I called the property management at 8:20am. Ten minutes later I knew the time when the pipe cleaning company will come. In further two hours my problem will be fixed and the water will run off ...
Clocked. The water is not running off the sink anymore in the kitchen. In the late afternoon we tried to repair it. E was at home today. In vain. This needs to get fixed fast. Tomorrow Ill work on th...
Oh, what was I busy yesterday. I have a clear vision and a deadline. I want to go through all my pictures in order to delete the blurry ones and awful ones. Yes, awful ones exist, too. Im down alread...
For me an extra sausage please: Asparagus only.Yes, I was strong yesterday. We could eat à la carte what is good in general. On the menu was not one meal without meat. I had to discuss my meal. They ...
Creativity and third series:My new insights and I also remember to have read these two words in combination are, that when starting practicing third series one has to be creative, too. I know th...
Almost 5 hours I was in the train yesterday, from 5pm to 9:30pm. E picked me up at Hanover. I saw him already standing on the platform when the train rolled into the station. Ah, hes on time I though...
It was the late afternoon yesterday when I practiced, sun salutations, middle part of second series and closing sequence (no standing asanas). I did no move more than necessary. No repetitions,  ...
Even my doctor said it: Ashtanga yoga can make addicted.People think that if one does something daily, its a sign of addiction. I do many things daily, i.e. I shower on a daily basis and its not a si...
I always wanted to see how Sharaths practice is nowadays. The last videos that Ive seen are many years back. During a conference in Mysore he must have shown some moves. Oh, he got very intensive.&nb...
From the beginning on: On Friday I didnt practice. No reason is known. Hahaha....Saturday is my yoga free day. And yesterday was such a sadness over the city due to the lost soccer match, it made me ...
Yesterday in the afternoon I was downtown to capture a few moments of the bombastic atmosphere there due to the soccer match FC Chelsea - FC Bayern München in the evening. The party was in full...
I was downtown yesterday. So many British people are in town already due to the soccer match this weekend: Chelsea - FC Bayern Munich.My reason for going downtown was to get a cover for my iPod. A sh...
Im up, a home practice is on the schedule. It will be primary again, like yesterday. Yesterdays practice was really satisfying, because I was concentrated. I practiced without music on, one asana aft...
I cannot remember anymore to have switched off the alarm clock. I had set it at 6am. At 7am I woke up. Then I started my morning movie: shower, checking my weight (hahaha, a good practice is expected...
Upavishta konasana is one of the poses that is not yet as it is supposed to be. I could betray myself and bring the chin to floor. But then I wouldnt have understood the pose. Its about the hips. The...
Good was that I was concentrated till after the standing sequence.My creative part was nice, I missed the flow. Next time Ill stick to the series again with some extra poses. Im not such a good chore...
Last week was a soccer match, the Bavarian played with/against Dortmund. Next week the final match of the Champions League will take place, also with the Bavarian team. The soccer players are all hig...
I started renewing my oaths when I had difficulties to bind in pashasana this morning. I was glad that M adjusted me on the right side at least. He must have seen me struggling with this pose. M...
At a certain point of the Ashtanga yoga practice one has to be creative, because it makes sense. One has to find poses that can be considered as steps towards a pose. Sometimes also the order or the ...
When practicing yoga we exercise the body and the mind. The mind has the task to concentrate on the breath, i.e.. It can also be anything else. One learns to expand the time of concentration.In class...
A good question if one wants to understand a pose: What effect shall it have on the hips. Every asana influences the flexibility of the hip joint if done correctly, the question is in which direction...
Yoga Bee is my guest blogger today. Im very happy that she had found the time to write about the workshop with Mr Swenson here in Munich. Enjoy: "Activate where necessary, relax where p...
This morning I explored Advanced A series, at least the beginning. I wanted to understand which poses support these first advanced asanas. They dont come out of the blue, they go a bit further than w...
A last post about my back pain: Yesterday I was at my family doctor to get a prescription. Of course I had to tell him my back pain story. "I had this case 3 times last week", he told me, ...
Monday. I like Mondays as I like daily life.Im on my own today. This is good as I want to practice very slow and carefully. Being alone Ive time to explore the asanas and to do some extras. Second se...
Nobody knows what caused this back pain 2 days back. A nerve was jammed. How this happened is inexplicable. It can be that I slept in a bad position. It can be that I moved awkwardly while cleaning, ...
In the late afternoon we made it to the Straßenbahn to see G, who stays somewhere else. Weve no car for the time being. The engine has given up its spirit. We wanted to pick up G for a little walk an...
Im fully recovered from back pain. That day (the day before yesterday) where I had that awful back pain is so unreal. A nerve was jammed. This can happen. A wrong movement and voilà.Nevertheless I fe...
I myself dont believe it. I feel like new-born. Pain disappeared is it appeared. Fast. Was it that bad that I had to go to the hospital yesterday, I wonder? It was that bad. Somehow unreal now.If you...
Ah, the difference to yesterday is like the difference between heaven and hell.As long as Ive to take pain killers I wont put my body in asanas.Pranayama and meditation is possible. To work on my eve...
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