tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post4541348908592375518..comments2023-05-18T11:00:46.711-05:00Comments on linda's yoga journey: study + practice = balanceLinda-Samahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-43130301100474292062009-11-25T21:43:10.522-06:002009-11-25T21:43:10.522-06:00Neika, please re-do your comment! I rejected it b...Neika, please re-do your comment! I rejected it by mistake! thank you so much for your compliment and you will LOVE KYM!Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-85327401533538151192009-11-24T14:22:58.191-06:002009-11-24T14:22:58.191-06:00Now this is a really great article, Linda. Thanks...Now this is a really great article, Linda. Thanks for sharing it with us. Couldn't have been said better.<br /><br />Svasti, I like the way the ancient texts themselves recognize what you said about different learning styles. You're right on!<br /><br />Bob Weisenberg<br />YogaDemystified.comBob Weisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442738029941563325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-35241109094279498092009-11-24T10:47:00.158-06:002009-11-24T10:47:00.158-06:00and I absolutely agree that yoga MUST be experienc...and I absolutely agree that yoga MUST be experienced before it can truly be understood. <br /><br />I know more than a few people who have read lots of stuff about yoga, how it does this or that, calms their mind, whatever, and it is not until they move their bodies, watch their breath, etc., that they say NOW I get it, NOW I understand what you've been talking about. <br /><br />Buddha&#Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-5410691671994970042009-11-24T09:36:03.070-06:002009-11-24T09:36:03.070-06:00svasti, I never thought you were dissing book lear...svasti, I never thought you were dissing book learnin' in any way and I totally understand what you said back on YD's blog! and what you say about how people learn in different ways is EXACTLY what I tell my college-age yoga students when they ask "why do we need a book in gym class?" (that's another story!) -- I say, because you all learn in different ways!<br /><br />Linda-Samahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664989345039365084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-62158726110690813842009-11-24T06:24:18.104-06:002009-11-24T06:24:18.104-06:00practicing yoga postures without studying the sacr...practicing yoga postures without studying the sacred texts is like a catholic who genuflects and takes communion without studying the bible...thanks for this entry...eight limbs, eight limbs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695025.post-69658646114404022952009-11-24T03:08:54.767-06:002009-11-24T03:08:54.767-06:00This is a good article, and kinda what I meant to ...This is a good article, and kinda what I meant to say in the last post, too. That said, and thinking about it further, there are all different types of learners. Some people more easily pick up stuff from books than others. Some are visually or sound oriented. And so on.<br /><br />I used to look on in amazement at some of my fellow students. We'd all study the same texts - Shiva Sutras, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com