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    Yoga: Your flexibility is ego, not yoga.

    November 21, 2020

    Yoga: Your flexibility is ego, not yoga.

    Your flexibility is ego, not yoga.

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 04:54 PM PST

    I just want to say to folks; Yoga isn't about how bendy you can make your spine go. Or if you can kiss your own toes. Or lick your elbow.

    The inner changes are what is important. What's happening WHILE you move through the movement's.

    I love yoga as a vehicle for exploration but I see people confusing it as a vehicle for ego on this subreddit. It's becoming or has become a flexibility competition.

    Is this a western thing? Would some yogis of the East laugh at our "awesome Sirsasanas"?

    This worries me because I think about the beginner. What do they think? "I'll never be able to do that?! Why should I do yoga?!"

    I also worry is this diluting the core messages and philosophies of patanjali?

    I say this with a hope to help, not to put down.

    Why are you doing what you're doing?

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    [COMP] Sirsasana outside, winter is right around the corner here in Pennsylvania.

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 08:30 AM PST

    Does anyone know this pose name?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 09:56 AM PST

    I’m thankful for this community so I wanted to share a yoga inspired ink drawing that I recently finished

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 07:44 PM PST

    [COMP] I was recording my outdoor practice and camel pose lined up perfectly with the sun. Heart open and receiving solar energy

    Posted: 20 Nov 2020 08:26 PM PST

    When are your next travel plans/next retreat? This is a pic from Morocco before corona.

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 06:59 AM PST

    Yin Yoga has really helped

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 05:33 AM PST

    As the title says, yin yoga has really helped. A total game changer for me. I don't feel nearly as stiff and I'm a bit more confident when doing regular asanas. It's only been a few months getting back to the mat, but after discovering yin, my body craves yoga. I've noticed a lot of change mentally and emotionally, as well as physically. It's been a bit scary, honestly because I was so deep rooted in one way, yoga has helped me bend the other way and find balance. It's an amazing experience. Namaste

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    [comp] I tried recording myself teaching today but my 75 minute class turned into a very short time lapse. Sort of enjoy how it turned out!

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 10:23 AM PST

    [COMP] It's challenging

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 03:55 PM PST

    45-Minute Vinyasa Flow Class

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 02:06 PM PST

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    Hi

    I just uploaded a 45-minute yoga class to YouTube. It's my second video and i'd LOVE some feedback (the good, the bad and the ugly!). Thanks :)

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Zwts_GON8&t=1131s

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    [COMP] Ancient yogis were so clever, they used gravity in a different way. Work in progress with my head stand.

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 02:57 PM PST

    Down dog pointers?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 08:08 AM PST

    Forearm stand - any tips?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 09:42 AM PST

    How did Lesley Fightmasters 90 day fix help you?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 06:52 PM PST

    Any yoga exercises to dramatically improve lung capacity/endurance?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 02:54 PM PST

    Early morning, online yoga classes?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 09:55 AM PST

    Hi, I'm trying to find live, online yoga classes that take place at 6am CST or earlier during the work week. I really want to practice before work, and I've been doing lots of youtube videos but I need some variety and motivation. I've checked my local studios and none of them offer classes this early :(

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    "all levels" yoga - were my expectations wrong??

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 03:45 PM PST

    I used to go to yoga classes years ago, maybe 2013-2015 but wasn't consistent and was definitely more of a beginner. I started going again last November during a difficult period in my life and continued going fairly regularly until February, but stopped when the UK went into lockdown. I practiced rarely at home using YouTube videos, and didn't end up going back to classes until late October.

    The health centre I usually go to have changed their timetable due to covid and the instructors whose classes I used to go to don't appear to be running any classes anymore, so instead of going to beginners vinyasa or yin yoga, my friend and I went to an "all levels" class. At the beginning of the class the other attendees were joking with the instructor, asking her to be nice and saying things like "it's not going to be as bad as last week is it??" So I took this opportunity to let her know that my friend and I hadn't been to a class since February and hadn't practiced much in the meantime.

    I think she totally disregarded this as it was a pretty difficult class (she told us she was going to increase the difficulty by adding a new pose with each repetition of the movements) with poses I had never done before, such as wild thing which I really struggled with (my supporting arm was shaking pretty violently). I asked her if there were any modifications she could recommend while we were in wild thing as I am pretty weak in my arms and shoulders. She basically told me "be strong in your arms and shoulders, lift through your waist and be strong in your leg that you're pushing through".... And let me struggle through the rest of the repetitions but I felt too embarrassed to sit it out or ask again for advice/modifications.

    The UK went back into lockdown the following week so I haven't been back, but honestly I have no intention of going back to that class again.

    Does this sound like an all levels class to you? I would expect an all levels class to cater to the lowest ability with modifications or 'extras' for more advanced yogis, or to be more general poses which can be modified either to be easier or more difficult?

    I usually leave a yoga class feeling better for having moved and feeling a bit more calm than I generally do, but I left this class feeling pretty defeated and stressed out.

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    Down dog pointers?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 08:07 AM PST

    (Responding to @samuraiprincesa perfect camel) one time when I was setting an intention for practice the sun shaded and unshaded perfectly with my eyes closing and reopening. Very cool moment.

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 11:44 AM PST

    What is "beginner" yoga

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 03:27 PM PST

    Yet again I've found myself increasingly frustrated by the plethora of "beginner" yoga classes that just aren't.

    Pre-2020 madness, at the suggestionof a physical therapist (I have shit flexibilit/mobility and keep getting niggling injuries from weight lifting), I started trying to do yoga.

    Every time I'd go to a class at a studio that was labeled as "beginner" or "if you are new, start here" the instructor would queue a pose, then follow with "if you want to take it farther do this". But if you couldn't do the pose? Then you'd just get told "Do what you can" or "Take child pose"...zero guidance on easier variation

    So frustrated with in person classes (plus shutdowns) I take to YouTube videos. Well that's a lost cause...hundreds upon hundreds of "beginner" video. Just to do a simple 20min video I have to watch it first, then spend time and looking up easier versions of the poses and hope I find the right ones if they even exist. So now a 20 min video takes 1+hour to do and has zero flow.

    So what the heck is beginner yoga if, I, someone with zero experience and ability (I'd call that a beginner, no?) can't even do it???

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    How to modify with an injured wrist??

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 07:44 AM PST

    I have been having terrible wrist pain unrelated to yoga for a while and I cant hold a plank or do chaturanga. Any ideas on how to modify and still do a semi-vinyasa?

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    Why don't all yogis go vegan ?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 11:18 AM PST

    I had this question from a very long time. The base of yoga is ahimsa which means not harming a living thing unnecessary. I guess that it why most of the yogis are vegetarian but according to my knowledge there are very less vegan yogis. Why is that so? Diary is also filled with violence just like meat, then why don't yogis go vegan? Don't they know the truth about the diary industry?

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    How can I improve?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 02:20 AM PST

    Hi everyone! I have started doing yoga with videos on youtube, mainly Jessamyn Stanley and Yoga with Adrienne. Especially the latter does amazing videos in my opinion. In the beginning I was pretty enthusiastic because FINALLY a way of exercising that doesn't make me feel like I'm useless. I'm a bigger girl but rather flexible. But I've noticed that there are certain poses etc. that I just can't do or that feel absolutely awful. For me, those are "runner's lunge" and anything that involves lying on my back while hugging my legs to my chest and putting pressure on my lower back.

    With runner's lunge, I can't follow the instruction of "put your belly on top of your thigh", because my boobs are in the way, and I can't even reach down to the mat when I try to do that (not to mention that I feel like I'm suffocating thanks to my breasts pressing into my throat). I have to place my knee outside my arms to do that pose, but I'm not sure if that is good for the joints.

    When lying on my back and hugging my legs to my chest, my lower back absolutely hurts like a bitch. I've watched several yoga videos now where the instructor encourages you to "roll around" a bit to massage your lower back but for me it's just extremely painful, even on the softest mat with a fluffy blanket on top.

    Do you have any advice for me how I could improve these poses/parts of the exercise? I really want to enjoy yoga, but especially the runner's lunge is in literally every exercise and every time it comes up I want to give up now because I just can't do it.

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    Beginner tips for malasana squat?

    Posted: 21 Nov 2020 12:26 PM PST

    My hips are very inflexible, and I cannot get my bottom below my knees in malasana squat. I also have to lean pretty far forward to keep my balance. However, I would like to work towards being able to do it.

    If I deepen my bottom below my knees, this actually causes sharp pain in my left knee, so of course I'm not going to force this pose. On the way to working through easier versions (for me that means same foot position but not dropping too far) what should I keep in mind about form? Any tips from others who have also had a hard time with this pose?

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