new to the club

[Guest guest]

Namaste,<br><br>I just joined the club and was

going through the archive of messages. I noticed some

nasty fights going on. Just wondering --- is that

usual? <br><br>It seems like a good source of info, but

it was a little depressing reading about the Ottawa

yoga teacher issue. <br><br>Nice to meet you all!

[Guest guest]

hi I am also new to the club,<br><br>hope you are

feeling better after your first intro to the

club.<br><br>I am from london and currently taking in some

classes re: ashtanga, I also want to try bikram

yoga.<br><br>do you know anything about it? ie benefits, what to

watch out for etc<br><br>hope to hear from you

[Guest guest]

Hello,<br>I'm new to this club as well.<br>I'm from Dundee in Scotland & am

wondering if anyone can let me know what the best Ashtanga video to buy

is??<br>Look forward to hearing from anyone.

[Guest guest]

As someone who has been following the club almost

since its inception and who has read (or should I say

survived) every single post, I regret to confirm that

vituperation is pretty nearly the norm.<br><br>With all the

characters around here, one might as well be living inside a

Dostoyevsky novel -- the Brothers Karamazov, for instance. On

a day-to-day basis they will drive you batty, but

then there are certain moments of glory.<br><br>Maybe

Alan_Little and godfreydev are the Father Zossimas of this

board. I put myself somewhere between the quiet, gentle

Alyosha and the cerbral, brooding Ivan. Who is El Senor:

the sullen Smerdyakov, or the noisy and depraved

paterfamilas of the Karamazovs?<br><br>Peace and

Good,<br>Homer

[Guest guest]

I have to say, I admire anyone who got through

those Russian novels! I never did.<br><br>I have read

Ulysses several times, back when I was in college. I

expect the payoff for reading the Russians in at least

equal to that of investing time into the works of

Joyce. Well, maybe someday...<br><br>Anyhoo, don't we

*all* feel we're the voice of Reason?

[Guest guest]

hi lozpalmer<br><br>nice to meet you. i am still

a beginner in ashtanga---about 7 months---still

learing, still unable to do many of the asanas in the

primary series, but loving it. i think there are many

people in the group who can give you better insight than

me. <br><br>i know what ashtanga has done for me is

equally physical, mental and spiritual. when i first

started practising, i noticed some very strange things

going on with my body and with my emotions. rather than

feeling refreshed and energized after a class, i would

feel completely tired and sometimes a strange

depression-like void. <br><br>this is your body and mind pushing

out poisons and it will become more and more a path

to peacefulness. also, it is making me stronger

physically --- both through muscles and

posture.<br><br>that's what i know! i'm also hindu, so it goes along

with my religion.<br><br>i haven't tried bikram's, but

a friend of mine has. she really likes it. it

sounds interesting, but i'm sticking to pure ashtanga

practice for now. <br><br>hope this helps and hope to hear

from you soon. by the way, i'm in vancouver.

[Guest guest]

well that's enticement enough to keep visiting.

who can resist a cast of characters and unpredictable

plot like that? <br><br>i think most net communities

do tend to be a bit harsh at times. we can still

learn. <br><br>here's to teaching each other!

[Guest guest]

If you're new here, and taking enough interest to

read a lot of the messages, I maintain an index to

some of the more interesting & informative (to me)

older messages that you might find useful. It's on my

website

at:<br><br><a href=http://www.alanlittle.org/yoga/index.html

target=new>http://www.alanlittle.org/yoga/index.html</a><br><br>Not all of

the links work, some of the older messages

seem to have been "pruned"

[Guest guest]

hi alan <br><br>thanks! a great resource to the history of the club. nice work.

<br><br>peace, <br>janaki