WF Teacher Profile - Ananda

the following is excerpted from the Northern Arizona Yoga Center's newsletter
where Joy and i both teach...

photo of Joy (aka; Ananda) by Wayne Williams

Q &A: Get to know your instructors

What brought you to yoga?

Well, it's more like "who" brought me to yoga... My dad was my first teacher to introduce me to yoga. He used to Practice on the beach in his Speedos® (it was the seventies) and i would cringe with embarrassment. What can i say, i was at the impressional age of eight.

That's a wonderful word embarrassment for it means "disturbances of mind."
That is why i am here now... to help "cease the fluctuations of my mind" also known as Yogas citta vrtti nirodhah as written in Sri Pantajali's, The Yoga Sutra.


How has your yoga practice evolved over time?

To be honest, as a student of yoga i feel most of the time as if my Practice has devolved. i mean, the more i try to bring my Practice off the mat and into my daily LifeStyle, the less i "know."

What is the most profound thing you've learned in practicing yoga?

That a Rinpoche can come in the sweetest form of a 2 year old beautiful being. My daughter! Doesn't matter how many asanas i can perform, or how long i can sit still (which isn't very long these days), for me it's about remaining conscious, present, loving, receptive and giving in every given moment and forgiving myself when i'm not.

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Teammate Profile; Kent Sherman

as Chairman of the Board for Red Rock Racing here in Flagstaff, i like to introduce my fellow teammates on the RRR Blog...






New RRR Teammate Kent Sherman looking fine atop Mt. Elbert, Colorado.


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Hello Steve and RRR!

I’ve become interested in road cycling in the last couple of years. Last year was my first year of “serious” riding and I entered my first organized ride (Taylor House 65 miler). This year, I got out on the road bike in late February, increased my mileage steadily, and recently cranked out two 100 mile weeks. I’ve had to back off in the last couple weeks due to a strained muscle, but hopefully can bump up the mileage soon. I am primarily a road cyclist and use my mountain bike mostly for errands around town.

I completely agree with RRR mission and etiquette statements. I plan on submitting a clothing order to Cosmic soon. I look forward to becoming involved with RRR and getting to know members
………………Regards, Kent


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Kent Sherman, age 56, spent most of his youth near Portland, Oregon. He earned a BS is Forest Science from Oregon State U. in 1976. The next four years consisted on odd jobs, traveling in winter, and forest fire fighting in summers. While preparing to enter graduate school, he was offered work with the U.S. Geological Survey, in Portland. He began work with the USGS in January, 1980, four months before Mt. St. Helens blew. An offer to transfer to Flagstaff in 1982 was accepted. Kent worked the next 26 years with the USGS performing water quantity and quality studies throughout northern Arizona. He retired in January, 2008. Linda and Kent were married in 1985. Their sedentary hobbies are watercolor painting and woodcarving, respectively. They have a passion for the outdoors and take at least one major hiking trip per year. Cross country skiing is a favorite winter activity. Kent has been a year-round cyclist in Flagstaff for over 25 years.

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Welcome to RRR, Kent!
see you out on the cobbles!



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