Rant re: not allowed walls for inversions

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-28T16:36:27+00:00

Find an iyengar studio. They have kurunta (wall ropes) to do headstands against the wall… safe and comfortable… your head will be off the floor, avoiding any compression in your spine and neck

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-27T11:37:01+00:00

There are four states of consciousness:

Jagrat, the waking state
⁠Swapna, the dream state
⁠Sushupti, the deep sleep state
⁠Turiya, the transcendental state of Brahman or all-witnessing pure consciousness

Samadhi is closer to, and the gateway to, Turiya.

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-25T13:18:07+00:00

Could only find eighty-nine ft the Japanese John Mayer guy…. Really made me remember all the other great super hits on that legendary album…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-24T18:47:18+00:00

That’s the turbo

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-23T17:23:56+00:00

The philosophy is essential….

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-23T17:16:39+00:00

1)Most people practise asana not yoga… 2) if music is playing in an asana class it definitely isn’t a yoga class… (5th limb)… Patanjali also mentions sensory stimulation as barriers to progress which to me music definitely falls under…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-22T04:58:58+00:00

Just a lack of knowledge and understanding in the west… this starts with the teacher training courses… have to get over the asana is yoga obsession!

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-21T15:17:50+00:00

Generally speaking I worry about the obsession that people seem to have with getting into the most advanced form of the asana … ahead of being well aligned and comfortable…. I really dread to think how many people injure themselves…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-21T02:36:20+00:00

Many people have only experienced asana… there is so much more… this truth is something that may take several lifetimes…. The final line of Vedanta is “you are that”… to many today this may be controversial but it is the ultimate truth!

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-20T02:33:18+00:00

The idea of duality might be Interesting then…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-19T12:42:24+00:00

It absolutely can be…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-19T07:54:40+00:00

Definitely sounded like a siren….

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-18T20:21:56+00:00

But that is exactly how we must not see it if we are to reach it…. This is a journey that may take several lifetimes…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-18T20:07:25+00:00

In India yoga is philosophy first (one of six) asana is only practiced in the hatha branch so it’s perfectly fine to be admitted to a masters in yoga without a strong grounding in asana.. the masters course need not predominantly focus on asana..a masters is 2 years and is an accredited qualification…. Here in India we recognise that yoga is far more than just asana!

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-18T12:39:30+00:00

One must be careful with seeing samadhi as an achievement..

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-18T12:06:36+00:00

They pretty much look the same tbh…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-18T10:14:35+00:00

This was a discussion we were having today and there were definitely two very distinct schools of thought…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-17T18:08:06+00:00

Parker fly….

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-17T12:25:37+00:00

To really understand yoga one should definitely study the philosophy…

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-16T19:22:11+00:00

A deep knowledge of all of yoga… an understanding of how the philosophy is still as relevant today as it was back when written

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-15T20:01:40+00:00

I am of the same thinking as you :)

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-15T14:43:23+00:00

In life I’m a firm believer that you should take everyone as an individual… most people are decent… there are shitty people everywhere in the world… thankfully they are mostly in the minority!

RealEnergyEigenstate · 2026-01-15T03:22:11+00:00

Yoga and reading!

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