There is more to life than increasing its speed.
– Gandhi
I learned of a book called “If Buddha came to Dinner” and picked it up for a good read as I am surrounded by very conscientious eaters who remind me of our diet and how that choice affects everything … so I had to be amused with Lizzie Lasater’s blog post I just discovered TODAY, in which she talks about the same book and throws out a supposition, suppose… what if Buddha came to yoga class… I do have lots of thoughts on that. But to make this post entertaining, taking off from the chosen quote above, for our need to slow down … here’s what if Gandhi came to your yoga class… hilarious.
I hope this does not offend anyone – it’s just that I’ve lived in LA (Los Feliz area) for few years in the past and used to visit Orange County a lot as well – was hooked on Bikram yoga in my past life – and so, somehow, it reminds me of this gym I used to go to. In a way, its good to see an instructor who does not even deal with memorizing yoga poses in Sanskrit as I used to beat myself up with that need. In fact, maybe we got tested on them… ? cannot recall but I remember on the white board was a name of a pose in Sanskrit and I had to instruct it to which I was like ??? turned out to be a bridge pose – “Betu Bandhasana” – hello? a test? Shamed. Test me again; I am pretty sure I will pass except for the pronunciation:)
“Don’t worry; you’ll learn the terminology.”
AND … reminded,
Laughter is the best medicine.
Let’s not take things so seriously.
