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    June 20, 2020

    Yoga: Stretching but in a cult

    Stretching but in a cult

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:34 AM PDT

    [COMP] First pincha!!! Never thought that was possible but it stuck for a little!

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 12:39 AM PDT

    The Longer I do Yoga, the More I use Blocks

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 06:43 PM PDT

    I feel like we often get set in the mindset of blocks are for beginners, or at least I know I did when I started. My ego got in the way and I didn't want to buy blocks because I thought I didn't really need them and would outgrow them quickly anyway. I finally bought blocks when I had been practicing yoga for a year...but to help me learn crow pose. When I finally started to let go of my ego, I learned how useful blocks can be and now I use them all the time. Blocks are a wonderful tool to make the poses work for your body - they're not cheating and you're not going to benefit more from straining yourself in a position that's not accessible to you. In fact, I find I benefit more from a posture when I modify and play around with what works in my body than if I strain in an awkward attempt at the full posture. Blocks aren't just for beginners - they're for everyone! I know we often see yoga teachers doing the full expression of the postures without modifications, but that doesn't mean using props makes you any less of a yogi. I hope this encourages someone to embrace the modifications that are right for their body. =)

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    I cannot believe I'm saying this but I have actually started enjoying yoga??!

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:24 AM PDT

    Ever since I was a child my parents have pushed me to practice yoga even though they didn't do it themselves. They insisted on this mainly because I was a chubby kid but as I hit puberty I transcended to the "fat girl club" which isn't as cute :) I was constantly body-shamed by my parents and that has given major body image issues, no take backs. I'm sure they had the right intentions but the way I was treated by them really affected my self-confidence and hampered my self-esteem. I was forced to do yoga then and I absolutely hated it. And it wasn't normal yoga, it was some torturous routine guided by a "yogi" who would pass nasty fat-shaming comments throughout the session. Needlessly to say, it made me hella uncomfortable and I started despising yoga more and more.

    When I moved out for college, I gymed regularly, ran miles and started eating healthy. Thanks to this lifestyle change, I lost all the excessive fat and finally felt comfortable in my own skin.

    Plot twist, the COVID-19 lockdown happened, gyms are shut, even going out for a walk has become risky. My body dysmorphia started haunting me again - sitting with your laptop and eating 24*7 isn't the healthiest way of living.

    So I decided to practice yoga guided by YouTube (saw a YouTuber do it, decided to adopt the practice. No wonder they are called influencers lol). It has been over a month of consistent sessions. However, yesterday I wasn't feeling too well so I had to skip a session. And I thought I'd feel relieved BUT to my surprise, I felt soooo "unhealthy," "unfit," - I cannot explain it, I am unable to find the right word to describe it - it just did not feel good.

    And today I was so excited to get back on the mat again, it just felt so good to be stretching and balancing and well, breathing. I would have never expected that I'll crave yoga. My body feels so good after every practice, and it is helping me with my mental health too. I'm only a beginner and I know the people on this sub are so great at this, I'm always at awe whenever I see your pics and videos. I obviously haven't reached that level yet but I'm excited that someday I will be able to flex those awesome poses too!

    (I don't want to share this with my parents because then they'll be like "we told you so" ugh. So I thought I'd share this here! I don't know if this is allowed, though. Anyway, you guys can direct me to the right sub, I guess.)

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    [COMP] Skandasana, from Ashtanga Yoga Third Series. I can only bind when I do it on the left side. Right side is coming!

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 05:27 PM PDT

    My Kitten Has It Figured Out

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 04:37 PM PDT

    Is 3 weeks too short a time to complete a 200h training?

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:42 PM PDT

    I just sent in my application to Rishikesh Yog Peeth because it seems to be a legit hatha/ashtanga school with nice accommodations (comments from those who have been are welcome!). The thing is, their 200h program is 21 days. Most intensive 200h trainings I see online are 28 days. Is this something I should be concerned about? Thank you!

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    Happy Yoga Day Everyone. Namaste.

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 07:18 PM PDT

    Problem in taking long breathes

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 06:49 PM PDT

    I am in late17. Some 5-6 years ago I could hold the breath for really too long, whether it was for swimming, singing long notes, or inhaling and exhaling long breathes in yoga classes in school.

    But now it's too short. From more than a month, I am doing meditation on a daily basis but there is no improvement. I try to go as much as I can but the same results every time.

    I just wanted to know that is it a bad sign for health or I should continue ignoring the fact?

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    The four paths of yoga – Karma, Bhakti, Jnana, and Raja

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 06:18 PM PDT

    Wishing Everyone a Very Happy World's Yoga Day..

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 11:39 AM PDT

    (21M) Need 10-15 Stretches to do daily

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:23 PM PDT

    So I'm a pretty fit 21 year old male and for a while was doing a 30 stretch a day program every morning but noticed that because of how much time it took up I started doing it less and less, and now I'm at the point where I can't even remember the last time I did it.

    Essentially I need full body daily routine, preferably between 10 and 15 individual stretches. My main goals would be improving flexibility as well as maintaining my body for when i get older.

    Any additional tips on top of a routine suggestions would be greatly appreciated as well, and thanks in advance for any possible help or advice!

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    [COMP] My favorite pose—wheel! Constructive criticism welcome and encouraged :)

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 12:37 PM PDT

    Which program will transform my life?

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 04:05 PM PDT

    I am looking for a yoga class that I can follow daily and will help me really advance in my yoga journey. By now I have experience with flows but I want something that will take me on the journey to achieving all the poses I've always wanted to do (like scorpion). Yoga is about the journey, not the destination, but even though I like my journey and it makes me feel good, I feel better following a program that helps me see my progress.

    Thank you!

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    Advice For Conquering The Splits

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:47 PM PDT

    I've been doing yoga regularly for over a year now, almost every single day. I've progressed and feel great but my next goal is to be able to do the splits all 3 ways. I do Yoga with Adrienne daily but after 235 (literally) of her videos I'm ready for something a bit different and geared towards this particular goal. Can someone suggest a youtube video or any tips on how to improve mobility and flexibility for the purpose of accomplishing the splits? Anectodal advice as well!

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    Any tips for yoga plan?

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:23 PM PDT

    Hello, I am 20 years old, 1.67 and 62 kgs. I've never had an issue with my weight but I am so out of shape. I always try to work out and then give up after few days. I started enjoying yoga these days. Is there anybody who can recommend me some yoga plans to get in shape? That you enjoyed so far.

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    Yoga teachers and politics (am I being gaslit into not speaking out?)

    Posted: 19 Jun 2020 11:24 PM PDT

    Not sure where to start.

    I'm a first-year yoga teacher, so admittedly I have a lot to learn, but I've noticed a bit of a trend in my local community of fellow teachers and it's this weird mix of what feels like toxic positivity and downright gaslighting.

    After graduating from my teacher training, I slowly began receiving friend requests on Facebook from fellow teachers in my home studio as well as some of my instructors, studio managers etc. I was honestly a bit hesitant to add some of them because I've had bad experiences in the past mixing business and pleasure, but yoga is such a community-based practice and I felt so bonded with most of these people that I figured there was no harm.

    However, I'm not just "yogi me" on social media...I'm sarcastic with very dry humor, can be self-deprecating and blunt, and most importantly, tend to be outspoken when I'm passionate about something. So right away I felt almost exposed, the imposter syndrome kicked in, this idea that I had to "present myself" as the perfect picture of a yoga instructor online...always composed, never obnoxious or wrong or angry, zen all day and inspirational quotes to boot. This pressure intensified when sure enough, my yogi friends' feeds were everything you would "expect," the flowery quotes and positive affirmations and love and light. I pushed past the imposter syndrome, though, and figured if my genuine self isn't good enough, then oh well.

    I've noticed, though, that some of the other teachers in my community have had some interesting reactions to some of my more passionate posts. For example, I am vegan and I tend to make jokes at my own expense about it...one day I re-posted this long checklist of popular snack foods that at the time people were sharing with friends to show which of the popular foods they liked or didn't like. My post read something like "guess how many of these I F with?" (because the joke is, LIKE NONE haha look at me, the deprived vegan who can't enjoy Cheetos) followed by a bunch of self-deprecating, vegan-related hashtags. I then received a private message from another teacher that said something along the lines of "no judgment, but were you trying to make people feel bad when you posted that?" I was horrified, apologized profusely because I had assumed it was her I offended, deleted the post, and let her know it was deleted because I didn't want to unintentionally upset anyone. She then backtracked and apologized because her intent was not to cause me to delete a genuine post....her next interaction with me online an almost identical response like two weeks later when I posted another snarky comment about food choices. This time she did it right in the comments section and I tried to respond with compassion and make it clear (again) I wasn't trying to attack anyone, I'm just bad at making jokes online (I suspect my deadpan humor does not translate well in text!). I had some really productive conversations with other friends in the same thread as a result of this teacher's initial pushback as well, so that was great. This particular teacher is very type A and tends to try and give unwarranted advice in general, and by this point I had gotten to know that about her, so I just let the whole thing kind of roll off my shoulders.

    Then George Floyd was murdered by police and I felt the calling to speak out. I've spoken out in support of Black Lives Matter and ending systemic racism many times in the past, but like many others, this has felt different and I've been really working to make lasting changes on an individual level. This has obviously affected what/how I am posting on social media (less bad snarky jokes, more links to resources and information on defunding the police or fundraisers). A few weeks back, I had written to check in with a study group of yogis I am part of. Of our group of 8, 5 of our yogis are black and regardless I wanted to check in as the group chat had been somewhat quiet after the Floyd murder. Confided that it had been tough for me as an ally, but that I'm keeping my practice in focus and was sending love and light to the group. Several others in the group shared that they, too, were in pain and having a tough go as well. One teacher in our group, though, lectured us for "watching too much news," went on a whole spiel about not owning a TV (which probably is smart but I digress), and told us we are only miserable because we are "choosing to focus on racism instead of positivity."

    That just didn't feel right. And it gave me the same icky feeling that my other colleague's responses to the vegan stuff gave me, like I did something wrong or inappropriate by expressing myself openly. Was this becoming a trend?

    Today it happened again. I had shared information about a phone call I received today, where local police advocates were calling to ask for financial donations for the police department. Their sales pitch was "please help, as these brave men and women are the target of threats and harassment on a daily basis simply for the badge they are wearing." This is a direct quote that I will not forget anytime soon because of how absolutely tone deaf it came across and when I shared the story about that phone call, I also shared that sentiment. In response, a third colleague of mine shared how wonderful her brother-in-law, a police officer is. She shared his history in the navy. She expressed how he would put his life on the line and shared that he has a daughter on the way. It really pulled on my heartstrings, which I suspect was the purpose. She ended her response by saying she doesn't appreciate people directing their scorn at him and all other innocent officers. I responded to her by stating that I understand, as I also have family who are police, that it is the system I am against, the SYSTEM that I find absurd. As always, I tried my best to not let my emotions take over and truly do feel like I extended as much compassion in my response as possible. Regardless, I still feel like I got caught with my hand in a cookie jar.

    I have literally never received responses like this to any of the things I post on my personal social media until the past six months, when I accepted these friend requests from yogis. And again, it's not just the responses to my own posts...it's the massive difference between my own social media content and those of my colleagues. Of course I'm generalizing here...I have also befriended lots of yogis who don't make me feel this way and are very open and similarly passionate. I'm just a bit disturbed by the frequency of this other trend and don't know where else to share my thoughts.

    So I have to ask...Am I a bad yogi? Am I being inappropriate online as a teacher and not realizing it? Am I doing it wrong because I am not exclusively posting Thich Nhat Hanh quotes and pretty sunsets on my personal page? Is it unethical for a yoga teacher to talk about politics OFF the mat? Am I being too sensitive in reaction to these responses (very possible haha...I know myself and it wouldn't be a massive shock if this were the case!)? Are my colleagues clocking a nasty behavior in me that they're trying to call out in the nicest way possible? Does this even make sense? Am I paranoid? AM I being gaslit?

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    TLDR I'm a yoga teacher who speaks passionately online about social justice and other yoga teachers are making me feel like I'm overstepping or being unethical in some way by doing so.

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    4mm or 6mm mat for a beginner?

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 08:44 AM PDT

    I just started doing yoga at home a couple of months ago with a cheap $9 mat from Superstore. I want to get a better mat but don't know which thickness is best. The mat I'm looking to buy comes in 4mm or 6mm. My concerns are that 4mm will be too thin and hurt my knees/tailbone and the 6mm may be too hard to balance on as a newbie. In your experience, does the thickness make a significant difference?

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    I want to switch to yoga as my only strength exercise

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 08:27 AM PDT

    I've done ashtanga vinyasa yoga for about a year. Both in class and with online videos. I've also been doing weight liftning but I don't really enjoy that anymore and I'd prefer to instead focus on yoga and improve there. I want to make sure that my exercises are taxing enough though, to help keep me strong without weightlifting. I also am not flexible or strong enough to just do the entire full primary series, there are several poses I can't do. Do you have tips on schedules and courses that will help me progress?

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    How do you turn yoga into a lifestyle ?

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 01:34 PM PDT

    So I want to get serious into yoga. I played soccer my whole life then lifted weights very serious from the ages 18-22.. now I'm 24 and just do mixed martial arts , marathons , and swim..

    But I'm pretty stiff from all the years of weight lifting, and I know this because every time I stretch for a long period of time and hold the stretches for atleast a minute I feel like a new man ! Lol

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    Yoga studios in the city - typical set up / locker room?

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 09:38 AM PDT

    I've gotten into yoga on quarantine, but just through youtube videos and the like. If I ever go back to working in an office, I'm thinking I might do a more formal yoga class in the city. This is an incredibly dumb question but do most yoga studios have a locker room / place to change clothes / etc? I would need to come straight from work which is nowhere near where I live.

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    Yoga has given me something I never expected!

    Posted: 20 Jun 2020 06:30 AM PDT

    I've always blamed my lack of visible abs on genetics but in reality I wasn't really working on my core. After a couple of months doing yoga vs. lifting I'm seeing signs of baby obliques!

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