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SY
has to compete with this...and it should.
From: "jagbir singh"
<adishakti_org@yahoo.com>
Date:
Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:08 pm
Subject: SY has to
compete with this...and it should.
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In
adishakti_sahaja_yoga@yahoogroups.com,
"jagbir singh"
<adishakti_org@y...> wrote:
>
> For the past two weeks I have been able to meditate and
reflect
> deeply on this issue as my computer went for a major
repair. Those
> able to do the same will reach a level of awareness, joy
and bliss
> as how the Paramchaitanya is working out the spread of the
Divine
> Message. The only thing i can say with absolute conviction
is that
> it is the Great News of the Divine Message to humanity,
not Sahaja
> Yoga, that will gather strength in future and spread. i
know many
> SYs will react against such a statement but please
refrain. All
> you need is to climb higher up the mountain and confirm
the same
> point of view. And when you are able to see so many
management-
> controlled SYs walking around aimlessly on the plateau far
below
> you will never look back again. You will be convinced in
heart,
> mind and soul that you have truly lived to the highest
standard
> and understanding of Shri Mataji's Original Vision,
Mission &
> Message.
>
Note: i want to thank Sukamoga for her timely post below
that
confirms what i am talking about.
What reason is there for council members to give its
blessings to
its trademark innovation of Corporate Meditation when there
is
already Sahaja Yoga? Is it any wonder that WCASY has edited
out the
Divine Message on official websites if not to induce
visitors into
thinking Sahaja Yoga is one of the 1001 recognized yoga
schools in
America?
Sukamoga says that "SY has to compete with this...and it
should." i
am telling her that SY is already competing with other types
of yoga
and, reaping what the management-controlled rank and file
SYs have
sown with dishonesty, deservingly reaping an abysmally poor
harvest
despite decades of tilling ............... and it should. As
Shri
Mataji has said, only Truth will triumph and overcome all
obstacles.
regards,
jagbir
From: "sukamoga" <sukamoga@...>
Date: Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:07 pm
Subject: SY has to compete with this...and it should.
The following is excerpted from a NY Times story that
appeared on
July 24, 2005. Anyone care to speculate on what SY will do
to
compete?
KATIE ANDERSON is not someone you'd call a yoga-head. A
34-year-old
mother of two, she has taken classes off and on for years,
most
recently at her gym in Oxford, Miss. But she never
considered going
away to an ashram, which she thought of as ''something for
earthy
types'' who were willing to put up with bare-bones
accommodations.
Then Mrs. Anderson read about a yoga-and-chocolate retreat
that was
to take place at the Camino Real in Oaxaca, Mexico, and
decided she
had to go. ''I love chocolate, and I wanted to practice my
Spanish,''
said Mrs. Anderson, who went on the seven-day trip last
October
organized by Katrina Markoff, the Chicago chocolatier and
founder of
Vosges Haut-Chocolat, and David Romanelli, co-owner of a
chain of
Arizona yoga studios.
In the mornings Mr. Romanelli led guests through vinyasa
sequences in
a grassy courtyard, after which Ms. Markoff doled out a
treat based
on the day's chakra (or spiritual source of energy). ''We
went to
markets and ruins during the day and got chocolates on our
pillows at
night,'' said Mrs. Anderson. ''It was fantastic.''
Cancel that crane pose. Today it's the yoga retreats
themselves that
are going through contortions. Just as the number of
Americans doing
yoga has exploded -- a Yoga Journal survey published in
February put
it at 16.5 million, up 43 percent from 2002 -- so, too, have
the ways
travelers can take it on the road. With registration up at
retreat
centers, and yoga conferences selling out, mainstream
properties have
decided they want a piece of the $3 billion yoga industry.
Resorts,
spas and cruise ships have added morning sun salutation
classes to
their fitness menus, and many are promoting special yoga
weekends and
weeks. The Hilton and Kimpton hotel chains provide yoga mats
and
straps for use in guest rooms, and Marriott's Renaissance
ClubSport
in Walnut Creek, Calif., the first in a new group of
health-oriented
hotels, has yoga sessions for kids.
The offerings range from the purist (like that at
traditional retreat
centers) to the cursory (some resort classes wrap up in 30
minutes)
to the opportunist (getting a marquee teacher to fill a
Mexican
resort in the dog days of August).
By 2007, Hyatt expects to increase its earnings from yoga
classes to
more than $1 million from around $200,000, thanks to a new
revenue-
sharing deal with Yoga Away, a Denver company that will
offer its
branded program to Hyatt guests. Introduced at the Hyatt
Regency
Scottsdale Resort and Spa this month and scheduled to roll
out at 22
other properties over the next nine months, the Yoga Away
program
includes in-room TV instruction in addition to regularly
scheduled
classes, private sessions and occasional three-day getaways.
The
program is said to be specifically designed to address the
ails of
travelers. (Tied in a knot from a three-hour flight? Click
on the on-
command ''Feeling Great Again -- Flexibility'' workout,
which
emphasizes stretching.) ''It's value-added for guests,''
said Gordon
Tareta, global director of spas for Hyatt Hotels and
Resorts.
Companies that organize yoga retreats have also upped the
ante,
pairing a Hindu discipline that originated in India anywhere
from
2,000 to 5,000 years ago (depending on what authority is
consulted)
with everything from surfing to snowboarding. Some insiders
are
appalled at what's being offered in the name of this ancient
spiritual and physical practice (''Yoga and chocolate? God
forbid!''
exclaimed Nancy Lunney-Wheeler, executive director of
programming at
the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, Calif., which has taught
yoga for
more than four decades).
*******Article sidebar
SALUTE THE SUN. CATCH A WAVE. OR SPOT A MOTMOT.
The latest hybrid retreats let you have your yoga and your
vacation,
too. Here is a sampling of combo deals.
Yoga and Surfing, Aug. 12 to 14, Montauk, N.Y., offered by
Sonic
Yoga; (212) 397-6344; www.sonicyoga.com. The New York-based
company,
which has been doing surfing-and-yoga retreats in Montauk
for four
years, now also offers them in Mexico and Costa Rica. Lauren
Hanna,
vinyasa flow teacher and co-director of Sonic Yoga, who
leads the
retreat with Twee Merrigan, says the activities are
similar: ''There's the fluid style of movement and breath
and the
fluid power of the wave.'' Rates: $300 for the yoga and
surfing
program in Montauk and $75 for yoga only (neither includes
food and
lodging); Mexico and Costa Rica range from $1,200 to $2,000,
based on
double occupancy, with food and lodging.
Yoga and Cooking, Oct. 20 to 23, Ojai Retreat Center, Ojai,
Calif.,
offered by Yoga Works; (310) 664-6470, ext. 117;
www.yogaworks.com.
Jennifer Stevens, a chef certified by the Natural Gourmet
Cookery
School in New York, gives lessons in vegetarian cooking, and
Sarah
Bell, a Yoga Works instructor, provides yoga classes in the
morning
and late afternoon. At midday, participants can hike in the
Angeles
National Forest, stroll around artsy Ojai, relax by the pool
or get a
massage. ''The body can only take so much yoga,'' said Sky
Meltzer,
director of programming at Yoga Works. Rates start at $665 a
person,
single occupancy, and include food and accommodations.
Yoga and Surfing, Nov. 20 to 26, Villa Amor, Sayulita,
Mexico,
offered by Via Yoga; (800) 603-9642; www.viayoga.com. Yoga
is taught
by Scott Blossom, a Santa Barbara instructor who is also a
surfer. ''We get couples where the husband or wife just does
the
surfing,'' said Kelly Kemp, co-founder of Via Yoga. Rates:
$1,995 a
person, double occupancy; $1,795 if prepaid 90 days in
advance.
Yoga and Snowboarding, Jan. 2 to 5, 2006, Vail, Colo.,
offered by
ReTreat Yourself, (800) 475-4543; www.ridewithbarrett.com.
Led by
Barrett Christy, a leading snowboarder, and yoga instructors
from
Yoga for Athletes, the retreat provides twice-daily yoga
classes, one
before and one after hitting the slopes. Day 3 of the
retreat is
devoted to a snowshoe expedition at Beaver Creek. Rate: $799
(does
not include hotel).
Yoga and Birding, Jan. 7 to 14, 2006, Hotel Lagunita, Yelapa,
Mexico;
www.hotel-lagunita.com, offered by Yelapa Yoga; (509)
667-1339 after
Oct. 1; yogabirds2004@.... Participants sleep in
thatched-roof
huts, do vinyasa yoga under the direction of Judith Roth,
and go on
walks with Cody Wahto Sontag, a birder, where they might see
russet-
crowned motmots and military macaws. Hilary Swank joined the
group
for yoga and birding last year. Rates: $1,195 a person,
double
occupancy; $1,050 if paid by Sept.15.
Yoga and Chocolate. Vosges Haut-Chocolat is planning weekend
yoga and
chocolate workshops in various studios around the country
this year.
For information on locations and prices, call (888) 301-9866
or see
www.vosgeschocolate.com.
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