tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670725056880541135.post4232006822550811264..comments2024-03-19T00:02:51.116-07:00Comments on shivers up the spine: Guest Author Kathryn Beet: Evidence Based Yoga Nidra Heals what Ails Youpriya thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17104604630551238443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670725056880541135.post-75416335901532085402012-03-15T09:47:51.122-07:002012-03-15T09:47:51.122-07:00Hi Janani, thank you for reading the blog and writ...Hi Janani, thank you for reading the blog and writing your comments. i couldn't agree with you more re. yoga and commodity. for me, my problem with commodity is how it seems to trigger a tightrope-like performance of excess and access in communities. Commodity exaggerates the worst feelings of "lack" in everyone. and i never saw that feeling do anyone any good...But, to be honest, I think everyone, no matter what you do to earn your keep, struggles with the devil's bargain. Most of us choose to keep our heads down, staying silent in what political theorist Norman Geras might call "The Contract of Mutual Indifference". (awesome book btw - worth checking out) How much do we take in order to make daily life sustainable? I would argue that certain decisions take their toll on a human being in more ways than are quantifiable... I figure, that if you take more than you give you eventually wind up unhappy, quite simply...somehow parched and impermeable... But those are personal decisions that every individual navigates (hopefully to the benefit of their communities). I figure the best I can do is to feature interviews/events as they happen so that people can just watch it all unfold. i feel quite lucky to have a chance to chat with the people who've spent their time answering my questions/writing their ideas...God knows, the yoga community is the better for their generosity. ok be very well, ptpriya thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104604630551238443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670725056880541135.post-52713974468130937892012-03-15T09:23:15.281-07:002012-03-15T09:23:15.281-07:00Hello Priya:
Recently stumbled upon your blog and...Hello Priya:<br /><br />Recently stumbled upon your blog and have been following it with interest. Thanks for the many thinkers you have profiled and conversed with! <br /><br />Particularly enjoy your emphasis on highlighting the intellectual rigor underpinning Yoga.. a facet that often gets ignored thanks to the probably well meaning but mostly mischaracterized understanding of Yoga as something for and by the "new agey" types in popular culture.<br /><br />Re: Yoga Nidra in particular, as I have since come to understand, Swami Satyananda Saraswathi and his Bihar School of Yoga deserve full credit for popularizing it and perhaps even formulating it in its current avatar. My father learned it in India as part of a retreat a few years back and taught it to the rest of our family. Its truly phenomenal. So I naturally read the article with interest.<br /> <br />The only somewhat dischordant note was struck at the very end when I saw a facilitator workshop advertised for $650.. <br /><br />While I do understand the ground realities of the economics of yoga particularly in the west and I am the first to admit that Yoga Nidra is definitely worth its weight in gold, it still gave me pause that this wonderful practice should be rendered so inaccessible for financial reasons. <br /><br />I'm not quite certain that it is something that can or indeed should be "workshoppable" at such a hefty price tag but am only tentatively sure of what the options could be. Anyway just thought I'd put it out there as some food for thought since I'm sure I'm not the only one who might be feeling this way.<br /><br />Do keep up the good work. You have a very engaging blog here!Jananinoreply@blogger.com