Only human

after breaking in the new(ish) website with an art related blog, it’s now time for a Yoga one.

So what have I been up, well I have actually been really busy, today is the second day off after a 26 day long stint of subs-private classes and my regulars. How did it go?, well, interesting really, when you have so little time to process every single class (which I tend to like to do and over analyse) while at the same time process my own practice....... intense is a good word for it. I think I spent most of the time high on adrenaline and the rest of the time sitting in a dark corner nursing my hay-fever, twitching only slightly to check my emails.

I usually like to add something to each class from my own practice however by the end of the stint every class/personal practice seemed to meld into one, resulting in a hodgepodge of ideas and Asana. Which can be fun but not always coherent or practical.

What was interesting though is the thought of Yoga as a ‘career’ seemed to fly straight out of the window and the experience of ‘sharing’ really started to ring true, in a way that I haven’t experienced before. The separation of student/teacher blurs becoming an even more rewarding experience. I think I became so used to being in the studios that any kind of apprehension became a waste of time and energy. However at the same time I mixed up classes and dates, missed trains, 2 flat tires and was a little for a class. AND had no energy to paint.

I have to ask what can I learn from this that isn't painfully obvious...

Up top

Nice one, I have been asked to teach ‘roof top’ Yoga at the Visionare and am really looking forward it. I would highly recommend it if you ever get the opportunity / or if you are interested, it's one of THE most exhilarating and mind blowing New Yorky things you can do!

Currently

I'm currently working on a rather large painting, here it is at about 45% complete, it's for an exhibition in October, but I am trying to complete it within the next week, my hope is that if I see it on the website ALL the time then it will inspire to completion. The image of the boat is there and so is the paint style/wave movements. Again still very early.

Why am I here

ok, so the main reason for the move and name change is due to Yahoo. Yahoo decided to ramp up my domain name subscription charge 350% in one year, which (during our current financial position) seemed a tad draconian. I also felt that the web space was underutilised (also I have no need for a 5th email address) and not worthy of the new costs.

lately with Blogger, Twitter, etc... I find that the structure and purpose of my original site had become redundant as well as extremely slow and clumsy to work therefore I have stripped away all that is unneeded and concentrated on simplicity. Clearing out the old and making way for the new can always be recommended.

So here we are all shiny and simply new.

New, so NEW

Ok coming soon the site your now looking at, I am hoping to update and explain why I'm here in the next day of two.

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Media control and falling for it!

is concerned about he systematic media destruction of both Gordon Brown/the Labour party and the GOP (neither of which I’m a fan of) and is beginning to feel like a patsy. Everything seems a little too orchestrated and I agree with it a little too much. I don’t trust the media at the best of times why should I trust them now?