For my yogi friends:
Recently a friend of a colleague shared an interesting analogy. It’s her invention, this analogy.
She said that at Thanksgiving, a lot of work goes into the sharing of a feast. People travel long distances to be together, houses are deep cleaned, menus are planned, ingredients are gathered, after much chopping and simmering and tasting the food is prepared, the table is set with the nice linens and the good plates. Finally, the candles are lit, everything smells wonderful, the places are set perfectly….and then everyone gets in their cars and goes home without eating.
That’s what a yoga practice is without meditation.
Alot of us do asana, and if we are diligent or interested we do some pranayama. But it’s the rare practitioner that actually has a meditation practice. And yet, that’s the main meal! Not that asana isn’t fantastic on its own, and not that pranayama isn’t life changing by itself, but…meditation. That’s the feast! That’s what all the love, the effort, the tapas has prepared the ground of our minds and bodies for!
For my devoted sexuality friends:
I wonder how this analogy can be related to sexuality. Something I will ponder and would appreciate any feedback if you are so inspired!
So, during my personal practice and meditation this morning, asking myself questions such as the following: What is my highest value? What is most important to me? What are my highest priorites? What percentage of my daily activiy is truly oriented towards my highest value?
….with each of the 6 breaths I took for 2 staged inhales:
1. 5 counts pausing 5 inhaling 5 more
2. inhlaing 4 counts pausing 4 inhlaing 4 pausing 4 inhaling 4 pausing 4
…my mind thought chose these specifics: love, health, family, friends, laugther, money. And when I let go of the breath counting and simply rested with natural rhytmic breathing - I thought of sexuality and the connection I have to this wild world of porno, the adult industry, more specifically the personalized custom fetish videos. I was pleased to think of some of the clients/cyberfriends who have come and gone, who remains and to my amazement, new clients and offered experiences which continue to come my way. For this I express ultimate gratitude.
A couple questions that have arisen: Can sexuality fit into a similar analogy of some sort? What is my relationship to money and sex.
Wow, how is that for a morning blog??!!!
My intentions today: Create sexual fun with my husband & hold space for friends and loved ones.
Going to work on updates for the sites now…until Matt awakes and we begin cooking beans and yams for our 2 pm lunch. Will be filming again around 4…fully belly and all.
Taking photos all the while — for a photoset: Thanksgiving Day in the Life of Tyler