Bikram v Charlie Sheen

Hello beautiful yogis/yoginis/persons/aliens/iguanas/all. Thanks for popping into my blog! I wanted to share a page I recently stumbled upon at yogadawg.com. that was hilarious and very informative. Its a list of quotes by Charlie Sheen and the founder of Bikram yoga, Bikram Choudhury.

For those of you who may not know, Bikram Yoga is the type of yoga that is set in a high temperature room, about 105 degrees  Fahrenheit, and consists of 26 asanas (poses) that are the same for every practice.  But for all intensive purposes, its not really the practice we're going to get into, is the man behind the the heat: Mr. Bikram Choudury.  Bikram has established a reputation for being a bit...ummm...Grand.  Grand in the sense that he has over 40 Rolls Royces and Bentleys; Grand in the sense that he claimed to have taught the Beatles, Richard Nixon, and Pope Paul VI  (none of these claims have been confirmed); and Grand in the sense that he pretty much sees himself as the greatest thing since sliced bread (which come on, is insanity because slice bread was something called a game changer and I've yet to see anything rise to the occasion since...i guess the ipad is a close second). BUT,  with all his Grandness, that's not to say that maybe he hasn't earned it; everyday new people flock to the Bikram method of Yoga because they dig the intensity, the sweat, the challenge...I totally understand.
....I just think his grandiose reputation is awesome to watch and it makes me chuckle, which I like. 

Also, for those who may not know, Charlie Sheen is an American actor who waves his freak flag all over town, and with impeccable pride and commitment. Just for good taste, lets toss in some Charlie Sheen quotes for today's entry:

1.  “I’m so tired of pretending my life isn’t perfect and bitching and just winning every second and I’m not perfect and bitchin’.”
2. "I am on a drug, it's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available because if you try it you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body."
3.  "If you’re a part of my family, I will love you violently."
4. And of coarse, "Winning."

So needless to say....yes. So much yes. 
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But to the point:  When reading the quotes below, your job is to guess whether Charlie Sheen said it or Mr. Choudhury said it.  (PS: the answers are at the bottom).

I copied and pasted it down below, but I'll also leave the link riggggght here > http://www.yogadawg.com/quiz5.htm

I hope you enjoy! If you don't like it, feel free to let me know, just don't be a jerk about it please. Thanx.  Happy Holidays to all and to all a Bhakti night. MUAH!


Who Said It (Bikram Choudhury or Charlie Sheen)? - A YogaDawg Quiz


INSTRUCTIONS: Place a B or a C in each set of quotes.



1. They lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and just look at their loser lives, and then they look at me and they say, 'I can't process it.' Well, no, and you never will, stop trying. ____

What happens when they say they will commit suicide unless you sleep with them? What am I supposed to do? Sometimes having an affair is the only way to save someone’s life. ____

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2. The nights I don’t sleep it’s because there’s a higher calling telling me to stand guard. ____

I'm feeling sleepy, because I haven't gone shopping for a long time. ____

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3. I'm in show biz. I entertain people. ____

I am grandiose because I live a grandiose life; what’s wrong with that? ____

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4. I should be the most honored man in the country. ____

I’m different. I have a different heart. I have a different type of blood. ____

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5. We had a saying that the fun stops at one. They’d just puke all over it. ____

Don't throw up on the carpet. It's new. ____

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6. I’m battle tested bayonets. ____

I'm bullet proof, waterproof, wind proof, money proof, sex proof, emotion proof, stress proof, strength proof. ____

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7. Imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists. ____

Nobody fucks with me. ____

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8. I am special, and I will never be one of you! ____

I'm a product of Beverly Hills. ____

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9. I control my kingdom like a gangster. ____

I look like a gangster? Well, I feel like a gangster. ____

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10. We are a totally fucked up society. ____

This is like a sober acid trip. ____

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11. I’m tired of pretending I’m not a total bitchin rock star from Mars‏. ____

What are they eating for breakfast on Jupiter? ____

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12. I have balls like atom bombs, two of them, 100 megatons each. ____

I'm an F-18 and I will destroy you in the air. ____

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13. Who the fuck is this YogaDawg? He's the only guru in America who doesn’t think I’m joke. ____

Who the fuck is this YogaDawg? He's the only person in America who doesn’t think I’m a joke

 ANSWERS:

1. Charlie, Bikram
2. Charlie, Bikram
3. Bikram, Charlie
4. Bikram, Charlie
5. Charlie, Bikram
6. Charlie, Bikram
7. Charlie, Bikram
8. Charlie, Bikram
9. Bikram, Charlie,
10. Bikram, Charlie
11. Charlie, Bikram
12. Bikram, Charlie
13. Bikram, Charlie

Winter, you are one cold *itch!

Hello World!!  And by that I mean internet world, not entire world world. I'm sure the entire world is doing something much more productive than sitting at the computer...here's hoping anyway. Welcome back to my blog, or welcome for the first time if you're a first timer! Sorry I have not written in a while, but the end of the year always tends to get a bit busy, and chaotic, and honky grandma be trippin' and all. Today's post is going to be about how to keep warm during this very cold season. I admit that I do live in gorgeous California, and granted  I will say that yes, I am spoiled and a baby and I should shut my mouth about how cold this season can be...
                      but I'm not really one to shut my mouth...soooo here we are. 

During this holodious time of the year (holiday time of year...I'm pretty confidant that holodious is not a word) (but it probably should be) our temperature tends to lower and consequently we are forced to pursue our day to day activities during this very frigid climate. I've talked to a couple of people who have reacted to this change is a great deal of physiological anxiety, and have said that they have actually acquired more injuries in their joints and muscles and various other places because of activity in such cold weather. I've come to learn that this is because our bodies act kind of like a rubber band; if its cold it can be really brittle, but if its warmed up it can be flexible and great source of strength.  So if for instance you work outside in the cold  (I'm looking at you contract workers and farmers), your body comes brittle and stiff  when you arrive at a job site. As you begin your work day and move around busily, your stiff body may be jeopardizing its parts because your muscles are hypothetically jumping from 0 to 60 and you my friend are not a Lamborghini. (to all you Transformers out there reading my blog, please disregard that last analogy, but do process my intended piont).

I'd like to offer a yogic remedy to this chilling dilemma, if I may be so bold. Warming up your body before you go out into the cold seems to make a lot of sense to me, therefore I suggest doing a couple rounds of Sun Salutations to wake up your body.  Not only do the Salutation get synovial fluid moving and the lubricants in your joints more juicy, they also stretch and strengthen just about all the parts of your body that are used during mobility.  AND they wake up your mind, and get the blood pumping, and bring an overall feeling of ease and alertness at the end.  Not too shabs.

. Below is a quaint example of me doing the Sun Salutation C. The footage may look a little cheap, chances are that's because it is, but the  general gist of the flow like sequence is there. 

I'd like highlight a couple of things about Sun Salutation C:

1.  Learn how to breathe during this rhythmic flow.  Inhale float the arms up, exhale bend forward. Inhale come half way up, exhale down. A good rule of thumb about moving with your breath is that if you are opening up, or expressing yourself then you would do it on an inhale. If you are folding in, or pulling yourself into yourself then you would do it on an exhale. You'll get the hang of this pattern after some practice.
2.  Notice the alignment/placement of your pelvis and tailbone. Try to keep them in a natural position; this might require you pulling your tailbone down during the low lunge or moving your pelvis around in the beginning to feel what seems natural for you. Wherever you land, pay attention to what you're feeling and refine the position as you see fit. 
3. Try to start slow, and gently progress to go a little faster after each cycle.  
4. Having fun with this! Do about 6 cycles, and enjoy each unique one for what it can offer you. The point of the Sun Salutation is to wake up the body, connect this woken up body with the mind, and all along allow the breath to take center stage for your focus.  Try to keep these points in mind instead of trying to rush through each cycle to arrive at some theorized goal. There is no goal...there is just IS.

So there you have it. Try practicing Sun Salutation C to bring some heat to your cold winter, and hey if you have time why not throw in some other poses if the mood strikes ;). I think you'll find that its actually quite easy to generate heat on cold days, your joints will thank you, and you may walk away feeling more energized and light.

Till next time lil yogi friends. Happy Holidays Everyone! Namaste to all and to all a good night! 
-Roxy