Charlie "Jai" Harrington, RYT 500

The Massage School

Charley — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:34:40 +0000

For the past 2 months I have been attending The Massage School in Acton Massachusetts. It has been an enormous learning experience and a lot of fun. I guess I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started. I had met Alexei and Valerie when I interviewed out in Easthampton MA for 20 minutes. I [...]

Is it on my path, more?

Charley — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:28:08 +0000

I’ve updated the previous post on my path. To me my path is the safest and surest way to prioritize all tasks in life. Sometimes it is hard to know but it is the question that needs to always be asked. Always. If for no other reason than to learn how to ask for guidance [...]

Is is on my path?

Charley — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:56:12 +0000

Sometimes life has interesting twists and turns. This summer when I went to look at what workshops to take to advance my yoga practice and teaching skills nothing appealed to me except the Neuro SomaÂ workshop in Charlottsville VA. So I really didn’t want to attend but I felt guided to do so. So if [...]

Getting Stuck on the Spiritual Path

Charley — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:11:08 +0000

Things tend to happen in my life which seem to knock me off my path. So called bad things can interfere with my spiritual growth. If the universe is perfect, why does this happen? Say I get sick, or lose my job, or any number of things which upset a certain stability in my life. Where [...]

Early Retirement Planning Document

Charley — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:46:21 +0000

I finished my taxes and my accountant Harvey Cohen asked me to calculate what will happen with early retirement. Make sure you look up your full retirement age. Things also change over the years. Check out the Social Security Website it has a lot of information. The results are interesting. Comments?Early Retirement WorksheetÂ Apply [...]

Warming Up

Charley — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:58:19 +0000

I spend a lot of time in warm ups for all my Yoga and Pilates classes. I try to get everything stretched out and ready for the practice. To me warm ups are the most important part of the practice. Every time I do my practice alone I come to the test: should I change (shorten) [...]

Minimizing Change

Charley — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:38:27 +0000

I find I frequently try to undertake too many changes all at once in many directions and domains in my life. Once a change has been set in place a habit has been established that I want to stick to. But once I have had the intoxication of making a change I want to follow [...]

Priorities

Charley — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:37:48 +0000

Setting priorities is the hardest thing to do, because to do it right takes a lot of time, is an endless commitment to self study (the 4th Niyama Svadhyaya) and huge amounts of energy. The best boss I had was able to break things down and prioritize tasks for everyone else just fine he struggled with [...]

Fasting

Charley — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:52:53 +0000

A couple of weeks ago Rosemary began a fast out of the blue. It was for her health and digestive issues and she liked it. I’ve fasted before but had fallen out of the practice over time. It is tough to do alone, the smell of food drives you crazy, it’s much easier if no one [...]

Awareness

Charley — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:07:12 +0000

At the beginning of every yoga class I talk about awareness during the warm-ups, I feel awareness can be trained and improved in anyone. Awareness is the natural domain for yoga. The mind-body connection in yoga naturally develops awareness in the practitioner. In warm-ups we pay attention to sensation in the bottoms of the feet as [...]