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'Asana is that perfect moment when the body is utterly still, effortless; sensation and breathing suspend themselves so that time comes to a halt. Then: happiness in a moment of infinity.' Patanjali, Yoga Sutras II, 47 CLIFTON HAMPDEN Tune in with your own body, enjoy a special time with your baby.
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A recent article published in the New York Times warns about the “dangers” of obsessive yoga and malpractice.
A usual, it’s good to keep cool about warnings. At the same time it’s important to remember how to renounce “performing” in your practice. Be aware… Can Yoga be taught in a gym? Ten days ago I was offered a job at I nearly forgot that Yoga was about humility and not glory. I was teaching in a chilly windowless room next to the boom-boxing aerobics studio. Anyway I took the job, ran two classes. In the afternoon of the second class, I received an email from the Group Exercise Coordinator, Becky, who had suddenly decided to remove the Friday morning Yoga class from the timetable. I would run my last class on April the 9th. Her reasons were suspicious. She was worried about not finding cover for the class when I was away. I had already found someone from a list provided with the Welcome pack for the 9th of April. More surpisingly, the day she wrote her email had seen a major mix up at D.L. Arriving in the studio that morning, I had found another Yoga teacher getting ready to operate. Elena had been promised the same job as me, wasn’t able to run the previous class and hadn’t signed a contract. When she heard I had been given the job instead of her, she left the room determined to have a word with the management. I guess this mix up is connected to the termination message I received a few hours later. David Lloyd claims to be the leading Health and Fitness Operator in the UK with 78 centres inland and 10 abroad. Founded in 1980 by former UK tennis player David Lloyd When you come to Yoga, please feel free to feel tired BUT, if you have your period, PLEASE let the teacher know. Some postures are better for you, some are not advisable (inverted postures, strong twists). If you have a bad back, bad foot, a stiff neck never mind. Do come and ask the teacher to find for you a nice relaxing pose. A lot of discomforts can be relieved through relaxation. Please, do speak to the teacher, either before or after the class. It’s very pleasant to know how you feel and if the class has been beneficial. If you really need special attention, then please ask for a one to one session. I’ve just read some of Ganga White’s Yoga Beyond Belief and was intrigued by the chapter called “Pain is your friend”.
Some teachers pretend Yoga presents no risk. In fact things can go wrong, according to White who first welcomed big names like Patthabi Joïs and B.K.S. Iyengar to Los Angeles in the 1970′s. Ganga explains how he started practicing Yoga without paying much “attention to sequencing, structural dynamics, alignment and physiological principles of kinesiology”. He was more or less told to achieve the postures. “Soon I started developing back pain.” He finally had to stay in bed for a month. But when he started to feel better, he also started practicing again, finding new ways of practicing. Finding awareness. ” Initially, the pain limited me to only the simplest of poses and I could not bend much at all.” Ganga realised that pain was “a language”, the “voices of body intelligence”. “Pain is necessary and defines the limits and the edges of strain and injury.”  Ganga White and Peter Sellers He kept exploring new ways of practicing, learnt the “inner process” of Yoga. The inner voice of Yoga. “Sharp pain can mean “Stop!” Dull pain can mean to go slowly and breathe as we move energy into new areas.” … He “began to see how these inner messages literally guided [him] to adjust [his] movements’s subtlety and showed [him] the way to heal [himself].” “There is no magical technique or practice that will keep us free from harm, injury or physical problems… It is staying constantly alert and vigilant that will guide us in the right direction.”
Anyway, just for the fun, I chose here a video on Youtube, where Elvis sings with joy about Yoga. watch?v=x-Tw2THK8jk Elvis Presley – Yoga Is as Yoga Does (Words & music by Nelson – Burch) Yoga is as yoga does there’s no in-between (Yoga is, yoga does) Come on come on, untwist my legs (Yoga is, yoga does) Stand upside down on your head, feet against the wall (Yoga is, yoga does) (Yoga is, yoga does) |
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