On Six Reasons To Ignore The 'New York Times' Yoga Article
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Haha - I almost called him that to his face by accident this past summer when working for him... ;-0
Posted on January 14, 2012 at 12:20 pm
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On Six Reasons To Ignore The 'New York Times' Yoga Article
Your article made me laugh a lot !
I did yoga this past summer at Omega with Glenn, and I liked his classes. However, they were pretty challenging for me, and I don't think I'm that ready for his level.
I started to realize more recently that there are certain poses I don't need to be doing cause they neither help me, nor strengthen the muscles that are aching (from being too weak). So now I modify in class. When the teacher is instructing in a pose that doesn't fit my body, I focus on exercises to build my muscles up, rather than hyper-extend them.
Overall, most teachers I've taken class with always say at the beginning of class, this IS YOUR Practice, and I have taken that to heart more and more so recently. I think people have such busy lives, in Yoga class they just want to let go, and let someone else lead them. However, that's not always great, because you can overdo it. Just like you can overdo anything.
Sometimes - in Bikrams specifically, I've come across teachers who push and push, and say - "if it doesn't hurt - you're not doing it right". Sometimes I follow the leader, and sometimes I listen more to my own body - and I've come out of either of those classes either feelin' better than I have in 15 years, or sometimes, with painful back injuries that take weeks to heal.
We are Bio-Individuals !!!! Not carbon-copies of the same exact model. So we have to act from that place no matter the method of exercise, or meditation for that matter
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So Long & Thanks for the all the Fish !