This document discusses hacking yoga as a way to improve productivity and health for developers. It draws parallels between the hacker attitude as described by Richard Stallman and Eric Raymond, and principles of yoga. The hacker attitude includes beliefs that the world is full of problems to solve, no problem should be solved twice, boredom is evil, and freedom is good. These align with yoga concepts like karma yoga (taking action without concern for results), dharana (focusing on the present), niyama (observing and committing to practice), and samadhi (liberation of the mind). The document recommends developing a yoga practice through asanas (physical poses), pranayama (breath control),

1. Hacking Yoga
Developing a Developers Practice for
Productivity and Health

2. Who?
Roger Williams
@halfacat
Sales Geek
Yoga Student/Teacher
Attention Defici... Lets
Ride bikes

3. Why?
Integration/Balance
Getting older - RSI
Open vs. Closed
Alternative to Pharmacare
#fatoff!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/

4. WTF?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lhl/241180672/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/akalat/2242940421/
Hacking + Yoga = ???

5. Restart and Reboot
Close your eyes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickerbulb/1603743023/

6. Hacking: a very brief history
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarynmarie/218965633/
1960’s shows up in CompSci Dept’s
Richard Stallman
Eric Raymond
Outliers Trivia - both born in mid 1950’s

7. Richard Stallman
Hacking is: "exploring
the limits of what is
possible”
Yoga is “to control”,
“to yoke”, or “to unite”
the mind, body, and
world
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davespilbrow/3200031698/

8. Eric Raymond
The Hacker Attitude
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jblndl/471539849/

9. The Hacker Attitude
1. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to
be solved.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/2658538283/

10. The Hacker Attitude
1. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to
be solved.
Yoga Attitude - take action without concern for results -
Karma Yoga
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/2658538283/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/22280677@N07/3003916131/

11. The Hacker Attitude
2. No problem should ever have to be solved twice.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cw_ye/2952033606/

12. The Hacker Attitude
2. No problem should ever have to be solved twice.
Yoga Attitude - Focus on the present -Dharana
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cw_ye/2952033606/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wtlphotos/2139923706/

13. The Hacker Attitude
3. Boredom and drudgery are evil.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uomoelettrico/2585602948/

14. The Hacker Attitude
3. Boredom and drudgery are evil.
Yoga Attitude - observe and commit to practice -
Niyama
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uomoelettrico/2585602948/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/_imax/1176075516/

15. The Hacker Attitude
4. Freedom is good.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16038409@N02/2327138220/

16. The Hacker Attitude
4. Freedom is good.
Yoga Attitude - Liberation of mind FTW! - Samadhi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16038409@N02/2327138220/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/3525986871/

17. The Hacker Attitude
5. Attitude is no substitute for competence.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmtredinnick/362911850/

18. The Hacker Attitude
5. Attitude is no substitute for competence.
Yoga attitude - Ditto - Roger
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmtredinnick/362911850/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmtredinnick/362911850/

19. Yoga: an even briefer history
Over 5000 years old
Stonehenge - 2500BC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyarmstrong/3798049788/

20. Yoga Sutras
1.2 - "Yoga is the ability to direct the mind exclusively
toward an object and sustain that direction without any
distraction.” - approx 200BC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robabroad/648464475/

21. Modern Yoga
Workout focused
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alli_cat/411591760/

22. “hello, world”
Mountain Pose - Tadasana
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coda/142856948/sizes/o/

23. “hello, world”
Breath Control - Pranayama
http://www.flickr.com/photos/werkunz/3680331543/

24. Bring it together
Physical Practice - Asana
Breath Control - Pranyama
Meditation - Dhyana
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scootzsx/3870559168/

25. Going further
Take a class
Develop your own practice
Read - Yoga Sutras
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s_y_s/2305290082/