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56 sats \ 5 replies \ @denlillaapan 16h \ on: Understanding Yoga And How Everyone's A Yogi HealthAndFitness
Yes, totally yoga guy.
I came to yoga practically, because a friend took me to a class in Sydney, Australia about a decade ago and something just clicked (a typical physical vinyasa style, practiced in a heated room in a gym). But properly sometime in the last few years when I took the practice seriously, embraced the spiritual side more, and completed my first teacher training.
Benefits are hard to disentangle from other changes in my life, but I'm definitely stronger—mentally and physically. My posture is better. Muscle definition. Less knee-jerk rejection of all things spiritual or religious
Sadly, and perhaps explaining some poor mental or life-like experiences in recent months, I've fallen out of my practice. Things are coming back this year!
Used to do a pretty physical vinyasa style (with 10-min structured meditation after) 2-4 times a week plus another 1-2 at a studio.
I'm hoping to get back to that this year, and perhaps teach a little as well.
Yes, pls; lets continue learning and I'd be happy to divulge all there is—history, philosophy, lore, anatomy etc.
Namaste
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Wow! You're a yoga teacher. You're welcome. You're multi talented definitely.
I'm not a yoga teacher but I studied it as a subject at my school, trained it in NCC (paramilitary training) camps.
Sadly, and perhaps explaining some poor mental or life-like experiences in recent months, I've fallen out of my practice. Things are coming back this year!
Yeah, life is what it is, it takes you down often. I'm glad you're coming back.
Vinyasa seems like the most famous in foreign countries, is it?
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Pretty much yeah, I'd say the history of vinyasa is a western-fication of some Hatha/Ashtanga sequences—and much more playful and less strict.
Whatever gets people to doing some form of yoga :)
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Whatever gets people to doing some form of yoga
Yes. I agree. While the Indian texts describe the various aasanas be performed in a sequence which is often tiring for a beginner, this western-fication has made yoga popular.
To the people who migh not understand what we're talking about, here's a clue
The improvisations have in fact done more good than any harm to Yoga Practitioners.
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My impression as well.
And there's tons of updating to the modern world as well, most obviously: having women practice
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This is incredible! When I first had a look at it, I couldn't believe for ours is still very much male dominated country. Yoga is no different here, but statista says India's women doing more yoga. I can't believe it for I see men in yoga everywhere from schools to gardens to social media.
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