i don’t know at what point one becomes a subscriber to a certain style of practice. in buddhism, you got your zen monkeys and you got your tibetan gorrilla styles. in yoga, there’s the hold it until perfection (count to 30 and but start over every 5 count) and then there’s the flow like the sea and drink like the ocean styles. i hadn’t really plan on finding a style that i should follow and so for a while it was whatever was convienent and whatever teacher was pleasant enough or pushed my buttons. i was talking to this lady that came up to SF for a yoga conference to check out all the great teachers and settle into her final style. it crossed my mind that i hadn’t really thought about it as much as oppose to finding the particular style of buddhism was quite intentional. to say the least, the teacher that i have been going to a semi regular basis, teaches jivamukti which in a nutshell, is remystifiy the practice of yoga. apparently, the founders thought yoga was become a bit too american (dumb down, philiosolophy out, exercise) and they want to reassert the roots of yoga back into it. i definitel like it as there is a strong spiritual acknowledgement without being too overbearing. they focus on differnt teachings in month, so you get a little intellecutal remainder of why you’re doing the shit. in general, i tent to think that although the styles of practice is important, i think it’s overwhelmingly more important to find a teacher that inspires you a bit. actually, without a teacher of some sorts, you may as well reinvent the wheel and buy a lifetime subscription to the beginner’s guide. fundmentally, the acceptance of the guru/student relatonship reflects maturation of the anti ego development phase.
