Great post. I've spent a lot of my own time on elaborations while ignoring details. I actually built a fairly successful following teaching people yoga tricks. When I accumulated too many injuries and decided to master the basics, I lost most of my students, a fact as funny as it is sad. I just do really simple stuff now and my 65 year old body feels better than did my 35 year old one just because I quit abusing it, Meditation practices are a great case in point too. People want to reach transcendent realms but never do because they can't stand to sit and count breaths- the basics.
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Great post. I've spent a lot of my own time on elaborations while ignoring details. I actually built a fairly successful following teaching people yoga tricks. When I accumulated too many injuries and decided to master the basics, I lost most of my students, a fact as funny as it is sad. I just do really simple stuff now and my 65 year old body feels better than did my 35 year old one just because I quit abusing it, Meditation practices are a great case in point too. People want to reach transcendent realms but never do because they can't stand to sit and count breaths- the basics.