tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257811012678007955.post8420473966228513188..comments2023-12-16T20:19:41.067-08:00Comments on Christina Sell: Ananda- Divine DiscontentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257811012678007955.post-90126401871924189232011-05-12T06:24:53.493-07:002011-05-12T06:24:53.493-07:00y two cents: I totally think that your dancer frie...y two cents: I totally think that your dancer friend is right that people have different degrees of wanting to express the life within them. And I agree with you (I think--don't want to put words in your mouth) that desire is something that can be cultivated and increased. It's tricky because in order to increase desire, you have to have some sadhana, but it's hard to establish sadhana without desire. That's where the teacher comes in. Charisma is a very important ingredient in a teacher because the teacher's charisma calls forth the desire in the student, makes it possible to initiate and stabilize sadhana, then desire increases, sadhana increases, desire increases, lather rinse repeat.Emma Magenta Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729629217210871479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257811012678007955.post-75106181236533448912011-05-11T18:49:35.704-07:002011-05-11T18:49:35.704-07:00Ooooh, great comments. Soon. Maybe even tonight, i...Ooooh, great comments. Soon. Maybe even tonight, if I get through the email!Christina Sellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08401826381021947279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257811012678007955.post-27882856915438529772011-05-10T22:19:03.530-07:002011-05-10T22:19:03.530-07:00To further the point Karen raised, I have felt sim...To further the point Karen raised, I have felt similarly about Anusara being more extrovert friendly. I am a beginning student but am very drawn to the Immmersion. As somebody who has trouble with social interactions, I wonder if I am ready for Immersion. <br /><br />I would love a post discussing how I as a student should gauge my readiness.PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072223376940372550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257811012678007955.post-21930880623604189762011-05-10T08:08:32.227-07:002011-05-10T08:08:32.227-07:00This puts me in mind of a perception that I've...This puts me in mind of a perception that I've run into that Anusara Yoga is "for extroverts"- those willing to put "themselves on the outside" like the asana has a performance component. What I know as a long-term practioner though is that our energy can be fully expressed quietly, loudly, inwardly or outwardly, but most importantly--with purna,fullness. <br />Maybe "purna" is the pebble. <br /><br />The teacher can ask the questions:"What are you in service to?"(kriya) "What do you long to know"(jnana) and "How deeply do you want to connect?"(iccha)so that each student has the opportunity to find her path of meaning (inwardly and outwardly)-- but how Fully can she step into the current on a given day? It's 100% that we're asking for- on that day in that circumstance and that's hard work.KarenFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384976577904381097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257811012678007955.post-27813368220042594712011-05-08T15:04:15.751-07:002011-05-08T15:04:15.751-07:00Thanks Christina! As an artist, yoga practitioner...Thanks Christina! As an artist, yoga practitioner and yoga teacher sometimes (often ) I feel a push / pull dynamic between these mediums. Where the impulse to do one of these expressions is so much more intense than the others, and because of that, I get down on myself for not feeling inspired to do all 3 all the time. This article helped me see that it doesn't really matter what medium I have the impulse to use, just as long as I'm expressing. Much Gratitude, Vanessa Sulzervsulzer2615https://www.blogger.com/profile/14975563594353468066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257811012678007955.post-10686265335990112362011-05-08T12:31:56.625-07:002011-05-08T12:31:56.625-07:00I think with that pebble in the shoe is that on go...I think with that pebble in the shoe is that on going voice that asks- why? I have not met an Anusara yogi who has not been driven by a sense of curiosity and questioning of the relative world. I came to Anusara through frustration: both discontented and asking why- and I am happy to say though I am still asking why in various forms of that question and I may be somewhat discontented- it is not that frustration of discontent but a longing to go ever deeper into both the self knowledge chit and the complex dance of life. Great piece Christina- and beautiful new pics too on the side!Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272730128459982428noreply@blogger.com