Heather, how often do you do yoga, and what kind? -nt-
#53724 - 03/24/04 08:25 AM
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but that's not a goal I actually reach! If I can get 4-5 practices in a week, that's probably typical. I do try to go for long walks on the days I can't make class, or do a little yoga workout at home.
The classes are usually 1 hour 15 minutes or 1 hour 30 minutes, depending. I go to a school (8 Limbs Yoga) that has a wide range of classes and styles. Most of the classes are hatha flow vinyasa, with the occasional ashtanga and yin class. I don't know if the hatha classes are in a particular style with a different name that I'm just not aware of. They are not bikram or iyengar, I do know that.
Honestly, I don't think I've ever had a yoga class or style I didn't like, though I've preferred some teachers over others.
Hope this helps!
- Heather
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I wondered how much I should be doing it. I practice, just like you, about 4-5 times a week -- if only 4, then I take my husband's Jazzercise class on Friday nights. I do mainly ashtanga and power yoga. I take ashtanga at a studio (LOVE my studio)once a week, and then do videos at home.
Which ones do you like the best? I do Bryan Kest (Power Yoga 2 & 3) and Mark Blanchard (Progressive Power Yoga), sometimes my David Swenson first series tape. Like you, I find that it helps my bloating and gas IMMENSELY--even if I feel terrible that day from C, I go ahead and push through a 60-90 minute practice because I know I will feel so much better once I am done. Why do you think this is??
I have been working out for 10 years consistently, and used to punish myself through grueling aerobics, elliptical training, and step classes.....why is yoga the one exercise where it does not leave me feeling nauseous or dizzy afterwards? It is honestly the only workout that REALLY agrees with me, and I sweat more in class than I EVER did in aerobics!
 Jen
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I just about never do yoga tapes. Partly, this is because the configuration of my living room makes it very difficult to see the tv from an angle where I have space to actually move around on my mat. But mostly, I just don't like watching the tapes, and I'd rather go through a routine on my own. I do really like the Swenson tape I have in terms of the poses and flow, and he is just amazing to watch (I love the beginning where he whips through his own little routine and it's like watching a perfomer from Cirque du Soleil). But there's something about watching tv while doing yoga that kind of turns me off. I'd rather have silence or music, and I'd rather not have to look at a screen but just focus on a point or keep my eyes closed.
I don't know why yoga seems to just magically make you feel better - but it does that for me too. And I also have never had another form of exercise do that. In fact, if I was ever feeling shaky, from IBS or menstrual cramps, a hard workout with weights or running would just make me much worse, usually to the point that I'd have to give up and go home. Yoga is the exact opposite - it makes me rock steady, any health problems just disappear with the class, and I always feel better after class than I did before. I've wondered about why this is - it's definitely not that yoga is a less intense workout, because like you I can have sweat literally dripping off my nose onto the floor, and I know I'm getting every type of workout at once (aerobic, flexibility, strength, balance, coordination). But somehow the experience and end result is just very different than any other form of exercise, and I notice it most in the immediate and also the lasting health benefits.
It's a mystery...but a happy one!
- H
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... exercise is exercise but Yoga has that beautiful connection between mind, body and breath and I think that is the difference.
The breath is such a beautiful amazing thing to me. The power it has is so incredible.
Anyway, that's just my opinion -it could be wrong!
Kerrie
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