tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post6772382817242132808..comments2023-04-05T04:50:31.709-07:00Comments on Eat the Yolk: A not-so-seductive wake-up callElisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-37116667511650316842010-03-20T16:18:00.609-07:002010-03-20T16:18:00.609-07:00I was a PhD student in Public Health Sciences, wit...I was a PhD student in Public Health Sciences, with a focus on women's health. It was almost a decade ago. I left after my first year and was suppose to return, but I still haven't. Maybe someday...Chrissy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02225821145379817136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-51320467288863511252010-03-19T13:39:58.612-07:002010-03-19T13:39:58.612-07:00Chrissy, former PhD student? Cool! I'm curious...Chrissy, former PhD student? Cool! I'm curious about what subject you studied. <br /><br />You're right, Cirita. Great example of how these categories are a constricting force that prevents us from expressing who we really are! Humans are complex, not categorize-able :-)Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-15575769209100056712010-03-19T10:04:34.202-07:002010-03-19T10:04:34.202-07:00I agree. I don't see stereotypes and generaliz...I agree. I don't see stereotypes and generalizations as seductive. That's why I always have a hard time completing the Site Census reports. I can't stand being wrongly categorized and standardized into a race. <br /><br />Let's see. I am Spanish. No doubt about it. I am Austrian too ( I can cook spaetzel and jodel - hooray for the stereotypes. I had Austrian citizenship until 6 years ago). I am Cuban ( love moros con cristianos, platanos a puñetazos, Jose Marti poetry... here you go with more stereotypes). Soooo that makes me a ......there is no check box in the Site Census form for me!!<br /><br />On the other hand, I've always felt that citizenship is in the country which has your heart. This makes me a truly New Yorker and Indian. OK, NYer is not a race but...you know what I mean. <br /><br />When I practice BY, I forget about all these stereotypes but new ones come to my mind. My seductive hallucination is an image of me looking like a perfect ballerina during standing bow pulling pose but that's not the reality. Love your posting. I should check out that book too!!!ciritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04340712715023081915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-33394589231192339552010-03-18T19:48:59.980-07:002010-03-18T19:48:59.980-07:00Awesome! I especially love the line, "These h...Awesome! I especially love the line, "These hallucinations gradually disappear as we sit into awkward pose's uncomfortable chair." <br /><br />Glad I helped inspire your post. Once upon a time I was a PhD student, so it's sometimes hard to shake the academic out of me.<br /><br />I have a lot of seductive hallucinations in my practice, mostly around standing head to knee and standing bow. As you so eloquently state, I need the bright light of day to pierce through them.Chrissy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02225821145379817136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-55487978325750633952010-03-18T14:51:55.963-07:002010-03-18T14:51:55.963-07:00Nice! I agree completely. We aren't stuck! Tha...Nice! I agree completely. We aren't stuck! Thanks for your comment :-)Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-70950257110737942812010-03-18T13:45:02.273-07:002010-03-18T13:45:02.273-07:00I think these generalizations/sterotyping are part...I think these generalizations/sterotyping are part of the "monkey brain" that you refer to in other blogs. It's a rote, really not-thinking, consciousness that chatters all day long and makes these instant judgements. Anything that'll take us out of this stifling thought is to be appreciated and utilized, be it yoga, meditation, prayer, etc. Folks, we aren't stuck in the monkey brain, but we do have to make the effort to quiet it, and listen to what I want to call a higher power; or a fuller, deeper, divine consciousness.poeticalsurferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677111595589078928noreply@blogger.com