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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Gimme a junkie and a whore any day of the week!
Seane Corn just went vastly up in my estimation... she could have taken these words right out of my own mouth!
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I took a workshop with her once where she said the same thing, same words.
My teacher Sarah Powers says the same thing: that her favorite teachers are the most human, and I agree, mine too.
I teach at a domestic violence shelter and the ladies told me that they appreciate me so much more because I've been where they are now.
I question how some "show biz yogis" can teach me because I wonder if they've been where I've been -- abuse, addiction, domestic violence. I usually do not trust the om namah shivaya superficial etheral smiles. I am a survivor, so what can they teach me?
A friend and I joke about the "Om Shanti" and "Namaste" crowd. These people who say Yoga is all about love and light, peace and happiness are deluding themselves. It's so pretentious - just say hello, how are you, have a good day... whatever... I would no more say Namaste to someone (outside north India) than I would say bonjour or auf wiedersehen...
If Yoga isn't pushing you outside your comfort zone, it ain't really Yoga. Leave the frills off for me mama, and gimme an extra dose of darkness... ;-)
"If Yoga isn't pushing you outside your comfort zone, it ain't really Yoga."
totally agree. I'm leaving for a 10 day retreat this weekend and when I get back I'm going to liberate this video and quote ya!
This really rings true for me, as I work one night a week with recovering crack and heroin addicts in a residential rehab facility for women (most of them on parole or probation, having been prostitutes, had children taken away, been victims of childhood incest, abused in every imaginable way...), and I'm endlessly inspired by them, particularly those who are most damaged. That they've lived through all that and are still here trying to get well simply astounds me....
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