20190510
到了Brooklyn下来还要暗色中走一段路,我地铁里碰到了yatra时就很神经的C:一个退休了一直神神叨叨花很多的女人,非常紧张的说自己volunteer竟然迟到,我和她跨越很多暗处排队的ashtangee直入进去,看到Eddie和他团队都在,安排我们负责所有人进门衣物鞋子包安放和秩序,这个活非常好干,而且可以安排自己垫子在前排,实在是幸运,因为之后长长的队伍耗时的登记,第一天就是麻烦,我看到之前练习碰到的老师,汤友都非常虔诚作出一副谦逊的美好,乖乖的排队,但也是纽约和来自美国各地非常fit和坚持的练习者,每个人表情都有ashtanga的特色的执着,和之前跑马拉松的面孔类似的坚毅但多了一些平和和耐心,一动一静的两组人都体验过了很有意思,没有很多人跑马拉松和ashtanga长期练习!
Sharathi带着两个孩子,他们在我旁边练习,儿子很cute,大家都很喜欢他但很多动作做不到就放弃了;女儿胖一些,但多了一些坚持;很多老阿汤的人经常谈论掌门人一家的事情,犹如谈论他们特别得意得志的远方亲戚,极力拉近关系一切发生犹如亲眼亲身所见,但同时见到他们又犹如God一样让我很新鲜;知道美国人尽然有这么势利拥护权贵的一面,但亲身体验对于一个瑜伽体系传承人的崇拜夹杂着把自己刻意或者不刻意的放低还是少见,一向追谁的万物平等和忽视authority让我格格不入!
我们所在一个巨大的体育场主要大型篮球比赛,其实很难聚集能量,而且冷冷的;但接近300人一起练习还是很震惊的,我很珍惜能够在纽约和汤友们交汇,认识不一样的人,萍水相逢,汤友之交淡如水,就是这样的交往不失望,不期待,随遇而安,但又都有相似的爱好和能量,更牢靠。
我看到Yatra一起同屋过的芬兰女子K,是Chloe设计师在Paris工作,她参加intermedia练习,我们结束她们开始。我很喜欢她的冷冷的孤独气质,问她有啥计划,她说再干一年就会辞职为公司做顾问,这样可以去印度mysore多呆时间!我很理解她的选择,很多长期练习ashtanga的人都意识到自由更重要,从而改变自己生活轨迹,放弃固定的事业,开始做可以每年去mysore几个月练习的工作;我也是同样的动力。
Primary结束时我试图留下来看intermedia练习,但Sharathi示意我们都要离开,我就问Eddie:can I help with the volunteer work still?
Eddie: we are fine!
我的理解就是“ we are fine to be here” 所以就没有离开,帮着整理T-shirt,Eddie看到我没走,就再次伸出大拇指示意我,我以为是夸我干活,就高兴的点头笑笑;Eddie没辙了,走过来不的不直接说“U can not stay here!”我尴尬至极拿了东西出去,忘记了瑜伽垫子,非常抑郁,不为不能看到中级体式练习,而是自己误会Eddie含义,几次都拒绝走!文化差异到处都有,即使我呆在纽约9年也不管事。
出来后发现外面墙壁有窗户,可以更好的观察到intermedia练习,我完全没了兴趣,直接去了bagel cafe,和C一起聊天缓解我的尴尬情绪。C很兴奋我的加入,不停的说:
我要帮助芝加哥shala做助理,他们没选我,我情感受到伤害,就不去了,现在在家练习;反正去市中心shala开车后还要骑自行车,在家多舒服啊!
你记得我们yatra一起的M吗,她的男朋友在墨西哥车祸死了,她带着他的骨灰去了Kedarnath,她现在纽约;我们可以一起聚。
Pratt institute:
Awkward on not understanding Eddie indication of I can not stay,eventually he has to tell I can not stay. taking too much focus on self,take it as an experience: volunteering on keeping people in queue
How to interact in subway,self expression
Injury is ego or wrong doing,not practice,they talk about family like their relatives,all these likes and favors;
Wants to be assistant teacher but Tod does not choose,hurt feelings,so practice at home;all these self created dramas,drive to the city then bike;more comfort at home to practice
Girl whose boy friends died from car crash way to Mexico
Finnish girl roommate,who are going to do one year then freelance consulting,need more freedom
I guess yoga makes people needs more freedom for time,particularly ashtanga
Csíkszentmihályi提到的flow,犹如samarthi到达的境界,高度的集中,周围事物的融为一体或者不存在,一切平时欲望不再重要或者不需要:食物,时间,自我存在感!一切都是自然而然发生,没有刻意的努力,只有存粹的喜乐!如果这一切听起来很不合时宜和不现实,就具体写下自己快乐时候具体情形和状态,至少可以帮助寻找快乐。
In his seminal work,Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,Csíkszentmihályi outlines his theory that people are happiest when they are in a state offlow—a state ofconcentrationor complete absorption with the activity at hand and the situation. It is a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter.The idea of flow is identical to the feeling of beingin the zoneorin the groove. The flow state is an optimal state ofintrinsic motivation,where the person is fully immersed in what they are doing. This is a feeling everyone has at times,characterized by a feeling of great absorption,engagement,fulfillment,and skill—and during which temporal concerns(time,food,ego-self,etc.)are typically ignored.
我去了pratt institute,正好毕业presentation,混迹在学生和家长群里,看他们毕业项目,很多华裔,创意项目都是为了未来成为艺术家,估计很多实现不了。
自己快乐的时刻是什么:
I feel happy when I have something interesting to do;
I feel happy when I am slim and fit
I feel happy when I am on stage talking to crowds
Having my morning oat latte
Do different things
Finishing vipassana for 10 days
Finishing practice of ashtanga or hot yoga
Keep on learning new things
发现新事物是快乐之一:soho发现Amazon web service的Office,免费对外开放;有需要的一切:
Got so lucky with terrace cafe WiFi and view
学习how to utilize the web service
Good cafe and pure juice
各种关于web service Event
去了尤迦南达的纽约总部,一个人坐在最前面冥想,能量巨大轰然而至,认为任何神奇的事情发生都不意外,不再想关于当天和过往的纠结,只在当下。Self realization yogananda one of guru birthday
I am alone earlier and meditate felling the strong energy will not be surprised if weird things happen ! Moment not Eddie not work not planning tomorrow,Self Realization是个比较有影响力组织,总部在加州,纽约office都是义工在服务headquarter in CA and all volunteer。
Finishing my quota and debate if I should be eating,what makes me happy is empty stomach
和Ray的见面总是不疾不徐,我一个人在Public theater等他,我们老据点,他的老地方,每年都买系列票,我有时候被邀请。当晚是苏格拉底人生戏剧,Ray到了时候,还是一副平静的样子,当告诉我路上崴了脚,我笑他:通常男人会为我受伤,但还没碰到过伤到脚踝的!你难不成也到了更年期,骨骼脆弱?你的快乐指数如何?
Ray一直对我的笑话不置可否,但每次都汇报他没有理由不快乐:刚从爱尔兰和西班牙candice休假12天回来,开始sailing季,20年每年同样的时间同样的爱好。最近辞掉了公司里管理责任,专心做项目。问我是否快乐?
我:我心里有个巨大的空虚的洞,要靠很多的事情才可以填满,我还在填!
当晚的演出是纽约新锐的剧团表演,绝对创新,苏格拉底是个黑人演员,我在昏沉中只记得男人的性器官巨大无比,那个时代希腊的同性恋无法无天。我是中场休息要求回家,因为第二天的ashtanga led class;Ray小有吃惊,但绝不提出异议,一个绝佳的稳定的看似无聊却坚定的高智商朋友!有绝对的理由快乐,sailing就是他的flow,但命运却不同意。
Twist ankles back from Wales house to buy in Ireland,12 days holiday Candice in Spain
Cause pain for man but u hurt wrong part
Public theater and joe’s pub good memories
Spicy nuts in balcony
Sacrates is a black man,show huge penis and man homosexual
Sailing season,20 years same things! Quit management role
Happiness quantity. Hole of void filing with more things to do
Mano pause for twisting ankles