05/15/10 by Vibhuti Jaya | chronicle | No Comments »
Herstory – Part 2
The year was 1999, a period of fiery momentum"strength or force gained by motion"! It was a time of burgeoning awareness and self-discovery. The gifted therapist who introduced me to Jung guided my explorations then. I began to ponder and to learn about myself on the couch (instead of the mat). During that personal work, I became awed by the study of mind. I fell in love with psychology and took to the self-inquiry like a fish to water. In my new, smaller body I also let myself fall in love with movement again. Seeking some expansion, I bravely ventured forth upon the fitness scene. I moved my exercise"bodily exertion for the sake of developing and maintaining physical fitness" life from the seclusion of the tiny semi-private gym at work, to the open, public, jungle-wilds of “commercial gym land”. Like a fluffy little innocent lamb to the slaughter, I went. (Baaaaaaaaa…)
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04/28/10 by Vibhuti Jaya | blog | 2 Comments »
One of Sir Isaac Newton’s theories says something about a body in motion staying in motion, right? Well, there’s definitely something to the gathering of momentum"strength or force gained by motion". Momentum collects strength, and this power is what we are going to capitalize upon through TNT (our upcoming thick & thin"measuring little in cross section or diameter; not well fleshed" classes). Today, with holes still in my gums in place of the four (4) wisdom teeth that were extracted last Friday, I finally ventured forth to do the thing I affectionately call the “CampuStomp”. It’s a coupla’ mile (two, maybe?) circumnavigation of the campus, and it is nothing without the iPod and the sunglasses! It was an exhilaratingly beautiful day and I have to say that I loved every sweaty, wonderful minute of it. It was the kind of workout that makes me wonder why I shy from workouts the way that I still manage to do—even after"following in time, later" all this time—even after everything we’ve been through (“we” = my body and I).
So, as I mentally prepare for my new classes, and to be introduced to my new students, I ponder. I take a few extra days to let my mouth heal a little more before"at an earlier time, previously" the first post-surgical downward facing dog, and I wonder just exactly what is that “thing” that was different today than the rest of the days? What is the thing that made me move today, instead of sitting it out (again)? What was the animating factor that got me up (off the proverbial couch) and out to breathe, and move, and sweat, and to feel happy (instead of being unplugged from experience and exiled to my head)? What in me actually ignited the intention and “did the do” today?
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