66 posts tagged “yoga”
I'm fairly speechless about the headline to this article about the "Tooting man" who is believed to be a Hindu goddess?!? Besides feeling flabbergasted about the fact that a man claims to be a goddess (and the villagers believe him), I couldn't help but laugh about all the references to his hometown in England.
JOBLESS Steve Cooper has found work at last — as an Indian GODDESS who thousands of Hindus believe can cure their infertility.
Pilgrims head to a remote jungle temple to be blessed by Steve, 32, from Tooting, South West London.
He places his third finger on the their foreheads and mutters: “The goddess is here”.
Surrounded by followers, Steve told The Sun: “I love being here. I don’t miss anything about Tooting.
Stop laughing!! This is serious work he's now doing. Apparently he forgot to tell his brother back in Tooting about his new job in India.
It also seems that not all villagers are convinced that Steve is qualified to be a goddess:But last night Steve’s stunned brother Justin Cooper said: “He’s just an ordinary guy.
“He never told me anything about this.”
Fair enough. I was just wondering if there was anyone out there who could confirm the veracity of this Tooting man's claims to be a goddess.
Steve now follows a strict vegetarian diet and sleeps in a spartan room. He lives among 80 eunuchs — castrated men — at the temple. But some have their doubts that he is equipped to be a goddess.
A eunuch called Sudha said: “He is a fake. I checked and he still has a penis. (uh-oh!)
“He is a male so can’t be a goddess. He shouldn’t give blessings.” Steve, who has a tattoo of the goddess on his arm, just insisted: “I am both male and female.”
Check out this video of an attempted headstand over at Tech.Chick.Blog. I thought it was lame, but kind of funny.
If your life is anything like mine, you know that some days just Suck and you really need a quiet place to collect thoughts and catch your breath. If you’re looking for a nice place to visit on the web (not that it isn’t nice to get away from the danged computer sometimes) when you feel like you need a break or some insightful inspiration, then head on over to Daily Zen. While there are some great Zen quotes and stories to be found there, my favorite part of Daily Zen is the Meditation Room, where with the click of a button a bell rings and you enter into a meditation shrine of sorts. Whether you sit for a minute or 20, Daily Zen is a peaceful place on the web that can brighten your day.
Also, next time you send someone an e-mail, why not send it with a Zen Card.
I just ran across this post over on Yoga Journal’s “Yoga Buzz” blog about the controversy surrounding the increasing commercialization of yoga. Although I haven’t seen the full documentary, I checked out the clips from Yoga Inc. on YouTube, and decided to post them all here in sequence for your viewing pleasure.
Clip 1: East Meets West
Clip 2: Lights. Karma. Action
Clip 3: “If Any Idiot Asks You”
Clip 4: Cowboys and Indians
Clip 5: Chakra Panties
Clip 6: Copyrighting Karma
Clip 7: McYoga
Clip 8: Yogi TV
Clip 9: F&#* Yoga
Clip 10: We Are the Champions
Clip 11: The Shaman and the Showman
Read about Swami Vivekananda’s visit to the World of Congress in 1893. Check out the rest of SwamiJ.com for some serious reading about yoga.
Swami Vivekananda, originally uploaded on Flickr by Chetan Hegde M.
This picture has nothing to do with yoga, but I thought it was funny. Well, it might be helpful for your yoga practice if you’re into Laughing Yoga.
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” - Dalai Lama
“My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. These things are very useful in our daily life, and also for the whole of human society these practices can be very important.” - Dalai Lama
I just ran across a great article at Zen Habits with some excellent reminders for how we can live more kind and compassionate lives. I don’t really think I could say it much better than the guide does so I highly recommend heading over there for a bit of reading and pondering.
Check out this funny story about Mike Myers getting kicked out of yoga class.
Shrek star Mike Myers was kicked out of his favorite Los Angeles yoga class because he couldn’t contain himself when a mat neighbor kept farting. The funnyman admits he couldn’t concentrate and every time his gassy pal let rip, he started giggling.
The comic explains, “This guy kept farting and I am not very mature… I’m the youngest of three boys and if somebody farts, it’s funny. They were like, ‘We’re not here to laugh..’ but then he did it a second time, louder, and did it a third time and it sounded like a machine gun and I could not stop laughing.”
Myers was floored when the farter then turned to him and said, “I had a bad Chinese.”
Can you really kick Mike Myers out of class?
