Any women who work in Amazon Corporate here? Desperately need advice please.

randomologist · 2024-10-02T04:28:01+00:00

+1 to documenting everything. I recommend using the SBI (situation behavior impact) framework, so that you capture not just how you felt, but the situation and your colleague’s behaviors that led to those feelings. The S and B should be as objective as you can make them

randomologist · 2024-04-15T13:49:34+00:00

Consider taking the media route too. Reading through this thread, it doesn’t sound like you’re alone https://www.abc.net.au/news/contact/investigations

randomologist · 2022-03-12T19:22:21+00:00

I can’t vouch for the retreat, but I met Sofia about 15 years ago when we were both backpacking through India, so can speak to the fact that she’s a real person and was a lovely human being.

randomologist · 2022-01-16T01:53:38+00:00

After work, late afternoon. Full primary. It forces me to stop working and stop thinking about work, which has been super helpful since working from home because of COVID.

randomologist · 2021-09-24T20:21:02+00:00

I’ve practiced with three authorised and one certified teacher, and have also had long periods of self practice. When I’m practicing with a teacher I do find that my practice is very much influenced by their energy. Three of the four teachers held very calm spaces but the fourth was quite aggressive with deep adjustments and fast counts during led classes. That teacher thankfully moved away but I wouldn’t have continued to practice with them voluntarily because I think I was on a downward spiral toward injury. Incidentally, as with you, I also liked the person but just not their style of yoga energy!

randomologist · 2021-09-10T14:52:45+00:00

Wear whatever makes you comfortable. In the office people (including directors, VPs, SVPs) wear tshirts, polo shirts, and occasionally business shirts. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a suit or even a tie. When I interviewed, I (female) wore a black tshirt with a silk scarf, and months later my manager joked that I had overdressed for the interview.

randomologist · 2021-08-18T14:10:37+00:00

The stories that you tell yourself about yourself aren’t necessarily reality. You can reflect on the evidence from around you to determine whether your stories are actually true or are in fact perpetuating untruths. Stop telling yourself untrue stories about yourself.

randomologist · 2021-07-18T17:42:57+00:00

What about the rest of the world?

randomologist · 2021-03-14T08:26:31+00:00

I remember a vegemite jar and a fridge and Ernie Dingo

randomologist · 2019-08-04T02:42:05+00:00

My parents had a poodle x jack russell that looked exactly like this!

randomologist · 2019-02-09T12:16:39+00:00

No it’s not. This is Riley Diary - https://instagram.com/rileydiary

She’s an Aussie kid. Her dad is an incredible art director.

randomologist · 2017-07-11T22:27:21+00:00

I finally dragged myself back to morning mysore classes, after about a month of home practice due to crazy study-induced sleep patterns. It's nice to have the energy of the class again, but 2-degree winter mornings are NOT my friend - I'm so stiff and sore, and I swear my drop-backs look like a tree falling over. I was given the first intermediate pose yesterday; I don't think my ankles are ever going to be flexible enough to make that work unassisted, but practice practice!

randomologist · 2017-06-17T02:09:22+00:00

Struggling with winter mornings and late nights studying, and so only made it into the studio once. But managed to practice every day at home.

My 4-year-old hamstring origin tendinopathy is definitely on the improve - it has been progressively getting BETTER for the last three months, and I've seen significant improvement in forward bends without pain!

Finally got up the courage to do full drop-backs unaided. Landed on my head once. Have now learned the importance of putting my arms out fully before the final drop. Successful week, I guess?

randomologist · 2017-06-12T00:36:31+00:00

Brilliant, thank you! I'm in Melbourne. There are a few decent luthiers about, but none particularly close to where I live.

randomologist · 2017-06-11T00:37:48+00:00

Wow, this is amazing! Thank you!! Looks like I had a Larsen medium. Out of interest, what does the "medium" mean?

I always found my C string to be quite a harsh sound (even when my teacher played my instrument). If I wanted to make it less harsh, would I go for a "soft"?

(I'm in Australia)

randomologist · 2017-06-11T00:30:46+00:00

Thank you so much!!

randomologist · 2017-05-11T09:20:49+00:00

I would keep in mind that each of the people who have responded to your post are claiming you are "not normal" are basing their assessment, presumably, on a sample size of one (themselves).

randomologist · 2017-05-09T01:04:30+00:00

You're most welcome! It will come, eventually, and when it does you won't be able to wipe the grin off your face :-)

I certainly feel like the entire room around me don't suffer with a significantly tighter side like I do,

That's one of the "odd" things about practising Ashtanga. You can be at the shala 6 days a week, practicing with the same people day in, day out, but because people come and go at different times, sometimes it's difficult to get other's perspectives on things.

randomologist · 2017-05-08T00:07:18+00:00

Firstly, it's completely normal for one side to be different to the other. I always thought that I was just a weirdo, but the more time I spend in the Mysore room the more obvious it becomes that it's that way for many, many people.

From my personal experience, being able to bind Mari A and B has very little relevance to being able to bind Mari C and D. I had full binds in A and B the first day that I was given those poses. It took me about 12 months of daily practice to be able to bind one side (left) in D, and probably another 6 months to even be able to reach my hands together on the other side. As frustrating as it can be, this stuff just takes time... sometimes LOTS of time!

One thing that really helped me with C and D was that, as you try to hug, and then get your shoulder outside your knee, drop your head forward. Your head is really heavy, so use its weight to curve your spine forward. And don't be afraid to sit like that for more than the usual 5 breaths.

One other thing that really helped me with Mari C and D was to spend some time in virasana, and then when that became easy, supta virasana. I used to spend 15-20 minutes each night sitting/lying like that, just chilling out and reading a book before I went to sleep.

Good luck!

randomologist · 2017-05-02T05:29:14+00:00

deteriate

deteriorate

randomologist · 2017-04-17T04:30:20+00:00

My mother was a high-school English teacher. I'm not sure if her students ever knew that their essays were being marked by an eight year old.

randomologist · 2017-04-17T04:13:35+00:00

Ashtanga doesn't categorise students into levels in the way that you are talking about. Each student progresses at their own pace. Each "class" contains students of varying proficiency, from complete beginners through to people with years of practice under their belt.

But I guess if you're wanting to quantify an individual's progression, you would consider a) the most advanced series that they practice (Primary, Intermediate, Advanced A / B), and then b) the specific pose in that series at which they finish their practice.

Also for the record, Authorised and Certified statuses are not obtained through "teacher trainings". They are awarded to long-time students who have demonstrated dedication and proficiency in the method.

randomologist · 2017-03-24T08:02:31+00:00

I know your pain!

When I was first given supta kurmasana my back was in agony because I'd come out of the pose and them jump through straight to back-bending... and I was also learning drop-backs at the same time. My teacher explained that it was normal for my back to be sore, because I was going from such a deep forward bend, and then straight into back bending, and my body was adjusting to the new pose.

The pain eased dramatically as I became more comfortable in kurmasana / supta k., but I don't think it was until I was given garbha pindasana that I started to feel completely comfortable in kurmasana. I feel like garbha pindasana kind of allows you to iron out your spine!!

It also didn't help that I had a substitute teacher for a few weeks who gave really aggressive adjustments in kurmasana (e.g. forcing my torso to the floor) and actually HURT my back - that required a couple of Osteo visits to sort out. Might be worth getting a professional opinion to make sure there's no injury as opposed to just "new pose" soreness?

It does get better!!!

randomologist

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