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Jan 6, 2017
Thanks for sharing your story of beginning Tim. I felt that way with my first class with you so many years ago in Guy's Shala on the lower east side of NYC. I listened to you speak about ashtanga yoga and yoga philosophy and knew that it was a beginning. And I look forward to the next time. hopefully soon. A visit to Encinitas:))
Tuesday January 3rd—Beginnings
The first week of January holds special significance for me because it marks the anniversary of my first yoga class—January 6th, 1978. At that time I was employed as a “Mental Health Worker” at San Luis Rey psychiatric hospital in Encinitas, working long hours in a stressful environment for low ...
Beautiful Timji. Thank you for always generously sharing your heart and mind, the sweet memories and deep knowledge. Honestly, I know you may find this hard to believe, as I am not in your room on a daily basis etc, but I cannot imagine where I would be without you. Thank you for all of your teachings.
Tuesday July 19th—Guru Purnima
The full moon of July is traditionally celebrated as Guru Purnima, a day of remembrance and giving thanks for all of the blessings received from one’s spiritual teacher. Formerly known as Vyasa Purnima, Guru Purnima was originally a celebration of the birth of one of the towering figures of Indi...
You are brilliant and kind and inspiring Timji. Your commitment to your sadhana and your jnana deep knowledge and satsang are masterful. There should be a line out that door for your intro class. Once again I will say that I wish I were closer!
Tuesday September 24th—The Monday Night Class
For the past 25 years I have been teaching an Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga class every Monday at 5:30pm. This class began when we opened the North County Yoga Center in 1988 as my attempt to initiate beginners into a practice that is very challenging on many levels simultaneously. Over the ye...
And if you teach Timji, I will come:)
Tuesday September 10th—Musings on Bhakti Fest
The 5th annual Bhakti Fest, a celebration devotional music and yoga, took place at Joshua Tree Retreat Center this past weekend. Friends have been telling me how great Bhakti Fest is for years and I have even been invited to teach yoga at the event, but up until last Saturday I never took the t...
I love your stories Timji. It makes me feel like I am far less than 3,000 miles away. Thank you so much for the connection. Though not in your Mysore room, it is almost as good:)
Tuesday September 3rd - The month for healing
September has been one of my favorite months of the year ever since I moved to Encinitas in September of 1976. Things got off to a bit of a rocky start for me in Encinitas. I arrived feeling like I had the flu—feverish and nauseated. Don, my new roommate in Encinitas, had recently graduated f...
Thanks TImji for the mini agenda. I didn't think it possible but now I am even more excited! I am so looking forward to being together again. Time to fill up with so much love. Thanks to you and Carol and all of the organizers of this event.
Tuesday February 26th
The 2nd annual Ashtanga Yoga Confluence is only two days away and I am starting to get pysched up for it. Last year was such a blast and unfolded in such a seamless and organic way, that it will be hard to top—but I think it can be done. The opportunity for me to be together with so many old fri...
Ah Timji,
You made me laugh out loud with your ending 'I plan to watch it again' :-) Your wit and timing and ubiquitous humility is touching and disarming and all attractive. I can't wait to see you very soon at the confluence. Thanks again for your piece today.
Love, Lisa
Tuesday, January 29th
Hola from Tulum, Mexico. Just coming to the end of day three of the week-long course I am teaching here. I have a wonderful group of students from all over that I am subjecting to seven hours of class time per day, attempting to teach them as much about the Primary Series, the Yoga Sutras, basic...
Wishing you very happy traveling Timji. Enjoy the sun and the fun and the delicious practice. Maybe next year I will manifest coming too. Meanwhile I will see you soon at the confluence. I am bringing 5 very beautiful and eager students.
Again that you for an inspiring satsang. The part about the moon is just what I needed to hear.
Thank you again my teacher.
Lisa
Tuesday, January 22nd
As I recall, last week I was complaining about a lot of things—the “artic winter” of Encinitas, the defective heater in the yoga studio, respiratory distress, my injured shoulder, and “vata derangement”. I apologize for being such a whiner--perhaps I was suffering from SAD (seasonal affective di...
Ahhh Timji I am glad that you are feeling better. yes, you guys did get some asoundingly low temps didn't you! I just got back from Maui where I practiced at Nancy's place. It was quite wonderful as you already know I am sure. And at the risk of stating the obvious, Maui is a paradise! Getting away from the NY winter was just what this 53 year old body needed, but coming back oh that is not so easy. it is very cold here and dry and all of a sudden the feet are very far away in kapotasana.
thank you for your beautiful voice again this week Timji. I am so looking forward to seeing you at the confluence again this year. I am bringing 5 students with!
Love, Lisa
Tuesday January 15th
One of the most important things that the practice of yoga tries to teach us is to recognize what is true and acknowledge it, to embrace the path of Satya—both speaking and living in adherence to the Truth. Okay, the truth is, I’ve never been a big fan of Winter. I recognize that Winter is not...
Thank you Timji for being the workaholic that you are and still sending off a beautiful satsang on Christmas. You inspire me with all that you share, the big and small things alike, in that you walk the talk and bring your yogic principles along. Like your breath they are always with you. I admire you for that and also work to live that way. And though I often falter, I keep on.
I too love the culture of Christmas, the movies, the lights, the gifting and even the shopping! It all fills me up with joy.
I think that one of the key points, as Carol wisely understood, is to not get exhausted, drained by the holiday. It is very easy to get carried away with the energy of the holidays! I am glad that you were able to find balance as a family. Again you are an inspiration.
With so much love and respect and gratitude,
Lisa
Tuesday, December 25th
Like many Americans I am a bit of a workaholic. I could try blaming that on my slave- driving employer, but I’m self-employed. Thankfully, I enjoy my work and normally derive a lot of joy and satisfaction from it. Sometime around mid-November this year, however, I really began to feel burned out...
Oh man! You had me at hello! I await Tuesday with great anticipation. Thank you Timji for giving me another wonderful thing to look forward to.
Tuesday, December 4th
Last July when I was in Copenhagen, my friend Eskil introduced me to a book called Sivananda Buried Yoga by Yogi Manmoyanand. Based on the title I figured it was a diatribe against modern approaches to yoga. Nevertheless, I decided to read it last week. In this book Yogi Manmoyanand eventually d...
thanks so much Tim for this thoughtful piece. i am missing you and your teachings very much. I am very grateful that you do this. Tuesday have fast become my favorite days.
Wishing you a constant ability to see your overflowing cup of blessings.
Tuesday November 20th
Thanksgiving is the most Jupiterian of all the holidays, falling on a Thursday (Jupiter’s day) just after the Sun’s annual entry (by Western reckoning) into Sagittarius, a sign operating under Jupiter’s authority and jurisdiction. Jupiter has full possession of the Sacred Wisdom and is compassi...
Great story Tim and beautifully told. As usual your humility, wisdom and kindness shine with a radiance, tejas, like the sun. As you know I hang on your every word and detail and will be sure remember for the future;-) I hope you do not find that annoying, but rather as an expression of devotion and love for you, my teacher. Thank you again for your Tuesday satsang.
Tuesday, October 23rd
This weekend I will be teaching a workshop in Los Angeles, organized by my old friend and student Jodi Blumstein. Recently I read that there are now over a hundred yoga studios in Los Angeles and someone was comparing the atmosphere of L.A. today for yoga teachers as similar to Paris in the 1920...
Ah my dear Timji,
How very true, well said and poignant. I am so very grateful for the practice and my teachers (Timji) everyday. I hope for clarity/compassion/intelligence as I negotiate the battlefield each day. Would you agree that Svadhyaya (self study) is also about being present to process?
It was wonderful seeing you in Sag harbor.
Thanks for this Tuesday Tim.
Jai Hanuman
Tuesday October 9th
In ancient times and even well into the twentieth century many yogis were sanyassins, renunciates. Sanyassins didn’t have jobs, per se, other then doing some seva (service) around the ashram, and also were brahmacharis (celibates). Not having a job or family to attend to left them a lot of time ...
As usual Tim I feel like this one is just for me. Thank you for the wisdom. I look forward to seeing you this Friday in Sag Harbor.
Tuesday October 2nd
On Thursday October 4th, the planet Jupiter will begin retrograde motion. This will continue until January 30th 2013. Typically, Jupiter goes retrograde every 13 months or so and remains that way for four months. Currently Jupiter (called Brihaspati or Guru in the Vedic system) is transiting the...
Hi Tim,
Thank you again for another beautiful satsang. Believe it or not it was just what I needed to hear, as if you had written it to/for me. (I always love when my students say that to me. I hope you do too.) I am currently sailing the turbid sea of my samsara. And your words touched my heart opening it to courage and compassion. Thank you my wonderful teacher. I look forward to seeing you in about a week in Sag Harbor.
With great appreciation, love and respect,
Lisa
Tuesday September 25th
The Full Moon this Saturday at 8:19pm PDT falls in the Nakshatra called Uttara Bhadra. The predominant energy here is called “Varshodyamana Shakti”, the power to bring rain, and its presiding deity is called Ahir Bhudanya, the “Serpent of the Depths”. The opportunity for us under the influence o...
Thank you Tim for your forthright thoughts and remembrances and evaluations. I really treasure you my teacher.
Tuesday September 11th
Today marks the eleven-year anniversary of the tragic events of September 11th, when nearly 3,000 people were killed as a result of four separate airline hijackings by al-Qaeda terrorists. The two planes that crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City both departed from Logan Airport in Bosto...
It sounds so wonderful. I am publically and personally vowing to be there next year, as my orthodox brother would say, "G-d willing".(when can I sign up?) I miss you Timji. Thank you for being present and sharing on Facebook.
Tuesday, July 31st
Greetings from Mt. Shasta--just coming to the end of Day 2 of the retreat, having completed all of the adventures I talked about last week—The Sweat Lodge, Squaw Creek and the Chute, and a very chilly swim at McCloud Falls. It’s a great group—seemingly willing to follow me anywhere. Yesterday I ...
i so look forward to tuesdays with you timji. I wish i could have been in columbus with you. the workshop sounds fantastic! what a brilliant idea. I hope you will consider that one when you come out this way! wishing you smooth sailing and happy journeys.
with so much love, appreciation and respect,
Lisa
Tuesday April 17th
Greetings from Columbus, Ohio, the capitol of the state that is referred to as “the Heart of it all.” Indeed, it does feel like the heartland of the country around here. The people are friendly and down to earth and there is a nice mix of tradition and progressive thinking. Springtime is happeni...
Beautiful satsang Timji. I miss practicing with you more than I can say.
Tuesday, April 10th
On Easter Sunday my daughter Leela sat contemplating the pile of Easter goodies that lay in front of her. She closed her eyes, brought her palms together to pray, and said with great solemnity, “Thank you Jesus for coming back to life so we can all have chocolate.” Earlier in the day she was per...
Wish I could be there Tim. Sending love to you and Carol and Leila and everybody at the Center. Beautiful Tuesday Satsang by the way. Love, Lisa
Tuesday April 3rd
This coming week presents us with quite a lineup of auspicious events, starting tomorrow morning at 3:11am PDT when the current 23 day Mercury retrograde ends and life returns to some sense of normalcy (fat chance!). Thursday is Holy Thursday, the commemoration of the “Last Supper” between Jesus...
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