Hola peeple!
Tonight, after a quite strenuous “rearranging” of the dining room with little to show for it, I decided to settle in to a DVD find from my local library- Shiva Rea Yogini.
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| BEHOLD the healing powers of water… |
Now, maybe I should have taken note to the fact that it is distinguished to be “for women,” which isn’t typically a fixture on the yoga DVD. At least not for me, since I usually rock with Rodney Yee. But I like Shiva Rea! The production on her videos is inSANE and she’s a gorgeous goddess who wears chandelier earrings while doing chataranga. The last DVD I checked out was on a gorgeous beach, and alternated between vinyasas and pushups, talking about water quite frequently… every time I wanted to stop the pushup sequences I would look at her incredibly arms and do more! I mean if that’s not an effective DVD, I DON”T KNOW WHAT IS!
This one was special…
This one had direct quotes such as, “marinate in your own essence and beauty,” instructed users to massage their… upper torsos in manner of a self exam… and massage their “wonderful buttocks,” in the healing meditation. Now, I can appreciate some spirituality but when she brought up the “extraordinary fragrance rising from my heart” I couldn’t take it anymore- i had to go take notes for this blog. I guess I”m officially addicted.
I also noted that she used the word “undulation” a few times. Now, I don’t technically have an issue with this word, but I have heard feedback over my many years that others find it a little hard to bear. Which brings me to my word of the day:
PAWN
Now why is this the word of the day? BECAUSE I FIND IT UTTERLY REPULSIVE TO THE EAR.
You may think I jest. I jest you not. When people use this word, I get physically uncomfortable. Some contexts are better than others. If playing chess, I’m okay. When bobby d or sublime sing about it, I don’t love it but can admit they are good songs. But when people are referring to the pawn shop it gets more difficult. and if people just slowly repeat the word “pawn, pawn, pawn…” I get quite cranky. You don’t want to see it. I blame this bias on an old teacher who used to say it in a way that was not ear friendly, and my prejudice is now as much a part of me as my “wonderful” buttocks. It’s baby steps each day.
Now, I know others have words that disgust them to hear. “Moist” is one I hear typically. This isn’t a great word, but I don’t really notice it much.
What words drive you up the wall/ bring you to utter disgust? Come on people, you can do better than pawn! And if you play nice, I’ll show you three stages of tonight’s lovely sunset!
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| Fireball! |
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| Orange and Blue |
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| Almost dark!
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