| yoga elements studio Newsletter | August 2008 |
Namaste Greetings!
Allow me to introduce this month’s hot yoga goddess; mother KALI:
In Tantric yoga practice, a preliminary technique is to sanctify the entire phenomenal world as the divine feminine. If you care not to delineate different aspects of that energy you can simply address all of her as “Mother” or as Indians say “Ma”. Others enjoy specific divine flavors, such as the clear wisdom energy of speech and learning (Saraswati) or the nurturing, abundant refuge of Lakshmi. Hard core yogis, however, reserve a special spot in their heart for Kali.
Kali is a personification for your own storehouse of dynamic spiritual force, which when activated, flows up your spine, and destroys illusions, cutting attachments, and leading to a higher level state of union. She is unrelenting and harsh- ostensibly because she loves you so much. See all those skulls and weapons? That is the result of TIME (Kala), which devours everything, even though our attachments and illusions want to convince us that we will endure forever in one form or other.
The meta feminine is the material energy- all that you can taste, touch, smell, hear, or feel. The meta masculine counterpart is the witness or the observer; inside all beings, male or female. So the feminine nature enjoys variety and adornment, in mood and material. David Deida, a yogic relationship counselor expands on this and offers it as an explanation as to why as a woman, you likely enjoy endless varieties of bags and shoes. Either way, I have observed that women are clearly the more bright of the two sexes, as yoga has been more popular with women (and intelligent men)
In light of all your female energy flowing into Yoga Elements Studio we’ve dubbed it “Ladies Month”
So if you’re an adorned female or an intelligent man, come praise your initial MA Goddess, and buy a pass for your Mom to start her own yoga practice at
Yoga Elements Studio: because it’s August and the Thai Queen Sirikit’s birthday on the 12th, which as you know is MOM’s day. It’s only 2,999baht, as long as she’s a bona-fide MOM (and Goddess)- preferably yours of course.
Current members can sign up with their friends (sorry boys, only women) for a month unlimited for only 4,999. Yes, that’s two people, women only, one month, for only 4,999. Men, buy YOUR month unlimited for 4770 because a month of doing yoga is tempting for you too, as you consider the averages.
Finally, in praise of living yoga Goddesses, my friend, DJ Fallout and I just released the latest “Off the Mat Interview” with Nicky Knoff. Interesting woman I must say. Listen as she relays stories of the early early days of Ashtanga Vinyasa ala Pattabhi Jois and Bikram yoga before electric heaters. We have a lot of fun producing these, and will be doing more. Take a listen here
See you in about three weeks, I’m off to New York on Wednesday.
Namaste,
Adrian Cox
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