When you know, you know

Yoga girl and I were having coffee the other morning and getting into some deep stuff, that is deep for me at that hour and before my cup of Peets. She was telling me how some people like to learn all the asana's and none of the philosophy behind it while others will  learn the asana's the rest of their lives but to learn the philosophy from someone close to the source is really a great gift.
That jogged the old memory and I remembered that way back in the late 1970's I had taken Qigong from Kenneth Cohen. As we practiced diligently Sefu Cohen would explain the history, reason for the movement and desired effect it should haveon a practitioner. To me  this is why I get so esoteric, I want to know what the outcome is suppose to be and how I can correct any minute details to mirror my teachers results first hand.
In most disciplines and arts, they being one and the same, it is said in order to have a consistent outcome one must do the same procedure at least a thousand times. Only then will you know every way you can fall short of the desired outcome and how to fix it. Just Google Auguste Escoffier. That's why reading a book by a great  Cyclist, Chef, Yoga teacher (fill in blank) is so important.
To me and others like me, we want to have the process of elimination removed from our own daily life and distilled into fact that is digestible and useful immediately. Plus the added advantage of light shed upon something that could save  frustration about some obscure detail which can only be derived from a series of tests done in a multi-million dollar sports facility. The internet, blogs and all the reference material, has made our lives so much richer because we can read the facts from people who have done the home work for us.
After a good read and practice of that technique,  I can go out there and ride knowing that I have a solid foundation in the mental game and the physiological alignment of my systems. Letting everything else fall away I can enjoy my ride to the fullest. The only thing better is to learn directly from someone who has done that discipline with success and nothing can ever replace that. But as Sefu Cohen said, '...a teacher can only give his student 60% of his knowledge..." This in it's self is a riddle for the student to understand.
As you can see from above picture this is my favorite asana and it's well, done for me all I have to do is put legs to my discipline...or fingers if you will.
Remember if I pass you on the road stop at Peets, because your buying.