Sunday08 Apr 10:26 AM

Ricky Williams: Into The Yoga Lifestyle, No More Bhang

Ricky Williams, done with Mary Jane. Yoga is his new queen.

“You can say I basically live in a monastery... Something very similar. Every day, we get up early in the morning. We meditate. The life I lead now is very rigorous —not physically rigorous but mentally rigorous. We're on a really tight schedule throughout the day. You don't get much time to relax.”
Ricky Williams, ESPN Radio

Dolphins running back Ricky Williams has applied for reinstatement to the NFL. He hasn't gotten high on drugs "in maybe three years," and has no need to resume using marijuana because yoga has eased his stress. He said he's off marijuana because yoga— "the spiritual practice part of it" —has given him "a way to relax without having to use anything."

“If I can go to the NFL and have success, that would speak a lot for yoga and what I've learned and offer a lot of people who have dealt with the same issues I have a way out.”
Ricky Williams, ESPN Radio

Link.
ESPN Radio link (subscription needed!)

posted by
Spiros Antonopoulos

TAGS — marijuana, NFL, Ricky Williams, yoga

Remarks

4 total remarks for this post. Add your own remarks below.

Wed 18 Apr 2007 at 08:04AM

Anthony Nicolich

I've been observing the sports media machine demonize this soft spoken, extremely talented and thoughtful athlete for years now. The failure of conventional medications in addressing his anxiety disorders lead him to use weed. Criminal!

Fri 11 May 2007 at 05:27PM

davin

Ricky Williams.... Really....

Mon 29 Oct 2007 at 11:59PM

Leghat

Criminal? I never heard of him stealing, murdering, or even dog fighting. Maybe some people should quit believing in what mainstream media brainwashes us with and start thinking for themselves.

Fri 01 Feb 2008 at 04:00PM

Stephen

First of all, Leghat, I believe Anthony was referring to the medical field as the criminal and I agree. As for Ricky, he has always been a very deep intellectual with no shame in his game. An honest, faithful, intelligent child of GOD. Ricky if you read this, I am C.J.'s dad from San Diego, as I told you at our dinner table during the Patrick Henry years, do live your life and be true to your GOD. Tell your mother and sister you all are in our prayers. One love!!

Add Remarks

Please be nice.

Your name is required.

An email address is required.

 

Remember this information

What You May Have Recently Missed

Mon 28 Jan
2008

Ultraculture Journal One

11:22 AM

REMARKS (1)

Real magic happens when you drop the bullshit and remember that you’re God. Just like everybody else. No ritual required. So what are you doing? Jason Louv, Mokshadelica, Ultraculture Journal One Jason Louv, of Generation Hex infamy, has recently published...

Fri 18 Jan
2008

Chai And Bhakti Collective Roll-outs

05:41 PM

REMARKS (1)

First off, a big shout out to Kaustubha Das. If you haven't already tuned into the sweet nectar at the freshly incarnated Bhakti Collective blog, you're in for a treat. Kaustubha Das has been curating a wonderful blend of punditry...

Thu 17 Jan
2008

At Equinox: Yoga Your Freak On

08:16 PM

REMARKS (0)

I don't know how Equinox even expects people to finish watching this. Further comment is redundant. Why doesn't Equinox just hire her? Equinox ad link. (Thanks, Antonio!) YouTube contortionist link. (Thanks, Alan!)...

Tue 08 Jan
2008

Green Hermeticism

11:44 AM

REMARKS (1)

The Brooklyn Rail ran a great discussion between Souljerky-fave Peter Lamborn Wilson, David Levis Strauss, and Christopher Bamford on "Green Hermeticism" —a smart effort to infuse a (much needed) spiritual dimension into today's popular Green movement. Convincingly, they assert...

Thu 20 Dec
2007

Yoga Swami Baba Ramdev Honors BKS Iyengar

11:36 AM

REMARKS (0)

Swami Ramdev (yo), the Rishikesh-based pop yogi media sensation and guru recently visited BKS Iyengar (yo) in Pune during Iyengar's 89th birthday celebration. “You are the ‘Bheesma Pitamaha of Yoga’!...I have been yearning to meet you for long. Finally, the...

Tue 18 Dec
2007

Youth Without Youth

09:49 AM

REMARKS (0)

Does consciousness require language? What governs the cyclical nature of time and memory and consciousness? Does cinema mirror the memories in our life? Are there breaks in the continuity of time and space wherein consciousness might escape from the...

Fri 14 Dec
2007

Matsyendra, Robert Heinlein, And Stranger

12:37 PM

REMARKS (1)

Sometimes the interwebs get all gooey. Like when you're searching for books about the ancient, tantric, Jonah-like, fish sage Matsyendra (after whom the pose matsyendrasana is named) at Amazon, and a page from Robert Heinlein's 1961 classic Stranger In A...

Mon 10 Dec
2007

Zen Master Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi

12:20 PM

REMARKS (0)

The New York Times ran a set of pieces on a very cool Japanese monk, 100-year-old Rinzai Zen master (one of the oldest in the world) Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi, who tells followers, “Excuse me for not dying.” Even...

Fri 30 Nov
2007

Pat Robertson On Yoga: It Get's Spooky!

11:16 AM

REMARKS (3)

Q: I've always been curious about yoga. What is the Christian view of this form of exercise? Does it really have its origins in evil? Can engaging in such a form of exercise adversely affect our spiritual health? Robertson: “Well...

Mon 19 Nov
2007

Hitler Yoga and David Lynch's Invincible Germany

04:49 PM

REMARKS (1)

David Lynch has been spending a lot of time campaigning on the behalf of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ideas and projects. That's cool. I've always felt a fondness for the saddhu king of Trancendental Meditation because he's just so damn...

Linked Title
Advertiser's Ad text here
www.advertiser-url.com

random photo

Inspiration

First and foremost our gratitude goes out to Astanga Yoga New York & Sri Ganesha Temple, without which the Sri Ganesha Tea & Book Stall would never have incarnated. Secondly our deepest respect and praise goes to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute. We are also indebted and inspired by the efforts of Namarupa Magazine. For further inspiration, check out our links. test

Tags

2012, A.G. Mohan, academic, acupuncture, Adidas, Advaita Vedanta, advertising, age, Aghora, Aghori, ajna, Alan Moore, Alan Watts, alchemy, Aldous Huxley, Alice Coltrane, Allen Ginsberg, Alzheimers, Amazon, ambient, America, American Heart Association, Ammachi, amulet, Amy Winehouse, Anandamayi Ma, ancestors, anger, animal sacrifice, animation, animism, ants, anxiety, apocalypse, apple, archaic revival, archeology, archive, Ardh Kumbh, army, art, asana, Ashtanga Yoga, ashtanga yoga, astronaut, astronomy, astrophysics, astroturfing, atheism, athletics, Atlanta, atlantis, atonement, attention, audio, Aum, aum shinrikyo, automobile, Avalokiteshwara, ayurveda, Ayurveda, B flat, B. Alan Wallace, babas, back, Barnaby Harris, baseball, BBC, Beatles, beauty, beauty pageant, beckham, Beliefnet, Bengal, berlin, Bhagavad Gita, Bhairava, bhajan, bhakti, bhangra, Bhutan, Bible, Bikram Choudhury, bitch, BKS Iyengar, blip.tv, blogs, blood, blue, Blue Buddha, Bollywood, books, booze, Borges, Boston Globe, bovine, Brahma, Brahma Sutras, brain, Brion Gysin, Brooklyn, Bruce Sterling, Buddha, Buddhadharma, Buddhism, Burning Man, business, caffeine, Calcutta, California, Cambodia, Canada, cancer, capitalism, Carl Gustav Jung, Carl Sagan, Carnatic music, cave, celebration, celebrity, chai, chakras, chandra, charles manson, charms, Chi, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, children, chillums, China, Chinese government, Chinese Medicine, Chogyam Trungpa, Christian Science Monitor, Christianity, Christmas, citta, clapping, classroom, clay, Cleveland Clinic, clocks, clumps, coffee, color, combat, comics, commerce, commune, communes, communication, commuting, compassion, concentration, condaleezza slice, condom, condos, conference, consciousness, conspiracy, consulting, consumerism, contortionists, contract, cooking, copyright, Cornel West, corporations, cosmology, court, cow, craze, crazy wisdom, crime, criticism, crow, cult, cults, culture, currency, D.H. Lawrence, dabawala, Dalai Lama, dance, Daniel Dennet, Daniel Loeb, Daniel Pinchbeck, dark matter, darshan, David Byrne, David Lynch, David Milch, daydreams, death, debate, debunkers, deity, Deleuze, delhi, demographics, demonstration, depression, deprogramming, Derek Ireland, desire, Details, development, devil, Dewy Cox, dharma, Dhuni, diet, digestion, digital, disco, Discover Magazine, Discovery Channel, disenchantment, Disney, divinity, diwali, DJ Rekha, DMT, doctor, documentary, dogs, dollar, Donnovan, Donovan, doomsday cults, Douglas Rushkoff, Dow Jones, dreadlocks, druids, Durga, DVD, Dzogchen, ear, Earth, eco, economics, Eddie Stern, edge, education, ego, egolessness, Egypt, elderly, electricity, Elvis, empire, Empire State Building, emptiness, England, enlightenment, environment, Episcapalian, Equinox Fitness Club, Erik Davis, ESPN, eternal, ethics, event, evolution, existential, exoskeleton, experience, extraterrestrials, eyes, fabric, face, facial yoga, farming, fashion, Father Yod, feritlity, festivals, fetish object, fiction, fight, film, fire, fireworks, fist, fitness, five senses, Flash, flicker, Flickr, flickr, fly, food, fool, Fourth Way, France, Francesco Clemente, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Morales, free, fuck, Fuck Yoga, funeral, fungus, futurism, GABA, gallery, Ganapati, Ganesha, Ganesha Baba, Ganga, Ganges, Gaza, gear, generosity, genetic engineering, geohistory, Georg Feuerstein, George Harrison, George Soros, gift, global warming, glossolalia, glow, god, God, goddess, goji berries, Goldie Hawn, Google, gossip, government, Grady McMurtry, graffiti, Greece, Greek, Greek gods, Greek Orthodox, green, green hermeticism, grime, guided mediation, Gujarat, gunas, Gurdjieff, guru, Guru Nanak, gymnastics, hair, Hakim Bey, Hanuman, happiness, hard core, HBO, health, heavy metal, hedge funds, hermeticism, high, Himalayan, Hindu, Hinduism, hip hop, hippie, history, Hitler, holiday, Hollywood, holy, home furnishings, Homer, homosexuality, Hong Kong, hot nude yoga, householder, Huffington Post, human, humanity, humans, humor, hungry ghosts, I Am, Ian Astbury, ice, idealism, illuminated manuscript, illusion, india, India, Indiaspora, Indology, infinity, injury, inorganic, inspiration, intelligence, intent, internet, IPO, Ira Cohen, Iron Maiden, irony, irritation, ISKON, Islam, Italy, J. Krishnamurti, Jai Uttal, Jamaica, Janmaashtami, Japan, Jason Louv, Jerry Fallwell, Jesuits, Jesus, Jewish, JG Ballard, jihad, JK Rowling, jnana, john ashcroft, John Coltrane, John Law, John Lennon, Jonas Meka, journalism, judge, Julius Evola, Jung, justice, Kah Ra Shin, kaivalya, Kapal Nath, karma, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Keaunu Reeves, Keith Dowman, Kerala, ketamine, Kevin Costner, KGB, kirtan, koan, Korea, Krishna, krishna core, kundalini, Kundalini Yoga, kung-fu, Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi, LA Times, lan Watts, landlord, landmarks, landscape, language, laughter, Laura Huxley, law, lecture, levitation, library, life, life extension, lifestyle, light, lila, lingam, listening, LiveScience, logo, Lord Rama, lotus, love, LSD, Lululemon, lunar, lunar video, Ma, machine, Madlib, madness, magical thinking, Magickal Childe, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mahendranath, mantra, maps, Maragatham Ramaswamy, marathon, marijuana, marketing, martial arts, Martin Scorsese, Master Ren Guang Yi, materialist, mathematics, Matsyendra, Matt Stone, matter, media, mediation, medicine, meditation, mela, memoir, memory, Merzbow, Metal Machine Music, meteor, meteors, MIA, Michael Clayton, Michael Pollan, Miguel Serrano, military, milk, mind, mind control, Mind Hacks, mindfulness, miracles, Mircea Eliade, mirror neurons, modernization, monad, money, mongolia, Mongolia, monkeys, monks, moon, Mooshika, morality, Mos Def, MP3, mp3, muppets, murti, muse, music, Muslim, Mysore, mystic, mysticism, mythology, nada, nadis, Naga, Nagarjuna, Nagas, Nalanda, NASA, Naths, nazism, Neil Young, Nepal, nerves, nervous system, neti pot, neuroscience, new age, New Scientist, New York City, New York Post, New Yorker, Newar, NFL, Nick Madrid, Nintendo, nirodaha, noise, non-profit, nondual, noodle, Norway, nothing, NPR, nueroscience, NYC, NYT, observation, occult, Oedipus, Olympics, Om, optical, organic food, orientalism, Osho, outsourcing, Owsley Stanley, oxygen, paganism, pagans, pain, painting, Pakistan, Pallestine, Pankaj Mishra, pantheism, paradox, paranormal, Passover, Pat Robertson, Patanjali, patent, peace, perception, performance art, Peru, PETA, Peter Guttridge, Peter Lamborn Wilson, pets, pharmaceuticals, philosophy, photography, physical culture, physics, pilgrimage, pitcher, PJ O'Rourke, plain english, play, podcast, poetry, police, politics, pollution, pornography, portrait, pot, potter, practice, prana, Prana brand, pranayama, prayer, Preah Maha Ghosananda, prehistory, press, prisons, procrastination, products, profile, prosperity, prostrations, psychedelia, psychedelics, psychology, puja, puppets, purusha, puzzles, pyre, pyschogeography, quantum theory, quote, R. Buckminster Fuller, R. Sharath, radical, radio, raga, Ram, Rama, Ramadan, Ramayana, Ramdev, Rampuri, rant, Rastafarian, rats, RAW, reality, reality tunnels, red, reincarnation, religion, research, Rev Run, review, rice, Richard Gere, Rick Ross, Rick Rubin, rickshaws, Ricky Williams, rings, Rishikesh, ritual, rivers, Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Beer, Robert Heinlein, Robert Svoboda, Robert Thurman, robzombie, rockers, Rodney Yee, roller derby, Rolling Stones, Rudolph Stingel, Rudy Rucker, runners, running, Russell Simmons, sacred, saddhus, sadhana, saints, Salon, Salvador Dalí, samsara, Sanskrit, sanskrit, satan, satellite, Saturday, Saturn, Savitri Devi, scandal, schools, science, science fiction, Scientific American, Scientology, sculpture, seasons, seedmagazine, Segway, self, selfless, semiotics, sensationalism, Sepia Mutiny, service, Seva, sex, shamanism, Shambhala, Shani, Shankacharya, Shaolin, sheep, shelter, Shilpa Shetty, Shiva, shoka asahara, shout-out, shunyata, sickness, SIdd Fynch, Siddhartha Shah, siddhis, Sikh, simulation, sin, Sinagpore, Sita, Slate, sleep, smashan, smell, snakes, software, solar, solstice, soma, sound, soundtracks, South India, South Park, soy, soybeans, space, space travel, spielberg, spirit, spiritual, spiritualism, spirituality, sport, sports, Sri Chinmoy, Sri K Pattabhi Jois, Sri Lanka, stain, start, stealing, Stefanie Syman, stereotypes, Stonehenge, straight, street, stress, string theory, student, study, style, suffering, Sufi, Sufism, sugar, suggestion, sun, Sun City Girls, surgery, Surya, swami, Swami Ramdev, swastika, symbolism, symphony, tabloid, Tai Chi, tantra, tased, taser, tatoos, tattva, tea, teacher, teaching, teastall, technology, teen fiction, telephone centers, television, temple, temporal, Terence McKenna, terrorism, Thailand, the 60's, The Brooklyn Rail, The Cult, The Guardian, The Matrix, The Met, The Simpsons, The Source Family, the street, The Wire, Thelema, Theory of Everything, Theosophy, thetan, thoughts, Tibet, tibet, Tibetan, tiffin, time, Time Magazine, Times Square, Timothy Leary, TKDL, Toby Sifton, tofu, Tom Cruise, top 10, tourism, toxic, toys, tradition, trailer, training, Transcendental Meditation, transgender, Transrealism, tree, Treehugger, Trey Parker, trick, trident, Trinidad, triphala, truth, tshirts, Turmeric, UBUWEB, UG Krishnamurti, underground, uniform, universe, university, unreal, urban culture, USA, USDA, Utne, Varanasi, Vatican, Vedas, vegetarianism, velvet, vending, veterans, video, video games, vinyasa, violence, visionquest, Vivekananda, vogue, vridian, VS Ramachandran, Vyaas Houston, Walmart, war, Washington Post, water, Wavy Gravy, wealth, weddings, weird, Wes Anderson, western, Wicca, Wii, Will Smith, witchcraft, witches, woodstock, work, world, worldview, worship, writing, WSJ, Ya Ho Way 13, Yama, yamas, Yo-Yo Ma, yoga, Yoga Action Squad, yoga criminals, yoga gear, Yoga Inc., Yoga Journal, yoga mats, yoga mom, yoga products, Yoga Sutra, Yoga Sutras, yoga teaching, yogi, Yogi Bhajan, youth, YouTube, Youtube, zen, zombies, Zulu

Categories

  • articles 112 posts
  • raga dvesha 375 posts

XML Feeds You Us

Subscribe to our RSS feed!

Credits

Foremost credit goes to my wife Erin for her tireless patience + support of this endeavor. Thanks to Barry Silver for the artwork in the above banner and for his friendship, to Robert Beer for the illustrations. Thanks to Eddie Stern for his ongoing support and for providing inspiration. Thanks to my fellow farmers at One Digital Farm for help growing this.

The Last Words