An amazing tribute to Saraswati, I love her candid speech, she is a goddess incarnated, not a hint of pride, a true teacher of teachers.
Maybe I would change the ending, and say that behind every great woman there is a few of great men... it stands AS TRUE. But I get it, we are used to thinking it the other way around.
By the way you may notice some familiar faces like insideowl, and David Garriguez.
Bow to Saraswathi! May she live long and healthy.
Celebrity is the new enlightenment.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed watching this. Thanks Claudia!
ReplyDeleteI think linking her courage with the civil rights movement is a bit of a stretch, but lovely video all the same. Also cannot believe that she's 70 - she looks 50!
ReplyDeleteI hope you're feeling better Claudia!
Hi ovo, guess I don't see it that way, I am glad this video is out and that people that have never been to Mysore have a chance to see her teaching directly, if that makes her appear like a celebrity I don't mind, as per the enlightenment part... I'm not even sure what that is anyway.... Nice talking to you on Twitter this morning :-)
ReplyDeleteAimee, yes, I loved the video too.
Savaddict, not sure where I linked it to the civil rights movements maybe that's in the video? Don't remember that part... She does indeed look amazing, and she just exhumes sweetness.
Saraswatthi dropped me back for the first time ever and gave me lots of self confidence, I love seeing her shine like this.
As per the Lyme... Neightmare, have seen more doctors this week than I care to remember... Still feeling exhausted and missing the practice of asana....
Thanks for the good wishes :-)
Dear Claudia,
ReplyDeleteInteresting video. Now I can 'see' how the classes proceed in Mysore. Before this, I had this clip the 70s India playing in my mind whenever I read your blogs on tales about the classes in Mysore. Hahaha. 70s? I really have no idea why I chose the 70s, I hardly know much about that time. Hahaha.
Oh dear, Claudia. I was really hoping that by now you were feeling better already. Last week I was very ill (fever and flu) and I was mostly in bed and I was actually thinking about you, along this line:
1) I hope Claudia is better already and she is back with her practice.
2) It feels horrible to be sick (and being sick only for a couple of days or more has got me seeking for the bed more often than not, missing my recently started daily practice). So Claudia must be a great person to be able to be so strong and brave about this thing and still be able to blog now and then.
I really hope things change for the better soon for you...
Take care.
thank you Deepa, your comment was so sweet it warmed my heart. I really hope I can get on the mat again soon and I hope you are fully recovered by now. You crack me up with the "clip" you had in your mindabout the 70s India,there should be a show called "That 70s India! I would watch it! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou will get better soon, Claudia. There is so much positive energy sent your way by your friends and loved ones. And you will jump back better than ever :)
ReplyDeleteI am happy I at least gave you something to laugh about :P
I am better now, thanks Claudia.
I am trying to note a deeper current. Teachers described as famous, world famous, as having celebrity students. Not described as compassionate, learned, awake. That's interesting. It's not bad. But it's odd - right?
ReplyDeleteAshtanga practice systematically puts safeguards on the ego. It does this so we won't get distracted or lost.
Yoga is about enlightenment. It's just a system that creates conditions that support its arising. Maybe it's the proliferation of distractions (loss of concentration) that takes away our confidence that there's something more to ashtanga than a mutual appreciation society?
@OvO, Krishnamachary and even Patanjali are always in favor of the correct propogation of yoga to non-practitioners. Better for the world to have more yoga then less.
ReplyDeleteMy only commment here is that it's nice to see Saraswathi in the video. She is such a great teacher that it's good for non-practitioners (and even some practitioners) to know such a great teacher is in the world to help them on the path.
Personally, I don't really view this as a celebrity thing.