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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
Posted:
Typically, I have never been an early riser. But until I can get back into my bedroom (this sunday yay!) I have to sleep in the living room where the sun shines on my face as soon as it peaks over the horizon in the morning. The birds start twittering at about 4:30, and it is really something. I tried to fight it for days and due to a lack of time to practice, today I finally gave up. I got up at 5:30, did some a.m. puttering and then went out to practice (with comet poi) for an hour before my son awoke and I had to really get ready for our day.
I loved it! It was still. Other than the birds the world was quiet. There was the silvery dew on the grass that gave the world this earthy smell. The sun was not hot nor harsh and the air had the slightest breeze that was refreshing and welcomed. It was as if the day had embraced me before it had even began.
And in the ethereal hue of morning the comet colors seemed to glow. The tails seemed to snap a little crisper and louder. The poi seemed as if it were floating on air, not cutting thought it. It was very serene and very nice, and I think I may have a new practice time.
It just means I have to get to bed sometime before 2 a.m.!
What is your favorite time of day to spin and why?
[ 19 April 2002, 12:39: Message edited by: Pele ]
Typically, I have never been an early riser. But until I can get back into my bedroom (this sunday yay!) I have to sleep in the living room where the sun shines on my face as soon as it peaks over the horizon in the morning. The birds start twittering at about 4:30, and it is really something. I tried to fight it for days and due to a lack of time to practice, today I finally gave up. I got up at 5:30, did some a.m. puttering and then went out to practice (with comet poi) for an hour before my son awoke and I had to really get ready for our day.
I loved it! It was still. Other than the birds the world was quiet. There was the silvery dew on the grass that gave the world this earthy smell. The sun was not hot nor harsh and the air had the slightest breeze that was refreshing and welcomed. It was as if the day had embraced me before it had even began.
And in the ethereal hue of morning the comet colors seemed to glow. The tails seemed to snap a little crisper and louder. The poi seemed as if it were floating on air, not cutting thought it. It was very serene and very nice, and I think I may have a new practice time.
It just means I have to get to bed sometime before 2 a.m.!
What is your favorite time of day to spin and why?
[ 19 April 2002, 12:39: Message edited by: Pele ]
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
Twilight - cos the sky's purty when the sun is setting - it's dark enuff to give justice to fire but light enough to see faces, forms in the twirling. I'd say the same of sunrise but honestly i'm too much of a slob to enjoy the mornings!!
Twilight - cos the sky's purty when the sun is setting - it's dark enuff to give justice to fire but light enough to see faces, forms in the twirling. I'd say the same of sunrise but honestly i'm too much of a slob to enjoy the mornings!!
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old hand
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB
Posted:
I'm still a youngin and usually still up at 4:30 or 5:30 anyways
I'm still a youngin and usually still up at 4:30 or 5:30 anyways
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2,905 posts
Location: San Diego California
2,905 posts
Location: San Diego California
Posted:
I get up at 0300 (3 am) to go to work!
I think that it is more eary than anything else.
But then again I am still pretty much asleep untill I get to the armory. Then when I have to start messing with pin codes counting weapons and then I have to be awake cuz a wrong number on my pin and the cops show up guns drawn! Getting shot would ruin my day!
I get up at 0300 (3 am) to go to work!
I think that it is more eary than anything else.
But then again I am still pretty much asleep untill I get to the armory. Then when I have to start messing with pin codes counting weapons and then I have to be awake cuz a wrong number on my pin and the cops show up guns drawn! Getting shot would ruin my day!
Some Jarhead last night: "this dumb a$$ thinks hes fireproof"
member
339 posts
Location: Central coast / Sydney, Australia
339 posts
Location: Central coast / Sydney, Australia
Posted:
I remember once when i went camping with some friends at australias south coast..
On the first night, i didnt sleep one wink. i think this is because there were 4 of us in a 2 person tent and i was unpleasantly overcome by clostrophobia..
Anway, as 5am crept up on me i saw shadows of the trees start to form and heard the birds wake, and decided to join them. I got a rug and a book and lay on the beach. It was so incredible! there were no footprints made by man in the sand, no wind blowing it in my face, the sun was gentle, the air was crisp. Right then i couldnt have asked for anything more. (excpet maybe my camera...)
i have to say, dawn is easily my favorite time of the day. Maybe its because i hardly ever see it? Followed closely by 4am, because of the above reasons but its dark...
I remember once when i went camping with some friends at australias south coast..
On the first night, i didnt sleep one wink. i think this is because there were 4 of us in a 2 person tent and i was unpleasantly overcome by clostrophobia..
Anway, as 5am crept up on me i saw shadows of the trees start to form and heard the birds wake, and decided to join them. I got a rug and a book and lay on the beach. It was so incredible! there were no footprints made by man in the sand, no wind blowing it in my face, the sun was gentle, the air was crisp. Right then i couldnt have asked for anything more. (excpet maybe my camera...)
i have to say, dawn is easily my favorite time of the day. Maybe its because i hardly ever see it? Followed closely by 4am, because of the above reasons but its dark...
Fire... A bushmans telly
Ninja Rockstar!
1,100 posts
Location: Denver, Co. U.S.A.
1,100 posts
Location: Denver, Co. U.S.A.
Posted:
When I was learning Tai chi and Chi Kung my sensei used to mention frequently that between five and seven in the morning and five and seven in the evening is the best time of the day to do energy cultivation and like meditations, which, after all, is what poi is for many of us.
I think it stems from some bhuddist philosophy about the nature of the sun and how it affects the earth. But it could just be that it has to with the time of day that you are gearing up to go on about your buisness, and the time of night that you begin winding down from your day.
I also find that in the morning I am more phisicly creative as I am waking up (I find it easier to come up with new staff combos and such), and at night when I am about to fall asleep I am more mentally creative (I seem to write better music and poetry right before I pass out cold)
When I was learning Tai chi and Chi Kung my sensei used to mention frequently that between five and seven in the morning and five and seven in the evening is the best time of the day to do energy cultivation and like meditations, which, after all, is what poi is for many of us.
I think it stems from some bhuddist philosophy about the nature of the sun and how it affects the earth. But it could just be that it has to with the time of day that you are gearing up to go on about your buisness, and the time of night that you begin winding down from your day.
I also find that in the morning I am more phisicly creative as I am waking up (I find it easier to come up with new staff combos and such), and at night when I am about to fall asleep I am more mentally creative (I seem to write better music and poetry right before I pass out cold)
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member
336 posts
Location: NY, USA
336 posts
Location: NY, USA
Posted:
Midnight.
Something about the black of night.
Always been my favorite.
Midnight.
Something about the black of night.
Always been my favorite.
Care of other people's approval and you become their prisoner.Live fully, Rave wholly.Fluid are the movements of my strings...
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Some people stay on the net all night posting on obscure sites. Like this one guy I heard about. Who went to this site called HOP all the time and posted all of these inane ramblings. And whenever he stopped posting for more than 3 days everyone missed him and started to panic. Imagine that.
And yet he spends 3 or 4 hours everyday spinning when it's sunny. Mid afternoon would be his favourite time to spin. In the sunshine. Or twilight in the rain. Whoever he is. This guy I heard about.
Some people stay on the net all night posting on obscure sites. Like this one guy I heard about. Who went to this site called HOP all the time and posted all of these inane ramblings. And whenever he stopped posting for more than 3 days everyone missed him and started to panic. Imagine that.
And yet he spends 3 or 4 hours everyday spinning when it's sunny. Mid afternoon would be his favourite time to spin. In the sunshine. Or twilight in the rain. Whoever he is. This guy I heard about.
Meh
Froggie ... Ribbit !!!
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
4,224 posts
Location: Back in Paris... for now !
Posted:
I heard this guys paints pretty pictures too
I personnaly remember spinning on the roof of our house in Grece at sunrise... it was amazing
But in general I am more of an afternoon / evening spinner
I heard this guys paints pretty pictures too
I personnaly remember spinning on the roof of our house in Grece at sunrise... it was amazing
But in general I am more of an afternoon / evening spinner
"I want brown bread... no, that is diesel oil..."
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
I have to get up at about 6.45am for school, but sometimes I awake an hour or so earlier and go out and spin in the bright morning sunshine. I sleep with the curtains open so that the sunshine wakes me up too. It really puts a smile on my face for the day ahead.
But recently, I've been sleeping in a lot and spinning in the afternoons. That's nice too. I suppose that may have something to do with this nocturnal guy who keeps talking to me on the phone in the middle of the night..... (not that I'm complaining mind )
I have to get up at about 6.45am for school, but sometimes I awake an hour or so earlier and go out and spin in the bright morning sunshine. I sleep with the curtains open so that the sunshine wakes me up too. It really puts a smile on my face for the day ahead.
But recently, I've been sleeping in a lot and spinning in the afternoons. That's nice too. I suppose that may have something to do with this nocturnal guy who keeps talking to me on the phone in the middle of the night..... (not that I'm complaining mind )
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
If he phones you up any earlier then your mother calls you for dinner.
Anyhoo, his younger brother is usually tying up the phone, sorting out business deals with strange households (with bizarre bloodlines) for a good few hours every night of late......
If he phones you up any earlier then your mother calls you for dinner.
Anyhoo, his younger brother is usually tying up the phone, sorting out business deals with strange households (with bizarre bloodlines) for a good few hours every night of late......
Meh
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
Posted:
stresses the "not that I'm complaining..."
stresses the "not that I'm complaining..."
Geologists do it in the dirt................
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted:
I love my lie-ins. No matter how early I get to sleep, if I wake up early it takes me hours to wake up. Now, bizarre habit revealing time here, as a helpful hint to Pele. I need pitch black to sleep in, otherwise I wake up with a headache. So as the sun comes up I drag a lovely soft black t-shirt across my eyes, and that's it, I'm out like a light. Stop laughing and give it a try! I've converted exs to this and they're hooked as well.
I usually come truly awake about 9ish, and in summer this coincides with sunset or just after and this is my favorite time. The colours in the sky bathing everything in a soft light. It's peaceful yet full of energy for the night to come. That's a great time to spin.
I've also had some amazing dawns, walking and spinning through city streets or dancing across fields. The same light and that energy of a new day. But these dawns are usually experienced after an all nighter so once the dawn is over I'm asleep till sunset.
I love my lie-ins. No matter how early I get to sleep, if I wake up early it takes me hours to wake up. Now, bizarre habit revealing time here, as a helpful hint to Pele. I need pitch black to sleep in, otherwise I wake up with a headache. So as the sun comes up I drag a lovely soft black t-shirt across my eyes, and that's it, I'm out like a light. Stop laughing and give it a try! I've converted exs to this and they're hooked as well.
I usually come truly awake about 9ish, and in summer this coincides with sunset or just after and this is my favorite time. The colours in the sky bathing everything in a soft light. It's peaceful yet full of energy for the night to come. That's a great time to spin.
I've also had some amazing dawns, walking and spinning through city streets or dancing across fields. The same light and that energy of a new day. But these dawns are usually experienced after an all nighter so once the dawn is over I'm asleep till sunset.
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
*pictures several former loves of Dom not being able to drift off at night without a black t-shirt on their faces...*
If you need pitch black to sleep in Dom, we have a cupboard under the stairs you can borrow....
*pictures several former loves of Dom not being able to drift off at night without a black t-shirt on their faces...*
If you need pitch black to sleep in Dom, we have a cupboard under the stairs you can borrow....
Meh
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Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Posted:
I'm trying to get into the habit of having at least a half hour spin when I get home from work, usually at about 6ish.
I find it's not the best time for a spin, with all the traffic noise, but it definately helps me relax from everything that's happened at work.
I'm really looking forward to my holiday when I can have a spin on the beach at dawn. This is assuming I get up early enough, given my knack for sleeping in, it'll probably be at sunset .
I'm trying to get into the habit of having at least a half hour spin when I get home from work, usually at about 6ish.
I find it's not the best time for a spin, with all the traffic noise, but it definately helps me relax from everything that's happened at work.
I'm really looking forward to my holiday when I can have a spin on the beach at dawn. This is assuming I get up early enough, given my knack for sleeping in, it'll probably be at sunset .
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Posted:
Then my address could be all Harry Potter like:
Dom
The cupboard under the stairs,
C@ntus' house.
Sheffield.
I'll take it!
Then my address could be all Harry Potter like:
Dom
The cupboard under the stairs,
C@ntus' house.
Sheffield.
I'll take it!
Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
Ah, mornings are beautiful. now if only i could get up.... you knwo what else is cool tho? the beach at sunset. I'm on break from school, and i've been doing that... it's beautiful.. ok, i need to stop now, i'm about to stop making sense.
Ah, mornings are beautiful. now if only i could get up.... you knwo what else is cool tho? the beach at sunset. I'm on break from school, and i've been doing that... it's beautiful.. ok, i need to stop now, i'm about to stop making sense.
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
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Dreamer
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
Posted:
I bet teh beach at sunrise would be cooler... when we used to go on vacation i would wander on the beach at sunrise, it's so peaceful... you don't have to compete with couples making out or little children or anything....
btw dom, i love ur sig:)
I bet teh beach at sunrise would be cooler... when we used to go on vacation i would wander on the beach at sunrise, it's so peaceful... you don't have to compete with couples making out or little children or anything....
btw dom, i love ur sig:)
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
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2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
The beach at sunrise can be beautiful, esp on one of those cloudy days where the sun breaks through in columns of light. But the sand is always painfully cold on your feet, like being barefoot in snow. (I luv it then cos I am not a daytime hot beach weather person)
I used to be able to wake up early, for some reason I can't any more. But I have noticed a lot more black tshirts in my room...
R.
[ 21 April 2002, 02:24: Message edited by: Rozi ]
The beach at sunrise can be beautiful, esp on one of those cloudy days where the sun breaks through in columns of light. But the sand is always painfully cold on your feet, like being barefoot in snow. (I luv it then cos I am not a daytime hot beach weather person)
I used to be able to wake up early, for some reason I can't any more. But I have noticed a lot more black tshirts in my room...
R.
[ 21 April 2002, 02:24: Message edited by: Rozi ]
It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.
What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
Sheffield you say? Have I moved back? No one told me. i wondered where all my stuff had gone to. Must be in the new house.....
Sheffield you say? Have I moved back? No one told me. i wondered where all my stuff had gone to. Must be in the new house.....
Meh
member
21 posts
Location: Sydney
21 posts
Location: Sydney
Posted:
What i'd love would be to stand on the roof of my house and spin at sunrise, you know all katare kid style....
but starting work at 6:30am and getting home from college at about 8pm doesn't leave much time for relaxing sadly....
I usually spin in my claustrophobic backyard for an hour after coming home, in the dark, then collapse into bed. Nothing helps you sleep better than exhaustion
What i'd love would be to stand on the roof of my house and spin at sunrise, you know all katare kid style....
but starting work at 6:30am and getting home from college at about 8pm doesn't leave much time for relaxing sadly....
I usually spin in my claustrophobic backyard for an hour after coming home, in the dark, then collapse into bed. Nothing helps you sleep better than exhaustion
member
5 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
5 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted:
Camping is good.
Friends and i camp in some lovely places... and you know what it's like camping... you just can't sleep once the birds get up...
So a place like Anna Bay (north of Sydney), where there are sand dunes and beach... is absolutely awesome at sunrise...
But i must also show my support for a midnight burn, esp when the moon is HUGE and full. that is just magic.
Camping is good.
Friends and i camp in some lovely places... and you know what it's like camping... you just can't sleep once the birds get up...
So a place like Anna Bay (north of Sydney), where there are sand dunes and beach... is absolutely awesome at sunrise...
But i must also show my support for a midnight burn, esp when the moon is HUGE and full. that is just magic.
member
31 posts
Location: New York, NY, USA
31 posts
Location: New York, NY, USA
Posted:
sunrise on the east coast beach with fire....sunset on the wesy coast beach with fire...9am-noon for practice...2-3 am at a club with fire....
sunrise on the east coast beach with fire....sunset on the wesy coast beach with fire...9am-noon for practice...2-3 am at a club with fire....
Oolering Man
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire
Posted:
my favourite time to spin. SUnrise or sunset. at the moment I only to be sleeping very few hours every two days. I think I might be catching the sme sort of thing that the bloke cantus was on about has got. I dont paint pretty pictures though
my favourite time to spin. SUnrise or sunset. at the moment I only to be sleeping very few hours every two days. I think I might be catching the sme sort of thing that the bloke cantus was on about has got. I dont paint pretty pictures though
northern monkey
235 posts
235 posts
Posted:
coz im a lazy assed student that spends more time spinning than studying, i tend to spin from 10am till 12 then have lunch, watch some kind of subnormal chat show (or powerpuffgirls) then spin from 2-4. Then i quit it till 11ish (actually do some studying) then we normally lite up...
i do this twice a week, rest of the time i just do the day spinning...
vic xx
coz im a lazy assed student that spends more time spinning than studying, i tend to spin from 10am till 12 then have lunch, watch some kind of subnormal chat show (or powerpuffgirls) then spin from 2-4. Then i quit it till 11ish (actually do some studying) then we normally lite up...
i do this twice a week, rest of the time i just do the day spinning...
vic xx
ex-hop-aholic, now inconsistent lurker...
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8 posts
Location: London
8 posts
Location: London
Posted:
I try to do poi whenever I can. However I find that I learn most during the afternoon bout 2 - 5 pm. Although I find I swing my stuff in the evening after work. After 9 pm is cool as it gets dark and I whip out my parafin and light up those wicks and make pretty patterns
Mav
I try to do poi whenever I can. However I find that I learn most during the afternoon bout 2 - 5 pm. Although I find I swing my stuff in the evening after work. After 9 pm is cool as it gets dark and I whip out my parafin and light up those wicks and make pretty patterns
Mav
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