I recently watched this film again, may be for the 100th time. Every time someone watches this film, they always tell me what a nut case Timothy Treadwell was and nothing more. Yet to me, this is a fascinating film. Werner Herzog is such a brave director to have made this film even though the first reaction for most people is that Timothy is just a madman.

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I see French people. Everywhere and all the time. Sometimes I get confused if I am in Canada or France. All the same, I am having fun meeting people with such different accents. There is so much scope for confusion and laughter. The more I speak with them, I realize the confusion of the bitch and the beach is not just for the people who speak with Indian accent. Bitch and the beach is constantly interchanged even by the French. So, what do we have for dinner tonight? Soap, it is.

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There is so much yoga jargon that one hears,  the entire thing feels so fake. I have gotten somewhat used to the yoga speak, more or less. I came across a hilarious writeup Yoga speak for dummies , written by an ex yoga fanatic.

One thing that feels way too artificial is the topic of kundalini mixed in with tantra and sex. First of all, the word sounds funny to me. And then there’s always the quantum physics and karma being brought in.  (more…)

I used to buy Yoga Journal when I was a yoga novice. I subscribed to the magazine for a year and soon realized I did not want it. But, this magazine charged me $120 on my credit card for the next year when I did not even choose to extend. I could not talk to anyone on their support as there really was no support. The call would get redirected to some cowboy magazine and I lost all that money. I am happy yogadawg has made this awesome video. Check it out.

Here’s a hilarious post written by Papi on being Indian when Bollywood music, Slumdog Millionaire, and yoga are cool.

I’ve long cherished the notion that one cannot be authentic as well as cool if one is Indian. It is either one or the other. Read more here.

To begin the class, come to a downdog. Explore your dog today.

Inhale, come in to three legged dog. Stay here.

Inhale and flip your dog. Nice.

Inhale to come back to three legged dog. Release to downdog.

Take your dog for a walk to forward fold.

Grounding into the earth, grow taaallll to reach the sky.

Tuck your tail under.

Once again, come back to downdog.

Inhale to three legged dog and roll leg open, to downdog at fire hydrant.

Pause. Release.

Back to downdog.

This time, walk your dog back.

Woof woof.

Om…

Main Entry: Yogese

Pronunciation: \Yo-geese

Etymology: New-fangled English and Sanskrit

Date: 20th Century, recent happenings, current

Usage: the language of the modern day yogis, yoga speak. It is a nonstandard form of speech used only by yogis. It is usually delivered with a smattering of Sanskrit or not, but always delivered in the most calm and serene way usually with a smile (inner) unless in Bikram situation, where a boot camp language is in vogue and considered cool.

You know you are using Yogese, when the word editors underline almost all the words that you type, but they are perfectly understood by yogis.

Some examples of Yogese are -

Grounding into the earth, grow taaallll to reach the sky, tuck your tail under, tadasana

Swan dive to uttanasana, your spine flows over your thighs

Inhaling hands on shins, straight spine, spin your heart out, opening the heart chakra, ardha uttanasana

Inhaling from Uttanasana followed by Exhaling to Malasana leads to this. Especially when teachers use this sequence with 360 degrees rotation on the floor, it gets crappier.