User Comments - darylk
darylk
Posted on: Yoga
April 30, 2008 at 3:53 AMUseful vocab. I would, though, offer several caveats. Most yoga masters will say that yoga is not a matter of willpower. In fact, those who come to class thinking that they are going to will themselves into eagle or bow pose tend to hurt themselves. I've done Iyengar yoga 3 to 4 times per week for about 6 years. Our yoga teacher is always warning us not to force things and not to instrumentalize yoga. Yoga literally means "to yoke together body and spirit" so it shouldn't be used just to lose weight or to build muscle mass. It should be treated as a discipline for healing the self.
Posted on: Signing up for Art Class
April 28, 2008 at 2:01 AMThanks for this lesson. I've been looking at a lot of "shanshui" paintings and am looking forward to seeing more of them at the big Shanghai museum. The landscape paintings done in ink are my favorite. But I know that this discipline is complicated. Each type of brushstroke has its own classical name, so cpod was brave to tackle this topic!. I hope to hear more lessons on Chinese artifacts and culture.
Posted on: Country Standings
April 17, 2008 at 3:01 PMWe've seen "na2" before, I think, in "na chu" (carry out). And the "chao" of "chao guo" is the "chao" of "chao ren"=surpassing man or superman!
Posted on: Superstitions and Business Trip Tales
April 15, 2008 at 3:10 PMHey Amber and Vera. Xie xie for an excellent lesson. I didn't think my question about superstitions would get addressed so quickly or thoroughly. I had a Chinese-American dean and already knew from him about a few of these superstitions but didn't know about the dangers of umbrellas, pears, shoes, and fried squid! You made my day.
Posted on: Scandal in the Pageant
March 31, 2008 at 3:07 AMI refer, of course, to the photo on this very page.
Posted on: Scandal in the Pageant
March 31, 2008 at 2:21 AMI think he2cheng2 de zhao4pian4 is right here on this lesson's website:http://chinesepod.com/lessons/scandal-in-the-pageant/discussion Have I met the challenge?
Posted on: Are You Tired?
March 30, 2008 at 1:30 AMInteresting character. It seems that many of the words built around lei4 have to do with accumulating one burden after another. That would make anyone tired!
Posted on: Sweet Roasted Chestnuts
March 28, 2008 at 6:04 PMGood lesson. A little bit less dense with fewer new word than the usual Intermediary and so a nice step up from Elementary without being overwhelming.
Posted on: Art Museum
March 27, 2008 at 3:46 AMTai hao le! That's really a wonderful commitment on the part of the government and/or other entities who support museums. Here in Houston some portions of museum exhibits are free one day a week, but few American museums are free all of the time. On a different subject, I've just completed a book published in 1942 re Chinese festivals, superstitions, etc. A lesson on common Chinese superstitions would be good. Also does China still have the kite-fighting holiday? I've never heard of such a thing. And what about the girl needle- threading holiday?
Posted on: Yoga
May 2, 2008 at 12:51 AMHot yoga is not, I think, the same as kundalini. While the awakening of the spine in kundalini may generate internal heat, hot yoga is done in a very hot, muggy room. Ashtanga and Iyengar are typically done at room temperature, not in a super-heated room.