http://www.yogzilla.com Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:45:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have always fancied having someone guide me in my Yoga studies. A lot of books say that great progress can be made when you have a guru, as a guru can show you the way. Sounds great, but I am pretty sure I am not going to find anyone ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/03/05/when-the-guru-lets-you-down/ I still recall the valedictory function at KYM last year, on February 27, around 19:00 hours, Chennai time; after one month of daily practice of asana, pranayama and dhyana, my mind had reached a stillness that I had never enjoyed before; that whole month was plenty of new experiences, emotions ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/03/02/the-force-of-nature/ What a performance, Team Canada! The theme of downtown's party was that the USA got pucked : ) Gold Canada, Gold! http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/03/01/its-raining-gold/ Olympics and the Cauldron remind me of going to a Hindu temple during a major festival. Lines everywhere and you see a glimpse of the sacred. Same thing here. The Olympic cauldron has been fenced off. Last week there was a thick cloth covering the fence. It was kept quite ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/02/28/olympic-kumbh-mela/ Untouched by taints or karma-s or their fruition or their latent stocks is the Lord, who is a special kind of Puruṣa. Who is this īśvara who is neither pradhana nor puruṣa?, He is a special kind of Self, untouched by the causes-of-affliction, action, its fruition or their deposit. Patañjali begins to ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/02/26/beyond-the-wheel-of-existence/ This is not a film review. Although I thought the film by the same title was quite nice. This post is about my Yoga education. I was not very sure about teaching yoga when I had signed up for the training. I could not do most of the asanas in ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/02/21/an-education/ Recently I heard about this film and I watched the trailer. Looks interesting. It sounds like this film is following Sita Sings the Blues model. Pay what you can. For more information on the film, check out Shyama on MovieSet. http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/02/18/shyama/ This is the Canadian Beer Company, Molson. It is in my neighborhood and this poster was under construction for months. It is made up of photographs of athletes taking part in the Olympics. If you click on the picture and zoom in, you can notice that. I think this ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/02/17/spirit-of-the-games/ One of the ways to attain the state of Yoga is through devotion to God. Offering regular prayers to God with a feeling of submission to his power, surely enables the state of Yoga to be achieved. This probably is one of the most controversial sutras. There are so many interpretations to ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/02/16/isvara/ At last, the day that I had heard about for months is here.  Vancouver 2010 is upon us. The Olympic torch relay went through my neighborhood last night. This really was a first for me. It was amazing to see so many people on the streets. I was so ... http://www.yogzilla.com/2010/02/12/i-see-red/