I choose to make full use, to explore every muscle, to take best care and to extend my lifetime – in this body.
(continued from I tell people I do yoga to be.. and I maintain my health in this body as it is THE vehicle that contains my spirit, soul and wisdom to experience the wonderful short journey in this lifetime, on this earth – before I meet my Maker)
..while I DO YOGA everyday (among other activities) as it is the only sports / workout that:
- works every muscle in my body
- makes me discover new sensations, feelings and awareness
- heals my existing illness / prevents new injury
- does not make me compete with others
- lets me break my record everytime I stretch / stand on my head or hands
- lets me be my own judge & cheerleader at the same time
- I don’t need any other gear ( racket / shoes / machine / gloves / Olympic size swimming pool / precision timer / etc) but my breath and willpower
- makes me more energized after I finish (practicing / teaching)
- I know I can still do when I turn 50, 70 or even 90 years old
If you have been to a (good) yoga class, you would know that you are in a cult – to look, to live and to know better.
Some day you will die.
Lying on your sick bed
about to breathe your last,
you will be assailed by every kind of pain.
Your mind will be filled with fears and anxieties
and you will not know what to do or where to go.
Only then you realise you have NOT practised well.
The skhandas / aggreagates (matters, sensations, conceptions, impulses and conciousness)
and the four elements in you will quickly disintegrate,
your conciousness will be pulled wheever your ancient,
twisted karma leads it.
Impermanence – does not hesitate.
Death – does not wait.
You will not be able to extend your life by even a second.
How many thousand more times
will you have to pass through
the gates of birth and death.
If these words are challenging,
even insulting,
let them be an encouragement for you to change.
Practice heroically.
Do not accumulate unnecessary possesions.
Don’t give up.
Still your mind,
end wrong perceptions,
concentrate and
- do not run after the object of your senses.
Practice diligently.
Be determined not to let your days and months pass by wastefully.
~ Zen Master GUISHAN
Love, encouragement and enlightenment.
great fan of Christy,the ambassadres of yoga in the western world.love her courage as she was repeatedly put on the spot with regard to the issue of yoga and christianity,akin to yours
tee heng giap
3 Mar 10 at 1:15 PM
Hey Ninie you should submit a picture of you in a Yoga pose to SOFY360 Challenge @ http://www.sofy360.com! It’s a photo contest, a call for Malaysian women to live Life without Restrictions! You could win an adventure trip to BALI!
Mabel
5 Mar 10 at 3:59 PM
I used to be flexible like you. I played Capoeira before and then stop! My belly size increase rapidly. Now, I started it back slowly.
Faiz Zaki
10 Mar 10 at 4:48 PM
Hi Ninie,
Wow.. thats some mad moves…
btw, are you from subang by any chance? you look awfully familiar..
thatssoron
12 Mar 10 at 3:19 PM