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General Discussions => Health => Fitness => Topic started by: LostInTime on August 04, 2007, 02:01:43 PM

Title: Yoga
Post by: LostInTime on August 04, 2007, 02:01:43 PM
I have just recently (today) started doing some basic yoga moves and let me tell ya, it does the body good. I hope to combine them with my now normal stretching and morning exercise routine. Eventually I will get back into pilates but I currently do not have the room. Yoga though is very versatile.

Anyone else do yoga?
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: Kat on August 04, 2007, 02:08:02 PM
I did yoga with my mom for a little bit, but I stopped.  Partially because I got bored with it, and partially because my mom is best friends with my 5th grade teacher and she does yoga with her.  It was a little weird for me to do yoga with my 5th grade teacher...
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: LostInTime on August 04, 2007, 08:13:15 PM
I had a sixth grade teacher that I would not have.... getting off track. LOL

I actually used to go to aerobics classes with my mother when I was a teenager.

The yoga thing I just thought about this AM so I searched for some basics and found a few on the about.com website. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Posted on: August 04, 2007, 17:47:20


Will Yoga Help Me Lose Weight? (http://yoga.about.com/od/yogafa1/f/loseweight.htm)
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: Valkyrie on August 12, 2007, 06:43:55 PM
I tired yoga a few times but I'm really inflexible because of an old injury. :(

I do pilates for toning, and basic cardio for exercise.  As for the mental aspects of yoga, I've been meditating for years. ^_^

Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: Melissa-kitty on August 13, 2007, 05:05:09 AM
I do the Bikram series everyday. I credit it with giving me flexibility, back strength, and the courage and clarity of mind to change my life. Good stuff.. heartily recommended!
Namaste, Tara
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: lisagurl on September 15, 2007, 02:41:21 PM
Anything to get the mind to realize the body feeling in the "now" time will make one aware of pleasure.
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: LisaElizabeth on November 02, 2007, 11:17:04 PM
My wife and I do a 'Yoga for Fitness' class, it has helped reshape both of us aand you really do work up a sweat doing 'sun-salutations' by changing poses with every breath.
  We have been doing it for 3 years and it has truly been beneficial.
  Lisa Elizabeth
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: Bethany W on August 15, 2008, 07:59:08 PM
I do a little kundalini yoga at home every now and then. It does wonders. I have joint pains normally, but when I do yoga I dont have them for atleast a couple days.
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: myles on August 21, 2008, 06:11:54 PM
Tried yoga a complete disaster, more of a weights person. I definitely have a new respect for people who do yoga, or even attempt it!
Myles
Title: Re: Yoga
Post by: tekla on August 21, 2008, 10:28:51 PM
More of a Thi Chi person myself.