plebeian posts in the past, so I should probably not be so harsh on others...<br /><br />Ultimately, I think the only way to have a new take on the practice or a new approach to reflecting on it is to talk about your feelings about practice as honestly as you can. But I don't think one can do this everyday without dissecting the practice to death, or adding a certain spin on things that wasn't in the original experienced phenomenon. Actually, come to think of it, this is one major reason why I have been blogging less of late; I felt that I had gotten to a point where I couldn't resist the temptation to add a certain spin on things just to get people's attention or to generate some discussion. <br /><br />Perhaps, in the end, authentic Ashtanga practice is Wittgensteinian in nature: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."<br /><br />See, I'm putting a spin on things again, courtesy of Ludwig :-) Oh well. Nobelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655577410721103577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449952380128375575.post-85379219397238955962013-04-09T14:56:53.704-07:002013-04-09T14:56:53.704-07:00The Ashtanga blogging jumping the shark idea was o...The Ashtanga blogging jumping the shark idea was one of mine Noble. I wrote it after seeing that a post elsewhere on Ashtanga and music had received 72 comments. Ashtanga and Music, groan. Plus I'd petty much stopped posting anything of my own, mostly just sharing videos or guest posts, I'd start a post and then not bother to finish it. Thought perhaps it was all getting a little old and asked the question if there were any original Ashtanga voices out there with a new take on the practice or approach to reflecting on it. But then I thought tha perhaps sounded critical of all the other Ashtanga blogs when I was really mainly questioning my own....so I took it down so as not to offend friends........had a picture of the Fonz and everything.Grimmlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301656317399292135noreply@blogger.com