Filed under: Uncategorized
I’ve been growing increasingly distressed over the past months as I’ve discovered more and more websites that are stealing content from my blog. The people responsible for these sites are taking my articles and reposting them on their own blogs, and pretending that they are the original authors of what I’ve written.
I know that most people who are doing this are doing it to make money off Google advertisements, and that they don’t mean any ill will towards me specifically. Nonetheless, this is upsetting to me for a number of reasons. First of all, I feel as if my work and my website are being used/exploited in a very disrespectful way. None of these people has asked my permission (and I doubt that any of them really have any moral qualms about what they are doing). Also, I’m upset because, from the very first day I started this blog, I made a conscious decision to keep it 100% free of commercial interests. I don’t make any money off this blog, although I easily could, and I certainly never intended anyone else to make money off it either.
If you’re one of the people stealing my blog’s content for your own financial benefit, please stop. Thanks.
And if you’re reading this posting somewhere other than Om Shanti: A Yoga Blog, please be aware that this site is the original, and that the one you are reading is likely a fraudulent site set up solely for the purpose of getting you to click on one of those annoying Google advertisements on the side of the screen.
Filed under: Self-Practice Journal
I’ve noticed at the studio where I practice and at the studios where I teach that attendance keeps dropping as we move from fall into winter. The drop isn’t precipitous, but it is noticeable. I think there are a few explanations for this. We recently turned our clocks back, so there’s an hour less of sunlight in the evenings. For whatever reason, people seem less inclined to do yoga when it’s dark out. It’s also getting colder, and, again, for whatever reason, people seem less likely to do yoga, or any other physical activity for that matter, when the temperature goes down. Another thing that’s happening is that it’s fast approaching holiday season again. With shopping, holiday parties, trips, etc. on the horizon, people often find themselves very busy during the last few weeks of the year. Going to yoga class seems to fall down the list of priorities pretty quickly. But there is a way to keep up with your practice, even if you can’t make it to class: Do yoga at home.
Here’s a simple, but effective, sequence for a home practice. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour, and can be done by anyone of just about any level. (more…)
