Resist the Labels!

Om Kriya Babaji Namah Aum!

Hey Soulstarrs!

Our American Society likes labels. We all do. Labels help us to feel safe.  Labels help us to identify groups, movements and people.  Labels also help us narrow down our prejudices.

 "She's a Scientologist, so I ain't effin with her!"  

"He's a Vegan, so he must be into yoga and crystals, all those sandal wearing patchouli mofo's right?"

"Her hair is locked so she must be a liberal?"

See what I mean? 

How can you do yoga and be a Christian?  Isn't yoga and Eastern Philosophy at odds with Christianity?

Now ask yourself, Isn't Christianity an Afrikan Originated Religion? The Bible says so.  Doesn't the Bible's narratives and most of it's characters reside in Afrika or in the so called Middle East?  The answer to both questions is yes. Christians come in all colors and in almost every country.  Are we all the same? Of course, not! Christians and the Christian Church is diverse and while we agree on certain things we disagree passionately on others.

Yoga means Unity between your mind, body, spirit with the Divine Source. (Your God) It is part of the Eight fold path.  What Yoga does not attempt to do is define your version of the Divine.  Sure, the Hindu scholars have the Brahman Scriptures (The Vedas) The Gita, The Upanishads and all those help in understanding the orgins of the asanas (poses) But Yoga and the people who practice it are diverse.  There's Kemetic Yoga, There's Sufi Grinds that have been added to the asanas.  It's all on the practitioner. 

I practice the Kriya Babaji Najaraj style Yoga as practiced by the 18 Tamil Siddhas and Guru Yogiar SAA Ramiah.  The Tamils gave the Aryans a Written language (Sanskit) to go with the Aryan spoken language. Yoga and Yogic Philosophy did not begin in India, or with the Aryans but with the Tamils and others before it.  I have added Vinyasa Flow cause I like the Cardio. 

BE Fluid! BE Flexible! Openly resist the Labels!

Om Shanti Baby!

BE Prayerful! BE Mindful! BE Careful!
Jaycee

Fitness Pioneer Jack Lalanne Passes!

I grew up watching re-runs of Jack Lalanne's television shows on Channel 9 in Los Angeles, CA.  I've watched him my whole adult life to and you know what? I am so thankful, because he provided a great example of what you could look like your whole life if you exercised, ate right and lived right.  96 Years Old and still looking good!

Jack, you were a classy inspiration.  Thanks!
Om Shanti Baby!

BE Prayerful! BE Mindful! BE Careful!
Jaycee

Drishti

FOCUS! FO-CUS DAMN YOU!

Om Kriya Babaji Namah Aum! 

Hey Soul-Starrs! Welcome back to Mista Jaycee's Stretchin Ouuuuut! (Like a Rubber Band) And like always stick around cause something might pop!

Happy New Year! 2011 is gonna BE a great year! And the mission of this blog is the same as it was last year.  This is yoga brought you by a regular whiskey drinking, Funkadelic listening, patchouli hating Black Dude that's no stranger to a piece of bacon but sees the benefits of Yoga, The Eight-Fold Path, The Yoga Sutras and the Bible.

So welcome back home for the first time! Remember to Breathe! Go ahead! Breathe! See, Feel better? Yoga already!

Om Shanti Baby!

BE Prayerful! BE Mindful! BE Careful!

Jaycee

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Om Kriya Babaji Namah Aum!
Merry Christmas Soul-Starrs! May your days be filled with love.
BE Prayerful! BE Mindful! BE Careful!
Jaycee

Transformation: Ghetto of the Mind

Photo By Mista Jaycee

If someone gave you this house, mortgage free, tax free, under the condition that they could return any time, any day unannounced after one year and see what you've done with the place would you take the deal?

 What if you could have a body like the one below? Wait! What if you could have this body? Free and clear? Your mind, spirit and essence deposited in this frame? All strengths, no diseases or disorders, yours with the only condition being that the previous owner could stop by and visit you any day, any time after one year unannounced to see how you are doing? Same deal as the house. Would you take the deal?

I'd wager that alot of you Soul-Starrs would take both deals.  Alot would, and alot would not but I guarantee you all would consider at least one of the deals if not both.  Now, metaphysical queries aside, what would the house look like in a year? Would it be painted, the lawn mowed? Would the house have new plants surrounding it?  Would folks be begging to rent a room inside your home?  Gaining the home does not mean that you were prepared to accept and handle the gift does it?  I know of a building where the folks that live on the second floor stand on the balcony and flip lit cigarette buds on the first floor common area below. They flick their ashes onto the landing.  Don't they know that other people walk along this walkway? Don't they know that this makes the building appear to be trashy?  Of course they do!

Photo courtesy of the Web

On top of that they fight constantly, sometimes until 4 in the morning? Their little space looks like they act. It looks trashy and unkempt! How do you think the house would look with them in it?  It would be trashed and in foreclosure within the year.  Why? Because as a Person thinketh so is he!

Now, what about the body?  Remember, it's still your essence in the body.  It's still your mind, your soul. Would the body still look like the one in the picture? If the Soul has suffered from low self esteem, hurt, and anger. If the soul used food in order to cope the body would not be the same body anymore.  I'm sure that the Soul that possessed the House or the Body would envision how much better the life would be.  At first they'd live it up enjoying the view, enjoying the attention that the body attracted but eventually how the Soul handled a relationship would affect the body.  A Mean Bytch with a Goddess Body is still a Mean Bytch. Sure, Guys would sex her but they'd get away from her as soon as the novelty wore off.  The Soul would have to exercise, and  feed the body proper food in order to keep the body in the same or in better condition.  A damaged Soul can not.  Rot eventually would win out.

But with a new body I would not be ME anymore Mista Jaycee, I would be HER! 

No, it's your ESSENCE in the BODY so it would STILL be YOU! You may enjoy how strong the body is and even learn to use the strength but if you did not know how to maintain the strength, how to work out the body then it would turn to fat.  It's still YOU remember?

The House has to be cleaned, the light bill must be paid, the gardens must be trimmed!  If something breaks it has to be repaired. It would not be and the house would be a shit hole one year after you received it.

What's the point Jaycee?

The point....Our Character! Our Soul will largely determine what happens in our lives. So if you have Raggeddity habits then you gon have a Raggeddity life.

Yoga is a tool to help us see that and overcome it!

So, what are you at your core? Think on it.
Om Shanti Baby!
Jaycee

Tazima teaches for charity 12-11-10

Om Kriya Babaji Namah Aum

Hey Soul-Starrs,
Tazima, The Compassionate Renegade, is teaching this Saturday for charity.  I can't make this one but I can tell y'all about it. Check it out and happy holidays!

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE {current through December 31, 2010}




INTRODUCTION TO YOGA—ONE-DAY WORKSHOP

Saturday, December 11 :: 1:00 - 3:00 p





This one-day workshop is recommended to all seeking to experience yoga for the first time, as well as those looking to revitalize a previous interest. Basic postures, simplified yoga philosophy, breathing techniques, and fundamental meditation skills will be addressed.







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$35 Registration Recommended! Workshop fee includes one free class of your choice from our regular schedule.











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SEVA (Compassionate Service)

Vinayasa Flow Benefit Class with Tazima Davis

Saturday, December 11 :: 6:30 p



Practice Seva with us...





A fundraiser on behalf of Artists for Charity for Orphaned and HIV+ Children in Ethiopa.





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$20 Suggested Donation Registration Recommended!