That is all.
― yogamaster, Thursday, 19 September 2002 23:11 (twenty-two years ago) link
― angela (angela), Friday, 20 September 2002 11:24 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:32 (twenty years ago) link
― jewelly (jewelly), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:53 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:54 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:59 (twenty years ago) link
I don't know, but they were weird.
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 1 April 2004 00:00 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 1 April 2004 01:08 (twenty years ago) link
I did my first Astanga class on Friday night - previously I'd done a couple of "power yoga" classes (hurt for 3xdays afterwards), 1x hatha class (snoozeville), 1xpilates class (ridiculous). I liked it! And the teacher is a foxxx. It is VERY popular! Bring on the trend!
The breathing, is a bit, wack.
I would like to talk to T about yoga!
― Bhumibol Adulyadej is Trend (Lucretia My Reflection), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link
I COULD BE IN THE PUB YOU KNOW I JUST CHOSE NOT TO
― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Saturday, 20 January 2007 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
(today i walked for more than two hrs becuz i wanted to check out yarn shop. i'm completely bonkers.)
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 20 January 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Bhumibol Adulyadej (Lucretia My Reflection), Saturday, 20 January 2007 22:08 (seventeen years ago) link
I moved on to a Hatha Flow class that was also pretty intense, but mostly manageable for me. I liked it a lot and got into fairly good shape.
But that was a long time ago. Now I just sit on my ass and eat fried food dipped in Ranch dressing.
― Matt Olken (Moodles), Sunday, 21 January 2007 08:50 (seventeen years ago) link
The odd thing is that when I actually tried Ashtanga I liked it way more than Iyengar. So now it is practitioners of Bikram Yoga (TM) that I scoff at as trend.
― The Real Dirty Vicar (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 21 January 2007 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link
I think kundalini sounds pretty intense! The breath control appeals to me for singing reasons. There's a studio 2 minutes from my house that has a donation-based class, but despite those two compelling reasons I've not gone because fuck if I'm going to chant IN ENGLISH with a roomfulla flakes! (in this class they make you chant in Sanskrit and English). See, my heart is too calcified for such a discipline!
― emilys., Thursday, 14 June 2007 02:35 (seventeen years ago) link
Pilates to thread!
-- Graham (graham), Thursday, 19 September 2002 11:24 (5 years ago)
oh ffs.
HELP!
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
ARRRRRRRRRR
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
oh sorry
Pirates?
Sheesh.
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:08 (sixteen years ago) link
hehe
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
yoga is classic but there is a lot of super dud yoga out there that i wldn't even call yoga
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
it puzzles me when people are like, "i want to try yoga but i don't want to do funny breathing or chanting, or do any meditation. " in that case, you probably just want a sculpt & tone class.
― lauren, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
otm omg
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Meditation is a tool of Satan, BEWARE, BEWARE!!
― Laurel, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link
is BEWARE BEWARE your mantra?
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Just kidding. But I remember some lovely alarmist rabidly Christian fiction series that posited that Satan and his minions would try to get meditation and "spirit guide" programs into schools as a front for possessing our children if we didn't surround them with the protection of Jesus' blood.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Which is just to say that there's a lot of misconception and um...probably unnecessary concerns about some elements of yoga.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
i want to take ballet
do they have beginning ballet classes for adults??
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sure someone does.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought if i entered a question in this box, the internet would tell me
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
We are all the internet.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know the answer to the thread's question, but let me say that I love that Namaste Yoga they show over-and-over on the Fit TV channel. It's like the old 20-Minute Workout on HBO in cable's early days. Hott.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 13 February 2008 04:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Satan and his minions would try to get meditation and "spirit guide" programs into schools as a front for possessing our children if we didn't surround them with the protection of Jesus' blood.
This is actually true.
My girlfriend is doing some yoga right now to an instructional tape, and she doesn't think any of my jokes are funny, especially the ones about "The circle of life" and how good it is, and the fart noises.
― Z S, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 04:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Yoginis are notoriously humor-imparied. Yogis, however...
http://www.johnrozum.com/images/yogibear.jpg
― Aimless, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Tracer Hand, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:37 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link
i was wondering the same thing actually!
― gbx, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
touch my forehead to my shin, you've got to be kidding me.
i have never even been able to touch my toes!
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
my back just doesn't do forward bends. or maybe it is my hamstrings. it makes me feel like a goon.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
years of yoga and I still could not touch my toes.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
yoga is shite.
ppl can't touch their toes?
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
*pbl can't touch their toes
(*pobbles)
― Tom D., Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i can't touch my toes. i have never been able to. i have long legs, maybe that is why.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I started doing yoga a couple months ago. Very relaxing.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, i think it might have more to do w/ legs vs. torso+arms than flexibility
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
They played LCD Soundsystem and MGMT in my yoga class the other day. Surprisingly ok.
― felicity, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Felicity where do you go?
― admrl, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
This is to be my Big Summer Of Yoga
Crunch LA.
― felicity, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
i am going to be doing 1hr in mornings 3 consecutive times a week throughout all of june!
bell_labs you will be able to touch your toes soon enough, i'm sure of it. even if you've got back pain. it does take time though - you kind of have to have patience with yoga. or it teaches you patience with self. i don't know, i do the kind of yoga that doesn't feed my competitive drive, and therefore lets me chill out - b/c i mean, there are plenty of other arenas in life where that drive is engaged. anyway, i have pretty tight hamstrings etc and at first found it super painful to try to touch my toes, but after about two years of regular practice i can put both hands flat on the ground w/o pain, once warmed up.
i feel like finding a good teacher and a good set of people in the class is kind of the first challenge! but i am v picky that way
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i'm not taking a class, just doing dvds. at least for now! maybe once i get a little more flexible i will be less intimidated by classes.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 18:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm back at Hatha Flow now even though my hand hasn't healed up at all after 3 months. Using a block to prop up my right arm for stuff like down dog and plank. I'm really feeling the lack of exercise for 2 months, everything seems way harder than I remember.
― Moodles, Saturday, 3 February 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
Alabama may lift a decades-old ban on yoga in public schools, but the greeting "namaste" would remain on the forbidden list. Under a bill in the state House local school systems could teach yoga, but moves and exercises would have to have English names. https://t.co/sttgfCylZv— The Associated Press (@AP) March 8, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 8 March 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
do they allow French in ballet classes?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 8 March 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
Funnily enough I tried this power yoga class run by an Indian teacher yesterday.
Looked him up and he has a decolonising yoga project and he seems really left-wing (judging by his twitter). He is very much into demystifying yoga for complete beginners.
I'll go now and then as we don't often get to practice arm balances in Iyengar yoga.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 9 March 2020 10:27 (four years ago) link
Anyone got recommendations for YouTube yogis? I can’t see myself going back to class for a while
― badg, Thursday, 2 April 2020 11:50 (four years ago) link
A couple of teachers I know are doing zoom classes. Not ideal but this is all that is available to me.
I have used this time to actually practice using the sequences at the back of Light on Yoga. First time I have really engaged with it, the photographs of Iyengar doing advanced postures always put me off.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 2 April 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link
I started doing yoga for the first time ever to counteract the effects of working from a kitchen chair all day, just using that Down Dog channel. It's ok, I like it fine, nothing overly challenging and it's easy to follow. I have nothing to compare it to though.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 2 April 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link
― badg, Thursday, 2 April 2020 bookmarkflaglink
A lot of studios are doing online classes. Do you mean specific YouTube only ppl?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 2 April 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
I believe the place I had been going to, Black Swan Yoga, has a daily livestream on YouTube. Can't vouch for their quality. They also have an app you can subscribe to that has a bunch of content.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
"Black Swan Yoga" is a bit on the nose, no?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
I like EkhartYoga and Fightmaster Yoga on YouTube. I avoid classes with music (just no) and instructors I find irritating (obv).
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
There's a lot that's unfortunate about their branding, tbh. I'm hesitant to fully endorse them because their vibe is a little offputting in general, but I at least get solid workouts from their routines.
xp
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
I avoid classes with music (just no) and instructors I find irritating (obv).
yeah i'm permanently scarred from having a beck song come up on some instructor's playlist.
― i am a horse girl (map), Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
The studio where my wife teaches is streaming live throughout the day On IG and archiving on FB. I highly recommend a Bikram class with Gary or Power with Claudia.
https://m.facebook.com/ashrambellevue/
― Yelploaf, Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
I use this for Ashtanga:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJzfZ6w0s4g
Though there's also this class from K Pattabhi Jois too, which I haven't checked out.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Thursday, 2 April 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
I like this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Krp4W0TlAU
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 2 April 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
yeah i'm permanently scarred from having a beck song come up on some instructor's playlist.Lol! This happened to me too w Beck but it was a free class my coworker was giving and I let it slide, she’s nice and I like her. The only music-containing yoga class I’ve enjoyed that wasn’t self-directed within the last 15 years was a metal yoga class. I love the immersive loudness and now I just do metal yoga at home.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 3 April 2020 00:09 (four years ago) link
Strongly recommend the track “Catharsis” by YOB bc it’s 23 min long (perfect for warmup) and has a spectacular ending.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 3 April 2020 00:11 (four years ago) link
Most of the non Ashtanga classes I've attended have had some kind of music, ranging from unobtrusive to painfully cringe inducing. The best ones lean heavily towards balearic bliss. I will credit one teacher, who mostly had terrible taste, for once having a playlist that featured "Tears in the Typing Pool" into "Parallelograms".
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 3 April 2020 01:11 (four years ago) link
I sort of expect & enjoy fairly cheesy songs at class but an instructor played Bill Callahan once which was a pleasant surprise.Thanks for the recommendations they were exactly what I was looking for.
― badg, Friday, 3 April 2020 02:41 (four years ago) link
We just tried a Yoga app that used Nick Cave’s soundtrack from The Road, which was a little on the nose.
I like Yoga with Adrienne. She can be cloying but I like the pacing and she’s good (speaking as an amateur) at explaining the moves. And she has a cute dog.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 3 April 2020 09:12 (four years ago) link
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Thursday, 2 April 2020 bookmarkflaglink
It's a notorious demonstration in that community but it isn't for beginners.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 3 April 2020 09:15 (four years ago) link
Adrienne uses the word “yummy” too much for me bit otherwise I think she is a good teacher.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 3 April 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
I've been using Yogiapproved.com for classes since before this started.
no annoying music so far, but they have a 30 day free trial and a lot of classes so its fairly mindless to open up the app and decide on something.
I mainly use the same 3/4 classes. but I have no issues with the range.
they also do something called 'outlaw yoga' which I have a strange fascination with, it seems to be yoga for aging bikers, but with a dude playing guitar in the background to take the edge off...
I've watched the trailer loads in weird fascination but can't bring myself to actually open one of the courses.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 3 April 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 4 April 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
DisgustingNo one should be describing anything as juicy or yummy during a YOGA class? No.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 4 April 2020 14:45 (four years ago) link
Juicy gets used a lot, it's a problem
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 4 April 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
you mean like "a deep juicy stretch"? yuck.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 4 April 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
Ms. T. and I used to go to a studio that catered to "angry screenwriters and suspicious IT workers" years back and ran across the Yoga With Adriene videos at the beginning of the pandemic. Her teaching style works well with us, especially since it's just the two of us at home watching a YouTube video, and I'm somewhere between ambivalent and not-giving-a-shit about her adjective choices.
I knew my posture was bad, but I didn't know just how bad it was. Twenty months of daily practice (yes, daily) later, I'm totally shocked to discover that I gained almost a centimeter of height back.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 23:42 (two years ago) link
Amen to Yoga With Adriene, I'd let my regular yoga lapse since my old Y membership expired but a friend recommended her videos last year and I'm back to at least several times a week. I really like her range of classes, that you can pick one for just neck and shoulders if those are sore or whatever. And her patter's generally pretty likable. Anyway, yes to regular yoga!
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 00:30 (two years ago) link
Just thought I'd draw your attention to the journal of yoga studies. All open access.
There has been plenty of scholarship on the roots of modern yoga but this is something else. Papers on yoga and its relationship to dance, Indian martial arts. Yoga in China and Tibet. I am making my way through it so will read some articles and say anything as and when.
https://journalofyogastudies.org/index.php/JoYS/issue/view/2023.V4
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 10:40 (one year ago) link
Sickening.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/india-modi-yoga-whitewash-crimes-use-how
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 22 June 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link