Taradactyl in Paradise

So this was supposed to be a post of my bird of paradise pose however, it isn't uploading! I can't wait to go to class tomorrow... I just want to be in a room full of people with the same goal as mine... Its so comforting and I can feel their energy. Yesterday I practiced my pincha myurasana, also a bit today here at work, and definitely felt a difference using the tips that Lynn and Ashlee had given me which is fantastic. I also did some triangle and bounnd triangle for standupyogis challenge... Which led to the bird of paradise today... https://www.facebook.com/tarathetarabull?ref=tn_tnmn#!/photo.php?fbid=10100664148857427&set=a.10100131797803207.2274657.26601551&type=1&theater So there's a link since I can't upload the picture. Hmmf. Anyway, I got deeper into Jivamukti and also the Yoga Sutras. One inparticular stands out to me... "By cultivating attitudes of friendliness towards the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calmness." This is exactly what I needed to hear... THe "disregard towards the wicked!" Instead of trying to change the wicked or suggest the wicked be a certain way, just disregard them. Why didn't I think of that in the first place. The wicked choose to be wicked and only they can make the choice to be otherwise... Suggesting they not be so wicked simply makes them more wicked. I like how Patanjali keeps referring to science and atoms and things of that nature... because I have always been drawn to science... especially nature and breaking things down to their simplest forms things like that. Yoga is a science and I see that more and more especially while reading Jivamukti last night... There is a part on cleanliness and how an unhealthy body can't meditate and describes all these detoxification practices some of which I don't believe I will be doing (enemas) but some of which if I do not due, my body becomes unhealthy or my outward appearance clouds my mind because I am not being the best I can be... simple cleansing, washing, teeth brushing. Also, the neti pot! No shit, neti pot in my yoga books... Nasal cleansing. Really, cleansing and detox and hydration are really very important things... its frickin science. Tyler read one of my Thich Nyat Hahn books... and I can tell he actually paid attention to it. I said something earlier and he said "I understand why you feel that way" which made me feel like maybe there's hope we will hop on this enlightenment train with me... Its a journey!