Mind

August 25th, 2010

The Way bears sensation,
Sensation bears memory,
Sensation and memory bear abstraction,
And abstraction bears all the world;
Each thing in the world bears feeling and doing,
And, imbued with mind, harmony with the Way.

As others have taught, so do I teach,
“Who loses harmony opposes nature”;
This is the root of my teaching.

Tao Te Ching.org – #42

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YOGA for photographers – posture and shoulders

October 16th, 2008

YOGAmazing for Posture on Vimeo

 
YOGAmazing for Posture from Chaz Rough on Vimeo.

I can hear you groaning, but presence of mind improves creativity – follow our maxim “Mind Like Water”

And you will follow it into the body-mind.

If you’re shooting a long day your shoulders are going to be tightened up by the strain of holding your camera, and the camera around your neck.

If you’re having a normal day of 6-10 hours behind the computer screen your posture is equally at risk of hampering your creativity, lowering your mood, and keeping you from reaching your highest creativity behind the screen.

My suggestion is a break every two hours – pick two of these poses and do 10min of YOGA every two hours. This set of poses will help bring back range of motion and open tightened areas from desk-work or shooting.  If the posing doesn’t elevate your mood – just do 40 situps and 20 pushups to get your blood flowing and come back to the desk and feel your new clarity!

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