Comments on: Yoga’s Sweet Embrace

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:23:50 +0000

I’m obsessed with yoga. I’ve been doing for almost a year and a half now, I can’t believe it. There are a lot of really great podcasts out there for yoga, less instructor blabbing too. I love the ones my studio puts out (but I’m bias of course!). Check out http://zudayoga.com/Inspiration/Podcasts.html it is audio only, but that is what I like. If you can’t tell what they are trying to tell you to do you can just do what ever feels good! I travel with an ipod full of these!

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By: r4

r4 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:02:31 +0000

Hi,
Yoga is beneficial for the health in ways that modern science is just beginning to understand. Even though it has beenapplied with therapeutic intention for thousand of years, Yoga Therapy is only just now emerging as a discipline initself.
More health care practitioners are starting to include yogic techniques in their approach to healing — andmore yoga teachers give a therapeutic intention to their teaching. People who have never tried yoga before are startingto consider including Yoga in their treatment plan.
As science begins to document the importance of understanding the interrelation of all existing things, it looks to Yogawith an intrigued eye, for Yoga speaks Unity in every word. As yoga techniques are researched and new data is gathered,it becomes easier for science and the medical establishment to understand and accept the benefits of Yoga Therapy.Yet there is still not one consensual definition of the discipline.
In order to arrive to an adequate definition and tocome up with proper standards for Yoga Therapy, it is crucial at this early stage to properly address some delicateprofessional and ethical issues. At the same time it is important to educatethegeneralpublic about Yoga Therapy’sbenefits and careful use.
so this article will really helpful to me..

By: nic - the auspicious squirrel

nic - the auspicious squirrel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:52:35 +0000

oops… ‘remember to breathe’ not ‘remember to breath’… haha

By: nic - the auspicious squirrel

nic - the auspicious squirrel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:20 +0000

I find that if I start my practice with ‘the sweet breath’ (Nadi Shodhana – check out: http://www.yogasite.com/pranayama.htm for directions) that helps me find my center, also throughout my practice I try to not only remember to breath, but to concentrate on the breath as well.

For a great workout, try YogaToday.com they have a free 1-hour video each week… they also have a blog section that has free shorter videos (20-25 minutes). There are three instructors with different yoga backgrounds… Adi teaches Iyengar and Ashtanga, Sarah teaches Hatha Yoga, integrating Kripalu, Ashtanga and Kundalini, and Neesha teaches Anusara Yoga. I really like Neesha and Sarah. I find that Adi tends to do ALOT of sun salutations, and like you, my wrists start to hurt if I do too many down dogs.

I like that the teachers aren’t so serious when doing yoga, they make it fun and treat smiling while doing yoga as the ‘advanced pose’. :) My favorite class that I do often is ‘Happy Hips and Hamstrings’ by Sarah.

They do tend to talk while teaching, so if you know most of the names of the basic poses, you might try Rodney Yee’s DVD ‘Energy Balance Yoga’. I really like this DVD, it covers the elements (earth, wood, metal, fire and water) with different workouts that you can do as one long session that lasts about an hour or do an individual element as a session. Throughout the workout you just hear Rodney say the name of the pose in a calming voice (off screen) while on the screen you watch him and other yoga instructors do the sequence to soothing music. It is a very flowing yoga, much like a beautiful slow yoga dance.

If you are having back pain from baking or life in general, I would also suggest Rodney Yee’s DVD ‘Back Care Yoga’. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve done this DVD and felt so much better.

Rodney Yee teaches Iyengar Yoga which uses props and teaches proper alignment to reduce injury.

Hope this helps!
~nic

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Oh She Glows » Blog Archive » A Fun Elliptical Interval Workout — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:40:18 +0000

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By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:39 +0000

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By: Breakfast yoga « See Sarah Eat

Breakfast yoga « See Sarah Eat — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:40:24 +0000

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By: emily - eatventures

emily - eatventures — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:04:49 +0000

I’m so glad you posted this! I’ve been thinking a lot lately that I NEED to start doing yoga again and this post really felt like a push.