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A blog about architecture, ashtanga yoga, calorie restriction with optimal nutrition (CRON), and Buddhist meditation
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- celebration incense spectacle
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- tent architects essential
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- packing busy floor
- balance landing down
- meditation creativity giggle
- methodologies moving fabrication
- morning current plugs
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- re-institute regular practice
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About Me
- Arturo
- I'm a 53 year old architect, originally from Puerto Rico, living and working in Shanghai, China. I practice ashtanga yoga and Buddhist meditation. I also observe calorie restriction while seeking optimal nutrition. We call that CRON.
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Matsyasana - This is probably not correct method, but Ima gonna use it till someone stops me. I don’t know if I mentioned how I injured my ITband (outside the knee stri...2 hours ago
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Win a Scholarship to Yogi Beans Kids Yoga Teacher Training NYC, Mar 2-4 - This is coming up quick so clear your schedules! We're super excited to announce this scholarship giveaway for kids yoga teacher training with NYC's Yogi B...3 hours ago
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5 Things I Didn't Know About Yoga Nidra - *1) Where The Idea Comes From and TradeMarks* The idea, execution etc was developed by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, a disciple of Sivananda and the man behi...6 hours ago
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I honestly thought .... - That my legs were completely straight, with the toes even pointing, but NO. the video does not lie, at all. My legs were crooked, toes no pointing. And t...
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What personality type practices Ashtanga yoga? - If you're a woman at a certain age (far above 30) it's more likely that you practice Ashtanga yoga as if you're a young man. When I look around in our cl...
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Staying present… - … is not easy. To quote an ex- editor of mine, “The brain has a mind of its own” (I KNOW…) Of course, I lost it on the boys last night. So blur, so combati...13 hours ago
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Unconditional - On a day when I'm feeling a bit blue, just a tiny bit alone, nothing says 'You are beloved!' like discovering my small, gray dog snuggled up to the sweater...
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That inscrutable ineffable little epiphaneous feeling - During this morning's practice, somewhere during the first few postures of primary series, I had a little epiphany: There is only this moment. All else is ...1 day ago
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Setting Boundaries - Today the aspect of practice that I'm grateful for is the framework set by the practice, the boundaries. Note, I did not say I like them, just that I am gr...1 day ago
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Tuesday February 21st - The new moon today at 2:35pm falls in the nakshatra called Shatabhisha—“One Hundred Physicians”—a faint group of stars in the heart of the constellation Aqua...1 day ago
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Engaged Buddhism and Identity Issues - Over at his blog Notes in Samsara, Mumon has a post that takes up engaged Buddhism and being engaged in one's daily life. In it, he offers the following obse...
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'... Sanskrit chants I learnt from Sri Krishnamacharya and more' Ramaswami's chanting available on Sangeetha - Ramaswami linked to this music site on FB last week 'Between 1980 and 1995 I recorded for a recording company “Sangeetha” many Sanskrit chants I learnt fr...
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that’s their nature - sgt. stubby was a remarkable pit-bull. one of the many remarkable pit-bull terriers. an actual sergeant who was covered in medals, he has saved lives & hel...2 days ago
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Ashtanga Yoga Retreat in Salento, Italy! - I'll be hosting an Ashtanga yoga retreat in Salento, Italy this coming September 8th - 15th! More information to come! Join us!
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Plans come together - It’s been a busy week, a second interview on Monday, then a compulsory “Back 2 work” presentation on Tuesday, after that waste of time and signing on I pra...4 days ago
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As week three in Mysore begins... - On a daily basis I see that although what I “get” in terms of direct hands-on adjustment, or verbal correction is totally minimal, still I am learning so ...
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Pool Day in Mysore! - Kaiden and Emerson playing in the pool at Silent Shores Resort in Mysore. Watch til the end :)
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Slow Down for Kidneys Sake! - “The wise nourish life by flowing with the four seasons and adapting to cold or heat, by harmonising joy and anger in a tranquil dwelling, by balancing yin...6 days ago
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Chrissy Zmijewski: The Russian Twist - A few weeks ago I was intrigued when a student warmed up for yoga class with Russian Twists. Here they are explained. They target the...
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Shit old people say - We had the dubious pleasure of staying at a retirement community for a couple of nights last week, as my husband’s old teacher lives at one and was kind en...1 week ago
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Another Yoga Scandal - In case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s the latest via Yoga Dork on the John Friend/Anusara scandal… wicca, adultery, and money — oh my!1 week ago
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Briefly.... - J and I had a long conversation (and that NEVER happens, not even about work, most days) which was all about interpersonal relating, the parent-child bond,...1 week ago
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Have I turned Japanese? - Before coming to Japan I worked for a while in a big Univeristy hospital. I remember seeing a patient wearing a surgical mask and being escorted down the ...
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Intentions - Much like last year, the cybershala’s annual pilgrimage to Mysore this year is stirring up my own desire to go, albeit less intensely. Between the last rou...1 week ago
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On the Definition of Yoga - I am not really planning on going into the what is yoga conversation. This is a long and feisty conversation. I, personally, agree with Ramaswami's definin...2 weeks ago
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Kripalu's Reincarnation and the Anusara Scandal - This isn't the first time that a sex scandal has hit an American yoga community hard. Regardless of how the current Anusara controversy plays out, it's a...
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Full Moon - Started Bikram Yoga practice yesterday. Room was 105 F, lots of stretching and balance poses. Plan is to practice for a month and compare progress. Felt t...2 weeks ago
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Time & fiber - I love being on geriatrics for 2 main reasons: 1) it’s a fascinating area that I want to be better at, 2) I have regular hours. It’s amazing what some time...2 weeks ago
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A Day Out ~ up to vatayanasana - Well there's not much danger of missing anything here, as I'm hardly likely to be diligent in my updates.... In my mind I've divided this trip into three t...3 weeks ago
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Run, run, run away - It's so ironic that yoga is supposed to help me be a calmer, nicer person, but I am becoming a super bitch the longer I stay at home in Taiwan. I have a c...3 weeks ago
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Good byes - The past couple of days have been given over to good byes. We are being picked up at 7:30 PM for our wild ride down the Mysore Highway to Bangalore airport...3 weeks ago
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Made of Stone - Yesterday was a lousy day but then I got my visa which is a very good thing. Everything is in the perspective. I was stuck in my mind with something el...4 weeks ago
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What is Ahimsa? Or, How to be Sexy. - Chai craving. Starting in the pit of my brain stem, jumping through my throat to the base of the tongue, steaming phantom smells up into the sinuses and...1 month ago
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I think this blog has outlived its usefulness - As a positive form of self expression that is. I know it has, actually, and I'm a little embarrassed about it. What can you do when you make mistakes in li...1 month ago
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Slip sliding away - (My love for you is so overpowering I am afraid that I will disappear.) A variation on a theme... I love you. I love you so much I can’t stand it. But y...1 month ago
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Happy New Year! - It has been a wonderful journey and I thank you for being a part of it. Each soul that we meet along the way brings different colors into our lives whi...
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Happy Holidays! - Warmest wishes of joy and love of the holiday season -- long into the upcoming New Year. *Narragansett, RI Christmas, December 2011* Shanti.
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Two weeks and counting… - Okay, I can’t resist posting. Two weeks from today, Anna and I will be on our way to Mysore. I’m thinking that at exactly this time, we’ll be over the ocea...2 months ago
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Pausing to say "Hello" - Hello. As you might have noticed, I've been on an extended, unannounced holiday from this blog. It was totally unplanned - a few days' break led to a few ...2 months ago
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A Little Less Light - Body resting on the floor. Almost half covered in the earth, like being partially buried in warm sand. Eyes slowly open and see the prayer flags direct...
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Plans - I am sure every time I post a blog entry, deciding that I will practice every day, things happen to stop me from doing that. In the end, last week turned i...4 months ago
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New Website, Blog & Facebook - Greetings! There has been a major overhaul on all my communications recently. This blog will be taken down soon and taking it's place is a new blog, faceb...
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dusting the cobwebs away - Here is a bit of a practice update. Kapotasana- last time I blogged about this, I was cutting out the additional prep that had snuck into home practice. I ...9 months ago
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What I learnt in class today - That it’s not called Durvasana but Durvasasana (beautifully demonstrated by Saisha). That once you stick your leg behind your head and get on your feet, yo...9 months ago
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Not Enough Time for Yoga? - One thing I’ve noticed since I returned to yoga is just how much time it takes up. It’s hard to believe that I used to go every single day to a 90-minute c...10 months ago
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feel lucky? - Why yes… yes, I do. Good thing, too. Because research has shown that people who do consider themselves lucky tend to attract more of said luck (the good ki...10 months ago
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TIA, migraine, David Swenson and David Keil. - A week before Christmas I woke up in the morning and decided not to go to Mysore. I do not remember what was the exact cause, but this unfortunately happen...11 months ago
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What was I thinking? - Why on earth did I sign up for pre-7am notifications of my "not correct"? In an environment designed to change the way I do things? Take things that feel g...1 year ago
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2 comments:
Hi, nice drawing!
Hi Claudia, thanks, I found it in saved among my old files. It's from a photo.
Cheers,
Arturo
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