Awakening the Dreamer and Some Training

Had a calendar full of social and work commitments so not much time for treina in the past few days. Lets work backwards from now on ... that makes more sense

Saturday
Knew I had a full day ahead so tried to get in something in the morning. Did a decent stretch and only had time for 100 press ups.

Next stop, Plaza Glomac to attend a talk by Matthias and Peter entitled Awakening the Dreamer. Its a very interesting top level take on environmental issues that we are facing in the world today but the twist is it unites the previously separate spheres of environment, social justice and spiritual fulfillment. May sound a bit airy fairy for some but it does raise some very pertinent points that I had not connected previously i.e. the abuse of the environment is conducted by the wealthy via indiscriminate deforestation, burning of fossil fuels, overfishing, dumping of waste material, etc but the effects are felt primarily by the poor.

Power plants and landfils are located next to the ghettoes or low cost housing. People who are hovering near the poverty line are unable to eat when the price of food goes up due to under supply. At the end of the day, it is the have nots who are paying the price for something that they are not responsible for. Did you know that 1% of the world's population owns 40% of the world's wealth? Insanity.

The awareness that issues of social and environmental justice are so intimately interconnected really makes me feel sad and a little bit guilty because it is our greed for more and more stuff that feeds this vicious cycle. Just because we cannot see the effects of our consumer driven lifestyle doesn't mean we should not spend some time to at least educate ourselves about what is going on. I'm am going to volunteer to be a facilitator of this talk in the future when they roll out in June so I can spread the word!

Thursday
Did class at academy. Was nice to get back into it. Did a nice oblique and shoulder stretch that I will definitely incorporate into my personal routine. Really helps open up the sides, shoulders and back. Polished up my kip up or macaco molha motion from ponte. Learnt that there are two ways to come out of it, either exploding straight to my feet or a slower rolling motion on the neck to handstand. Will have to work a bit more on the latter.