Comments on: Richard Freeman: The Future of Yoga http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/ daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: What is LOHAS? | elephant journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-1316961 What is LOHAS? | elephant journal Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:12:12 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-1316961 [...] because it’s gone mainstream enough to be readily understandable…but I kept mentioning yoga, and non-new agey spirituality, and adventure…well what do they all have to do with one [...] [...] because it’s gone mainstream enough to be readily understandable…but I kept mentioning yoga, and non-new agey spirituality, and adventure…well what do they all have to do with one [...]

]]> By: elle http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-979067 elle Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:17:06 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-979067 ok I don't know why i was holding back... fortunately for asses you are not an ass but the ass of an ass and that is even unfortunate for the ass whose ass you are. ass- [noun] a pompous fool ok I don't know why i was holding back… fortunately for asses you are not an ass
but the ass of an ass and that is even unfortunate for the ass whose ass you are.

ass- [noun] a pompous fool

]]> By: elle http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-978984 elle Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:01:45 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-978984 oh and you should try to slip the word corepower in more often .... (not) ....when you are as uninformed as you are the best approach is humility and good manners. Don't try to be clever in the presence of a master - it emphasizes your foolishness. We are all fools compared to RF.. but respect and good manners at least reflects awareness. oh and you should try to slip the word corepower in more often …. (not) ….when you are as uninformed as you are the best approach is humility and good manners. Don't try to be clever in the presence of a master – it emphasizes your foolishness. We are all fools compared to RF.. but respect and good manners at least reflects awareness.

]]> By: elle http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-978949 elle Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:49:49 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-978949 ...the idiots masters have to endure..... …the idiots masters have to endure…..

]]> By: Dan http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-125607 Dan Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:17 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-125607 This is a great interview. The detractors did not listen to the message, or Richard Freeman's self deprecating style. The point, as I heard it, is that yoga will survive, because it is not about attachment to external forms or gurus. Let it go. Richard is not a God, nor is Yoga some sort of thing that should be placed on a pedestal. It is the exact opposite, and is developed via personal practice, experience and observation, not one based on memorization, mimicking, idolatry, or some sort of belief in a Right and Wrong, Good and Bad. To make those judgments is an act of Ego, not humility, and is a continuation of the external pursuit of seeking someone out to provide The Answer. The are 7 billion people on the planet. If anything is true, it is that there is No Right Answer. This is a great interview. The detractors did not listen to the message, or Richard Freeman’s self deprecating style. The point, as I heard it, is that yoga will survive, because it is not about attachment to external forms or gurus. Let it go. Richard is not a God, nor is Yoga some sort of thing that should be placed on a pedestal. It is the exact opposite, and is developed via personal practice, experience and observation, not one based on memorization, mimicking, idolatry, or some sort of belief in a Right and Wrong, Good and Bad. To make those judgments is an act of Ego, not humility, and is a continuation of the external pursuit of seeking someone out to provide The Answer. The are 7 billion people on the planet. If anything is true, it is that there is No Right Answer.

]]> By: Birgit http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-114866 Birgit Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:23:21 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-114866 Oh the interviewer is really quite terrible and makes this almost unwatchable. He repeatedly stalls the flow and doesn't remotely facilitate a dialogue but instead deadens the whole interview. Here you have Richard Freeman and you don't make the most of him! I feel so disappointed and irritated. Mindfulness.. where was the interviewer's? Oh the interviewer is really quite terrible and makes this almost unwatchable. He repeatedly stalls the flow and doesn’t remotely facilitate a dialogue but instead deadens the whole interview. Here you have Richard Freeman and you don’t make the most of him! I feel so disappointed and irritated. Mindfulness.. where was the interviewer’s?

]]> By: Ashtanga: The Yoga of Purification | elephant journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-50739 Ashtanga: The Yoga of Purification | elephant journal Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:30:08 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-50739 [...] layers of accumulated patterns. This is done through daily practice of all the eight limbs of the Ashtanga yoga path. When this integrated approach to spiritual development is in place the inner fire of [...] [...] layers of accumulated patterns. This is done through daily practice of all the eight limbs of the Ashtanga yoga path. When this integrated approach to spiritual development is in place the inner fire of [...]

]]> By: How Old is Yoga? | elephant journal http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-25772 How Old is Yoga? | elephant journal Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:13:35 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-25772 [...] me, and as far as the interviews I’ve done with various teachers on this question, including Richard Freeman, this seems to be as accurate a place to plant a marker in the sand as [...] [...] me, and as far as the interviews I’ve done with various teachers on this question, including Richard Freeman, this seems to be as accurate a place to plant a marker in the sand as [...]

]]> By: Maggie http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-23771 Maggie Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:26:00 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-23771 I have to say I entered the conversation late. But I would like to do two things: 1) Appreciate freedom of speech, and the space for even the most awkward, uncomfortable, and even maybe a little confusing of media- it's true to life. 2) Remind myself and others that it is difficult to put one's self "out there". There is a yoga to facing adversity and I think Waylon maybe on that path, through his transparency. When practice becomes the most important thing, even if we can't "stay in it" ALL the time, the result seems to be operating on the brain waves reflected in this interview. I for one find it fascinating, see a little of myself in it, and am mostly grateful that the conversation exists. I lived in Boulder for 2 1/2 years and I believe it is one of the hottest places to see Eastern thought and Western mentality play out. You've got a modge podge of businesses fueled by "consciousness/ practice" with the concept of profit, you've got practices fueled by 'spiritual egoism", you've got a few living spiritualism quietly, you've got the strange somewhat monolithic CU, you've got homeless people who are making a fortune on Pearl Street, you've got the beat of the barefooted beats and Naropa, you've got the cool vortex swirling down from the enigmatic mountains. WOW, live it up! Keep on talking. It's the Boulder bubble. You don't find this kind of dynamic ANYWHERE else, that I have seen. I have to say I entered the conversation late. But I would like to do two things: 1) Appreciate freedom of speech, and the space for even the most awkward, uncomfortable, and even maybe a little confusing of media- it's true to life. 2) Remind myself and others that it is difficult to put one's self "out there". There is a yoga to facing adversity and I think Waylon maybe on that path, through his transparency. When practice becomes the most important thing, even if we can't "stay in it" ALL the time, the result seems to be operating on the brain waves reflected in this interview. I for one find it fascinating, see a little of myself in it, and am mostly grateful that the conversation exists. I lived in Boulder for 2 1/2 years and I believe it is one of the hottest places to see Eastern thought and Western mentality play out. You've got a modge podge of businesses fueled by "consciousness/ practice" with the concept of profit, you've got practices fueled by 'spiritual egoism", you've got a few living spiritualism quietly, you've got the strange somewhat monolithic CU, you've got homeless people who are making a fortune on Pearl Street, you've got the beat of the barefooted beats and Naropa, you've got the cool vortex swirling down from the enigmatic mountains. WOW, live it up! Keep on talking. It's the Boulder bubble. You don't find this kind of dynamic ANYWHERE else, that I have seen.

]]> By: Elephant Journal: The Future of Yoga « Elephantbeans http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/06/richard-freeman/comment-page-1/#comment-21247 Elephant Journal: The Future of Yoga « Elephantbeans Wed, 27 May 2009 10:44:49 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=577#comment-21247 [...] Richard Freeman: The Future of Yoga [...] [...] Richard Freeman: The Future of Yoga [...]

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