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  • Shadow Yoga Warmup with Emma Balnaves

    Shadow Yoga Warmup with Emma Balnaves


    Emma Balnaves has been teaching Yoga for over a decade, her background studies include: Ayurvedic and Siddha systems of medicine of which she holds diplomas in Siddha Medicine and Thanuology (marma shastra.)

    http://www.shadowyoga.com/shadowyoga.php

    The name Shadow Yoga is derived from the 6th chapter of the ancient tantrika treatise ‘The Shiva-Svarodaya’ (the birth of the breath of life revealed by the god Shiva). This chapter, entitled ‘Yoga of the Shadow Man’, deals with the intricate manifestations of the shadow and their significance both inside and outside the human organism.

    The Ashtanga Hrdaya of Vagbhata, a primary ayurvedic text, also contains a chapter on the shadow which deals with diagnostic principles. There is also a story about Allama Prabhudeva, the initiating guru of Gorakshanath (one of the famous forefathers of Hatha Yoga), in which he describes the human body as nothing but layers of frozen shadows. According to Hatha Yogic anatomy the body is composed of three discrete bodies and five sheaths, (coverings or shadows). The practice of Hatha Yoga has evolved with the purpose of dissolving these shadows.

    The teaching of the Shadow School is based upon the ancient Hatha Yogic texts, which state that all fixed forms should be designed to develop the practice of freestyle. Freestyle is a necessary step in the cultivation of longevity and enlightenment. The texts also suggest that the set forms should contain within them the following bodily positions and movements for the proper development of the vital breath.

    – Standing
    – Pumping
    – Sitting
    – Weighing
    – Lying (face-down, face-up, on-sides)
    – Forwards
    – Sideways (lateral)
    – Backwards
    – Inversions
    – Spiral
    – Turning / twisting

    These twelve kinds of positions and movements have been adapted from the range of human activities including martial arts, dance and crafts of life, and from the plant and animal kingdoms. The appropriate combination of these activities with suitable rhythm and positioning brings about the unfolding of the inner powers hidden in the individual.

    Scott Blossom has permission from Natanaga Zhander and Emma Balnaves to stream this video.

    For more videos of the Shadow Yoga Preludes and Nata Yoga visit http://www.youtube.com/user/shadowYogaVideo

    Students who wish to continue into the Prelude forms are recommended to study under qualified Shadow Yoga teachers in the existing schools listed on the shadow yoga website info.page.

    Scott Blossom is an approved Shadow Yoga teacher.
    http://www.shunyatayoga.com/ShadowYogaSeries.htm

  • Apollo Splashdown with VFX Shotbreakdown

    Apollo Splashdown with VFX Shotbreakdown


    The most frustrating work I’ve ever done in my entire Life. It took more than 4 weeks alot of nights and alot of tears to bring all together. The Task was to establish a work flow between Houdini and Blender for nearly photo realistic water simulation. It took more than 30 Resimulation of the fluid and a very tricky workflow development to bring the fluid pod and the ocean mesh seamless together as Geometry for Rendering in Blender Cycles. My biggest thanks is to “ATOM”‘s Blendgraph Addon for Blender. Its awesome and a must have for everyone. http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?322496-AddOn-Blendgraph-2-7-UPDATED-(new-Fiber-Mesh-node) Special thanks to mesapilgrim for the Apollo Pod Model from Blendswap. Facts: the shot is in half slowmotion timevalue set to 0.5. 8 different layers for foam spray and the different moduls. The Water Shader is GPU based Subsurface Scatter Shader with Deph, Dephblur, Dephlighting and Lightcolor Spektrum. Rendertime 1 min 46 each frame. Project size 122 GB The Fluid pod itself got alot of millions of particles. The Spray and Foam together over 5 million particles. Most challanging fact is to bring the movement of the ocean mesh into the fluid pod with a transfer of velocity. Musik by Joel Nielsen – BMS – End Credits Part 2

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  • Pilobolus (A Meet the Theatre film)

    Pilobolus (A Meet the Theatre film)


    Pilobolus is a dance-theatre company that strives to achieve the impossible. Get to know them in this exclusive video from Theatre Development Fund.

    Featuring company dancers Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Eriko Jimbo, Jordan Kriston, and Mike Tyus, as well as executive producer Itamar Kubovy and associate artistic director Renee Jaworski.

    Meet more theatres here: http://wp.tdf.org/index.php/category/meet-the-theatre/

  • Developing your Nonprofit Fundraising Plan

    Developing your Nonprofit Fundraising Plan


    Once you have a great fundraising idea, motivation will be high and everyone involved in your non profit will be eager to get started. However, you should take the time to develop a plan. In this one hour webinar hosted by CharityNet USA, learn how to design a workable fundraising plan for your organization! For more information on nonprofit fundraising, visit: http://www.charitynetusa.com/fundraising.php

  • Irish Repertory Theatre (a Meet the Theatre film)

    Irish Repertory Theatre (a Meet the Theatre film)


    Irish Repertory Theatre has a native understanding of Irish drama and musicals. Learn why in this exclusive video from Theatre Development Fund.

    To meet more theatres, visit wp.tdf.org/index.php/category/meet-the-theatre/

  • SC_Paternuum (test)

    SC_Paternuum (test)


    Short demo of livecoding supercollider interface I have been working on recentrly.. source code can be forked or downloaded:

    https://github.com/K0F/SC_patternuum.git

    It is written in Processing and it is very early stage of development.
    It is heavily inspired by ixi lang and TopLap approach to coding.

    http://toplap.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

    Enjoy!

  • Update for Youtubomatic: it can import videos from playlists and also related videos

    Update for Youtubomatic: it can import videos from playlists and also related videos

    Update for Youtubomatic: it can import videos from playlists and also related videos

    This video will give you heads up for the latest update for the Youtubomatic plugin – import videos from playlists or videos that are related for a specific video you pinpoint.

    Check it here: https://1.envato.market/youtubomatic

    ▶Portfolio – https://1.envato.market/coderevolution
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  • Events and Process

    Events and Process


    We believe that students need two ingredients to grow: EVENTS & PROCESS. In order to train student leaders, we cannot simply host an “event” on a campus, we must include a leadership mentoring process, that follows the event to provide support and accountability and ensure their growth.

    EVENTS
    -Encourage decisions
    -Motivate people
    -Are a calendar issue
    -Usually about a big group
    -Challenge Students
    -Becomes a catalyst
    -Easy

    PROCESS
    -Encourage development
    -Matures People
    -Is a consistency issue
    -Usually about a small group
    -Changes Students
    -Becomes a culture
    -Difficult

    For more info: http://www.growingleaders.com/index.php/home/events-a-process.html