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Mac seems to have up and died, freezing then a grey screen when you try to restart. Just a file icon in the Center of the screen with a question mark, lost and confused amongst the shades...Run to the light Mac, run to the light.Was just testing the Blogsy app for Ipad but it doesn't seem to actually post oh well.Problem with Blogging from ipad is that you can't scroll through a longish post to edit, small posts then, not a bad thing perhaps.Here's what I was trying to test Blogsy with, a video of Tim Miller performing some Advanced series adjustments at his place in Encinitas, doesn't this tempt you to make the trip?No sign of any devil worshiping that I can see.Perhaps that trial is not such a bad thing, some parents clearly have genuine concerns perhaps this will, hopefully, put many of their fears to rest and also make us pause and reflect before running around like a Minotaur in a labyrinthine china shop.That said back when I was a schoolteacher in a little Christian Prep school I once added an S to the Religion class I was supposed to be teaching and taught the kids about Buddha....didn't go down well, so I can't talk.Have a nice holiday weekend if you have one where you are, me I'm sick and trying to decide whether to go into work, just a viral throat infection, can breathe more freely now and even swallow...just about, but M. Is giving me a hard time about staying in bed...Two days in bed is long enough, full practice yesterday, if you can practice then you can work.

Sunday - nada. Monday - hours class, lovelyTuesday - nadaWednesday - hours class, lovelyThursday - 45min DVD, lovelyFriday - hours class, lovelyThe word lovely is pretty much a meme to my friends and family and I (yes, I know all words are memes to everyone, strictly speaking, but you get my point). Just to point out that the overuse is endemic in my life.Finally on Friday I felt a bit fitter, recently even those 3A and 3Bs at the beginning have been heavy going. I have high hopes for keeping a good practice over the weekend. Although I'm very busy, I'll have my early mornings to myself.

after my visit to the Huangguoshu Waterfalls in Guizhou, i returned to the province's capital Guiyang. getting there from the town of Anshen, i caused a little incident on the bus. the day of returning, i thought i would be efficient and buy a ticket for the return to Guiyang. tickets sometimes get sold out early and you cannot obtain fare once that happens. so it's better to buy the ticket early. that morning i intended to do some sightseeing in a nearby ancient town. i was sold an 8:20am ticket, the time when i showed up to buy the ticket. thinking nothing of it, i went about my sightseeing and arrived at 3:00pm to depart for the capital. one thing is to take a bus earlier than the time on the ticket, another is to board after the ticket time expired. i sat comfortably in the front of the bus, but bus station attendants had to sort out my situation and give me a replacement ticket, plus ask the person whose seat i took if he did not mind sitting in another seat. i received some compassion for being a foreigner. well anyway, after more experience in other provinces i have learned that some areas are more strict in observing that people board the bus with the time printed on their ticket, and some areas are more lax. the center of Guiyang is crossed by a river. in a plaza there is a large statue of Maoit seems to point across the street, where there is a gigantic underground Walmart, covering an entire square, complete with a Louvre-like glass pyramid. along the river there is a temple. in front of it I joined Chinese in dancing.the temple architecture contrasts with the modern architecture around it, similar to Jing'An Temple in Shanghai. contrast of historical architectural roof details and contemporary architecture roof details the landmark at the center of the river is the Gongnan Pavilion, preserved from the Ming Dynasty, from1665, kept intact for 340 years. Gongnan Pavilion is part of the complex of Cuwei Garden, a former Buddhist temple on the side of a wooded hill. currently the facilities are used for poetry readings and drama shows.view of the city skyline from a pavilion in the temple groundswalking north, i headed to another Ming era citadel, located on a hill.there was a scale model of the complex on displaydriving around the city, i noticed a new sports stadiumdetails in the historical buildingspeople exercising by the river

5 weeks to go until I give up every thing I've been used to over the past 7 years, my house, good job, steady income, stability, routine... to concentrate on my Ashtanga Yoga practice for 1 year. Nothing else to get in the way, just me and my practice in new surroundings throughout the world.But I have to admit, The thought is keeping me up at night...I'm not sleeping more than 4 hours per night, the rest of the night is me, my mind and impending scenarios, stories, of what is yet to happen. Am I really worried or is it the current practice of second series which is sending my mind (notwithstanding my hips) completely out of control? I've given up my morning meditation practice as I'm driving myself crazy. I'm running from the reality of what I have chosen for myself. So what now? The only thing I can think of is to turn to Patanjali, the sutras.. Yoga Sutra 1:31:~ Dukha-daurmanasya-angameja-yatva-shvasa-prasvasa viksepa sahabhuvah ~- When they (sickness, apathy, doubt, carelessness, laziness, sexual indulgence, delusion, lack of progress and inconsistency) arise once may experience distress, depression, or the inability to maintain steadiness of posture or breathing.duhka, griefdaurmanasya, anxiety, worryangamejayatva, unsteadiness of the bodyshvasa prashvasa, irregular inspiration and expirationvisepa-sahabhuvah, (are) accompaniments of distractionsBut no, I'm not being able to rest in the hear and now Patanjali, I'm stressed, I can hardly practice without thinking constantly throughout and worrying about leaving behind the stable life I had. Giving up what is perceived as a comfortable life is difficult. I'm stressing out, my mother's worried that I'll have a nervous breakdown before I even leave...and then there's the extra worry of leaving my Mum on top of everything else.... But it's only 1 year Mum, one year out of hopefully 60+ years we'll have together. That's what I keep telling her....There is nothing else I want to do in my life at this very moment than what I have been planning for, for the past 18 months. It will be done, but mentally these next 5 weeks are going to be mentally effing hard.

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