From Brian to Bobby

July 20^th, 2009

I never really understood that Allegory of the Cave, to be honest. As I was reading your first email, I kept thinking about it… “maybe this is what it’s about?” It may or may not be…

For some reason, also, I consistently find situations where I want to reference the game “rocks – paper – scissors”, and this may be another. Sometimes I think truth is relative in the same way a rock smashes scissors, paper, covers the rock and scissors cut the paper. In more cases than not, the “beholder” may have three points of reference to qualify the truth, as opposed to two (ie, x or the opposite of x).

And yeah, Roger Clemens… The truth is relative to what you absolutely BELIEVE it is.

So listen…with yoga, you have to work through that soreness. At least stretch out everyday, even if you are not going to do a full practice. This is where that “dissociation of pain” thing works really well. If you are stretching your hamstring, and it is really sore, be gentle but look at your leg and say “there’s my leg…it’s stiff…that’s the feeling of my leg being stiff”. It really works. It somehow lets you ease past it. Obviously, be careful and again be gentle. By a week from now, you won’t have to deal with as much stiffness.

B

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