would somebody NOT turn off their cell phone when it starts to ring
during class?  I understand forgetting to turn it off before class;
I've accidentally done that myself.  And I understand not wanting to
climb over 20 bodies to get to the jacket rack to find your phone and
turn it off.  But as disruptive as that would be, it's definitely MORE
disruptive to hear your phone ring repeatedly when I'm in revolved
triangle.  And again during dolphin-up-the-wall.  BTW, how does your
kid manage to finish dialing the precise second I'm lifting my second
leg off the floor?  That's really freaky.

If anyone here knows why somebody would do this, please explain it to
me.  I really don't get it and if there exists a legitimate reason to
let your phone disrupt the class, it will make me less likely to whomp
the offender should this happen again.  I realize that violence is not
yogic, but seriously, this kind of behavior may merit it.

Signed, a rather grumpy,
Anna

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> would somebody NOT turn off their cell phone when it starts to ring
> during class?  I understand forgetting to turn it off before class;
> I've accidentally done that myself.  And I understand not wanting to
> climb over 20 bodies to get to the jacket rack to find your phone and
> turn it off.  But as disruptive as that would be, it's definitely MORE
> disruptive to hear your phone ring repeatedly when I'm in revolved
> triangle.  And again during dolphin-up-the-wall.  BTW, how does your
> kid manage to finish dialing the precise second I'm lifting my second
> leg off the floor?  That's really freaky.
>
> If anyone here knows why somebody would do this, please explain it to
> me.  I really don't get it and if there exists a legitimate reason to
> let your phone disrupt the class, it will make me less likely to whomp
> the offender should this happen again.  I realize that violence is not
> yogic, but seriously, this kind of behavior may merit it.
>
> Signed, a rather grumpy,
> Anna

My yoga class has not ANY cell phone.. That's against the RULES..
Perhaps you could propose something like that..

But I have something that disturbes me, by the end of class.
During YOGA NIDRA, there are people that begin SNORING..

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Howdy moon!

If it is a relaxation period snoring isn't necessarily a bad thing!

A person snoring may just be a sign that somebody laying on their back
has relaxed the face and throat muscles enough for them to snore.

I've done it myself -- wide awake!!

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Howdy!

LOL
yes..
the perspective of the guy is SNORING...
ok

one thing is good:
he got relaxed..

but something is wrong with him:
he has a problem with breathing..

I feel that the SNORING pattern of breathing is something that is not
good..
they should practice more pranayama
(don't you think so?)

Yoga nidra can be considered a meditation.
So, meditate with an akward type of breathing, is no good, isn't it?

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maybe she thought she could pretend it wasn't her phone by not looking at
it, not touching it. ie too embarrassed to admit she'd forgotten to turn it
off. i've forgotten to turn mine off, never had the misfortune to have
someone call me during class. i have remembered part way through class and
gone to turn it off, hoping to avoid disturbing everyone, but instead,
disturbed them with the little ditty my phone plays when it turns off. i've
been in classes where phones have rung. the owner always leaps up and turns
it off immediately. if people were pissed off, it never showed. the class
carried on. i'm pretty forgiving about noise during classes. my first few
months of classes were in downtown toronto, across the street from a
hardrock radio station that played into the street whatever they were
playing on the air, and frequently hosted parties. combine that noise with
the sirens, honking car horns, and screaming shopping crowds and it was
pretty noisy. my teacher told us it would aid us with our
concentration/focus to tune it all out and pay attention to our breathing,
our bodies and the instruction. so true.
maybe next time just say 'could someone turn that off please'. set the
protocol for ringing phones in class.
nancy

"yogini" <anna.blaine@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> would somebody NOT turn off their cell phone when it starts to ring
> during class?  I understand forgetting to turn it off before class;
> I've accidentally done that myself.  And I understand not wanting to
> climb over 20 bodies to get to the jacket rack to find your phone and
> turn it off.  But as disruptive as that would be, it's definitely MORE
> disruptive to hear your phone ring repeatedly when I'm in revolved
> triangle.  And again during dolphin-up-the-wall.  BTW, how does your
> kid manage to finish dialing the precise second I'm lifting my second
> leg off the floor?  That's really freaky.
>
> If anyone here knows why somebody would do this, please explain it to
> me.  I really don't get it and if there exists a legitimate reason to
> let your phone disrupt the class, it will make me less likely to whomp
> the offender should this happen again.  I realize that violence is not
> yogic, but seriously, this kind of behavior may merit it.
>
> Signed, a rather grumpy,
> Anna
>

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yogini wrote:

> would somebody NOT turn off their cell phone when it starts to ring
> during class?  I understand forgetting to turn it off before class;
> I've accidentally done that myself.  And I understand not wanting to
> climb over 20 bodies to get to the jacket rack to find your phone and
> turn it off.  But as disruptive as that would be, it's definitely MORE
> disruptive to hear your phone ring repeatedly when I'm in revolved
> triangle.  And again during dolphin-up-the-wall.  BTW, how does your
> kid manage to finish dialing the precise second I'm lifting my second
> leg off the floor?  That's really freaky.
>
> If anyone here knows why somebody would do this, please explain it to
> me.  I really don't get it and if there exists a legitimate reason to
> let your phone disrupt the class, it will make me less likely to whomp
> the offender should this happen again.  I realize that violence is not
> yogic, but seriously, this kind of behavior may merit it.
>
> Signed, a rather grumpy,
> Anna
>

Maybe the person is deaf, or they have put plugs in their ears, or
they simply do not hear it, or they have tinitus, or they simply
do not care.  Until you talk to the specific person about it it will
remain a mystery.

Wade

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One of the things I have learned in yoga is:

I am in charge of learning and practicing the development of
equanimity.

It is not any person, place or thing's responsibility not to disturb
me, it is my responsibility not to allow myself to be disturbed.

Often I find it difficult to mind my own business and allow other's to
mind theirs. However my life is much more pleasant when I do :-)

o
^

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ok, this is funny. i answered this post the day you posted it. said it had
never happened to me, but that i generally am laid back about noise and
interruptions.
then last night in class, my phone rang! i almost laughed out loud. let me
tell you why i ALMOST didnt move. i thought after 4 rings it would go to
answering service so if i left it, it would be less disruptive than me
leaping across the bodies to turn it off. but after this post, i did the
leaping. i've never had to do this before, and i know that when i turn the
phone off it sings a little song, so i hit "silence ringer" instead, and
went back to my mat. 5 min later it rang AGAIN.
i leaped again, turned it off this time (with its little turn-off song). no
one said a word. they all laughed about it after class.
coincidence? ah but there are no coincidences.
i don't know who called me. was it YOU? trying to make your point?
ok, i'll certainly make more of an effort to remember to turn it off from
now on. lesson learned.
nancy


"yogini" <anna.blaine@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> would somebody NOT turn off their cell phone when it starts to ring
> during class?  I understand forgetting to turn it off before class;
> I've accidentally done that myself.  And I understand not wanting to
> climb over 20 bodies to get to the jacket rack to find your phone and
> turn it off.  But as disruptive as that would be, it's definitely MORE
> disruptive to hear your phone ring repeatedly when I'm in revolved
> triangle.  And again during dolphin-up-the-wall.  BTW, how does your
> kid manage to finish dialing the precise second I'm lifting my second
> leg off the floor?  That's really freaky.
>
> If anyone here knows why somebody would do this, please explain it to
> me.  I really don't get it and if there exists a legitimate reason to
> let your phone disrupt the class, it will make me less likely to whomp
> the offender should this happen again.  I realize that violence is not
> yogic, but seriously, this kind of behavior may merit it.
>
> Signed, a rather grumpy,
> Anna
>

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>don't know who called me. was it YOU? trying to make your point?

That really is funny :-)

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yes
she didn't say so, but she has already a siddhi..
when she is practicing yoga nidra or meditating, she pretends to do
some sort of influence on everyone of this thread.. she sort of
influenced someone of your contact list

Who is next?

Jared, perhaps?

Will you ever be disturbed by any sound??????

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