been looking into doing yoga
i did a little before
but would like to learn a lot more

can people here tell me if you do yoga
and what it has done for you physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually?

it'd be fun finding out what this has done for people

I have being doing yoga for 5 years.
I perform the 5 tibetan exercises every morning it is one the best tonic you can give your body.
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Then after work at home I do about 30 minutes of yoga every day.
It is good for me because I do not to go to the gym I can do all exercies on my living room carpet. It is all whole body exercise because it includes deep breathing and many postures for increased flexibility and strength.
I like the idea of working on my body and health with the body itself without any special machine or equipment and alwasys at home no matter what the weather is outside.
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The word Yoga means 'union'. If you have moved into your feelings....you have done yoga. If you have listened to another person fully - you have done yoga. If you have listened to your own body closely...and moved into it's feelings - you have done yoga. So...all paths lead to the same door. Union

-David Mason

I also do the five tibetan rites every morning.

These exercises have strengthened me and given me greater flexibility and my body looks and feels better overall. They also have helped me tremendously in regulating my breathing, (I breathed too shallowly and would often unconsciously hold breath) thereby assisting in calming and grounding me as well.

~Kathleen

I've been doing the yoga asanas (postures) about an hour every morning for 20 years this coming January. I learned yoga from Iyengar's book, Light on Yoga.

I believe Iyengar is in his 70s or 80s by now, and he is considered by many to be the greatest hatha yogi alive today. His instructions are very clear and helpful and include even the breathing for each asana. In addition to the asanas, the book includes a lesson in the philosophy of yoga and instructions for pranayama (breathing, in preparation for meditation).

After all these years, I've only completed the "primary" course (Appendix I), but even that is quite a challenge as you will see if you happen to get the book.

Yoga gave me a more positive spiritual base, a stronger and much more flexible body, better posture, a happy outlook, more confidence, much stronger willpower, easier digestion, plus a whole lot more.

Hope you give it a try!

Best wishes, -Ally



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I also have been doing Yoga for about 4 years before that a Gym rat as they say. The benefits are numerous to mention and personal to each one as well. Yoga keeps me sane. It is such a passion for me. Some immediate benefits would be strenth and flexibilty and that would vary with the type of yoga that you do and the amount of yoga that you do. Yoga came before my Live Foods, but now that I have changed my diet/lifestyle ..They compliment each other well and for sure me!

Peace Emmy

hey all

thanks for the replies
that's really neat
gives me encouragement
now i'm getting more encouraged to do it

djatchi
thanks for the links on the five tibetan exercises
i've done one of them that a friend showed me
but i'm gonna do more
appreciate it

davey

agreed

cool ally and emmy that you both do yoga as well

khale ( luv that spelling)

how long has your breathing been "regular' now?

that's neat

La_veronique asks:

"how long has your breathing been "regular' now?"


I'm still having to be vigilant. I still notice myself holding or breathing too shallowly from time to time. Habits of a lifetime are hard to break and especially bad breathing habits as they are often subconsciously defensive. To breath deeply is to feel deeply.

Also (and I probably should have made this clear in my earlier post) I have only been practicing the "5 Rites" for a few months now. I chanced upon the little book quite by accident and immediately felt a "ping" of resonance and have been doing them since that day.

khale (kale was already taken as a screen name and k.hale is actually my real name ; )

yeah, good breathing is truly a core essential to well being
i'm still re training myself at times
when i feel like it is not diaphramatic

doing better
5 rites...i need to get it
keep passing by it
its calling out to me though

verrrrooooniqqquueeeeeee...

yeah...here i am

I do yoga almost everyday. Right now I am recovering from a surgery, so it will be another 2 weeks before I can do yoga again, and I miss it SO much! It does so much for you physically, mentally and spiritually. I started doing prenatal yoga when I was pregnant 4 years ago, and have been hooked since then. It's so wonderful.



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yaaaay!

Even though I don't do it everyday, I can't imagine my life without it, I feel so blessed to have learned and practiced as much as I have. It's like dancing, it is total expansion if practiced consciously (not like a workout routine, though it has benefits even then). It is so grounding and uplifting and healing. Ahhhhhhh...... Breathing is key. If I try to bypass tuning in to my breath and just hurriedly move this way and that, trying to stretch, I just end up feeling even more disordered. It's the ultimate in taking time out for yourself. I remember the first time I did it, at a free class in university, I felt more awake than I ever had in my entire life.

Happy wakenings!!!!

peaceful mama gleaming underneath

Love and Rockets "Kundalini Express" Lyrics

This is an announcement
For the transcendental run
The train now standing
Leaves for higher planes
Due to a derailment
There will be no other train
So why not hop on this one?
Hear the porter's glad refrain
Each carriage is connected
As is every single train
The rails all form a track
Which is a link within a chain
The chain's connected to another chain now
You will need no ticket
If you wish to ride on this train
Chorus:
All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini
The song is in your heart
Your heart is in the song
The song is of the earth
The song is of the sky
You are disintegrating
Into everything around
Reintegrating
The worm we dug from higher ground
You have let go of ego
Ego is no longer you
Closer to nirvana
Since the porters whistle blew

Is there a great DVD that teaches yoga that you all like? I do better seeing it than having it in a book.
There are SOOOOOOOOO many DVD's out there that it makes my head spin. What would you all recommend? I know I need this to help me with my dysautonmia until I heal.
Thanks!

LOVE that sone RAINE! LOL.

-David Mason

Yoga is defined as a system for uniting (yolking) with God.

My favorite book on Hatha Yoga, the postures:

The Yoga System of Health and Relief From Tension by Yogi Vithaldas

All the books by Rammurti S. Mishra go deeper into Yoga. To start I recommend his commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the foundation of Yoga:

Yoga Sutras The Textbook of Yoga Psychology

And lastly I recommend The Book of the Secrets by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. He describes 112 techniques or meditations for enlightenment. This is Tantra Yoga. Tantra means technique.

raine

i like those lyrics
who is love and rockets?
where can i hear that song?
is there a link u can send me?

i wanna know!

love and rockets
kale and corn
what's a girl to do?
when the world is born

love and rockets
blue and grey
what's a whale to do?
when the dolphins fled?

love and rockets
tears and flow
what's love to do?
when the light has sown

yogic meditations at 2 in the morn

somethin's up
i think its life
i'm ready

Veronique...

I did a quick search and while I didn't find the full version online, I did find a clip: [www.mystrands.com]

Love & Rockets is 3/4 of Bauhaus which is the band that really began the gothic rock movement in England in 1979. L&R is a fantastic band and they have some great CD's -- particularly Express and Earth, Sun, Moon.

~raine~

Love and Rockets, ha! Used to love them

wonder what happened to my L&R cd's, anyway? huh

My favorite Yoga dvd is Shiva Rea's - Yoga Shakti. I love it because you can create your own practice and change it up each time you do it or you can do the ones that she already has in there. And if you are new to Yoga, I highly recommend the Yoga Journal's Step-By-Step DVD's with Natasha Rizopolous. I also do Brain Kest's Power Yoga dvd. That is a tough workout!

hey raine

thanksss!!

yogamama

yoga shakti sounds interesting
i thought i saw a CD on it, not DVD though
at a store recently
hmmm.. could be something that sounded similar

Thanks for the info, Yogamama! Can't wait to try! I'll soon be "YogaMimi"! Ha!

YOgaMImi

hahhhhh!!
we'll have to call you that from now on!

I wish I could get it, I have done it so many times, even went on a Yoga raw food cruise.. Its so boring, I fall asleep, i do, it seems like yoga teachers are all fat. I am a dancer and we do yoga moves but we call it stretching. maybe that is why, I am definitely into getting a workout not sitting on the floor. sorry! I tried so hard to get into it, but you don't have to be into yoga to be raw foodist!

"who is love and rockets?"


AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NNNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!


*so sad*

i prefer pilates. seems a bit more honest to me. no offense to the yogas and yoginis but it's all about the arse in this culture, not so much the "union" as d mason says. yogarobics, ya know? it's like tattooing OHM on your body. it's like stealing.

I've taken yoga classes before.

I'd rather learn to kick ass like Cro Cop though. [video.google.com]