A lot of people swear by it, I suppose they like the kirtan version, but pop music, with lyrics, to yoga? it was horrible.
First of all, I could not really chant, Sanskrit has a way of not mixing with electric guitars. Then as soon as I started to salute the sun I was considering if Buenos Aires is a small town, you know? as in trying to make the song about me.
I guess Buenos Aires is a small town in the wide network of things, a lot of people don't quite know that it is in Argentina or that we speak Spanish, Brasil being the point of reference for South America. The funniest thing I ever heard about my small town was a coworker when I was waiting tables in Soho back in 95, she thought it was an island in Spain.
Anyhow, I went through a whole lot of songs and a whole lot of emotions and ideas that got mixed into the practice. Not to mention people next to me coming and going, using weights, or those huge balls they use for what exactly? abs? really? I don't know.
I feel so far away from my gym years. I remember how I always wanted to find an exercise routine that would center me, rather than get me excited, as in a gym with music telling me that "All that she wants is another baby", or that "I am one of a kind". Thank you God for sending yoga my way!
The one good thing that came out of it was dristi. I figured with so much stimulus if I was to suddenly start looking out I would lose it completely, so I kept the focus in and it is great to see that I actually CAN do it.
I am so lucky to have yoga in my life.
yes, yoga to pop music is difficult.... and i'm not a huge fan. i try to do like what you did, practice "letting go" and "non-attachment". i figure that if i can practice my drishti during those practices, then i will be able to improve my "yoga" practice off the mat and into the distracting, non-ideal world. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso- i had a coworker who was from Argentina, and I knew that Buenos Aires was in Argentina (and that people spoke spanish) :) I was wondering though, was Celia Cruz from Argentina?? i wasn't quite sure, but she was an amazing lady with a fantastic Voice!
celia cruz is cuban.
ReplyDeletei do pranayama, headstands & meditation in a room with boxers training. i kind of enjoy the challenge. it's SO contrasting. i prefer silence, but you snack when you can sometimes
bindifry,
ReplyDeletethank you :) unfortunately as a Canadian, her music isn't well known. However, her voice is amazing and I am so grateful to have found her.
Hi Eco, you know it! And you are from all the way up North!! :) I agree about Celia, she is incredible.
ReplyDeleteBindy wow, I bow to you, funny that you call it "snaking"... That must take huge determination... I guess I am totally addicted to the silence!
Celia's my fave singer. have you heard her rendition of "i will survive" - "yo vivire"? or "la vida es un carnaval"
ReplyDeleteArturo, no I have not heard that I suppose I can find it in youtube, ok I just did, will listen...
ReplyDeletemi voz, el pueblo, mi rumba cantare? yo vivire?
WHAT? they changed the lyrics!, this song is NOT about I will live singing from my heart and remembering the old times when she went looking for freedom, is about turning down a bad guy with a high chin!, oh well, It's Celia, we can forgive her.
Amazing voice
echo the "thank god for yoga." I started out with aerobics and the "abs of steel" "buns of steel" stuff when I first started trying to reconnect with my body. I got myself into great shape and I remember thinking, as I popped in that abs of steel tap, "ugg... now I guess I just have to keep doing this FOR EVER..." But yoga never makes me feel that way.
ReplyDeleteHi Liz2, exactly!, I feel the same way, yoga does not give me that feeling, if anything it is more like an adventure, it's fascinating...
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