Over and Over

I'm getting very lazy now about writing anything in this blog, and keep posting links instead - but there's so much out there to read! So, here's another that caught my interest:

http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECITshrutiseminarframeset.htm


Tried a new yoga class last night - kind of anusara-inspired vinyasa class. So relaxing! I was genuinely surprised, as the description sounded quite intense. Unfortunately my calm dissolved as soon as I left the class (late) and had to run for the bus, which I then missed. That's the first bit of running I've done since about October on account of the dodgy hip, and no, it did not appreciate it. Might have to try and end in the class in a slightly more peaceful way next week.

Also went to see Blood Brothers. Tragically depressing, which I maybe should have expected, but failed to find out what it was about beforehand. I was also very distracted by the fact that one of the cast looked so much like Jamie Cullum that I kept forgetting to pay attention to what was happening. So, hmm, no big opinions...

The Asylum

Kneehigh are amazing!! Haven't seen them for a few years as I've been elsewhere in the summertime, but went to see The Wild Bride at The Asylum on thursday night and was totally blown away. Fantastic performance, and with such great live music all the way through - I wish I could play multiple instruments with such ease!

If you get a chance, check them out - they deserve a little of everyone's time:

http://www.kneehigh.co.uk/

Digging for Treasure

Flights to Spain booked!! I'll be off mid-September to the sunny south for a few months of nature and blissful quiet. Excited? Oh yes. Hip is grumbling less, so I guess all the physiotherapy efforts are paying off; bring on some scrambling over rocky Spanish hills and some hikes through the valleys.

 Just been unearthing my first potatoes of the year - what is it about rummaging around up to your elbows in dirt, hunting for spuds, that instantly produces a sense of childish wonder?! Could not have been happier had someone just turned my house into a chocolate shop. Fabulous. Guess what's on the menu tonight...

Read this poem this morning on the Rilke blog (http://yearwithrilke.blogspot.com/2011/08/may-what-i-do-flow-from-me.html). Love it:

May what I do flow from me like a river,
no forcing it and no holding back,
the way it is with children.

Then in these swelling and ebbing currents,
these deepening tides moving out, returning,
I will sing you as no one ever has,
streaming through widening channels
into the open sea.

                                            - Rainer Maria Rilke

Yoga Days

Love it! http://www.bandhayoga.com/keys_psoas.html This sequence is really great for those, like me, with hopeless balance and shaky legs. Seriously hard work too, but by the time you get to bridge at the end it really does feel worth the struggle and wobbles.

Spent the last week with family, bombing around Cornish beaches, rivers and lakes, often in the rain. Shattered now, but worth the effort. Uni's off the cards now - relief at the decision made, though the outcome of that's another story - so I've got some Spanish plans to make and in the meantime I've dug the Michel Thomas CDs out - that man is a genius!

Reading The Deeper Dimension of Yoga by Georg Feuerstein at the moment. Great book of short essays on all manner of yoga-related stuff. Like this: http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECIThappinessframeset.html Fabulous.

Smugglers, Tolverne

St Mawes Castle

Port Issac