Ashtanga yoga: Ashtanga burn out? |
- Ashtanga burn out?
- Strength drills for Ashtanga
- Manduka Mat Size
- Does other weight training exercises hurt the ashtanga practice?
- Lululemon’s New Yoga Mat Uses 3D Ridges to Perfect Your Poses
- Should I be stopping at Marichyasana D?
| Posted: 24 Mar 2021 11:54 PM PDT Anyone else went from practicing 6 times a week to zero for different reasons? I experienced a very traumatic experience last year and since then my solid practice gradually faded away and I think in the process I was too harsh to myself and kept pushing forcing the practice to be early in the morning, 6 times a week etc so that I burned myself out. I went through all the stages of; i dont need the practice, i dont have time to practice, ohh everyone is spiritually bypassing and superficial, ughh i cant stand this spiritual talks anymore, i am not flexible anymore, i am not strong anymore, its too late to go back bla bla bla. After a huge list of excuses and denial, i am finally excepting that i got disconnected from myself, my body and mind after the trauma and burnt myself by being a perfectionist, putting too much pressure on myself. Please dont get caught in the excuses i listed for myself, i dont want to trigger anyone or start endless discussions about those but i am just curious if you experienced something similar and how did you get back to your practice? I miss my practice. And before you ask, I know why i want to practice and i have my reasons, I dont see my practice as a physical exercise its just that i lost believe in myself. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2021 03:05 PM PDT Hey everyone Just interested to hear about what kind, if any, additional strength drills you do separately or bolted on to compliment your Ashtanga practice. I'm looking for a short routine I can do a couple of times a week to help build strength for lifting up into the jump back etc. Thank you [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2021 10:53 PM PDT I currently have a Jade Harmony which is about 73" (187cm). I've been tearing a whole through it with daily mysore practice in studio. So looking to replace with the Manduka PRO which comes in 72" (180cm) and 85" (215cm). I spoke to my teacher and she believes 85" (215cm) will be way too large for the studio, and could inconvenience other students. Also I ever go to mysore they may make me cut it. I'm about 72" in height. I would just fit on the 72" (180cm) as my LuluLemon was also that size, but it doesn't leave much room for chaturanga (I find myself moving to the front of the mat). What size mat did you choose and how different is it from your height? If you do have the longer mat do you use it in the studio? Edit: my other option is to get the Manduka PRO Lite (long version @ 79") - does anyone practice Ashtanga on this? [link] [comments] |
| Does other weight training exercises hurt the ashtanga practice? Posted: 24 Mar 2021 06:36 AM PDT I started ashtanga last year but it was during a period where I had lost a lot of muscle so I was incredibly weak, so I combined ashtanga with calisthenics and have been doing that for a year now. My issue is this: Last week I only did 3 ashtanga sessions and no calisthenics, this week I did two ashtanga sessions and had a rest day inbetween them. I am noticing that my arms have gotten more "comfy" and my massage therapist stresses the importance of stretching after heavy work outs like calisthenics. BUT whenever I have done a lot of ashtanga and go back to the gym I have gotten much more weaker than before when doing pull-ups and such. So what is the deal? Can these two practices co-exist or are they in competition with each other? I know ashtanga makes the muscles longer and the strength one builds up is endurance strength rather that explosive strength, while doing repetitive excersizes like pull-ups makes the muscles shorter but gives them more explosive strength. Am I shooting myself in the foot by alternating between ashtanga and calisthenics? [link] [comments] |
| Lululemon’s New Yoga Mat Uses 3D Ridges to Perfect Your Poses Posted: 24 Mar 2021 09:22 PM PDT |
| Should I be stopping at Marichyasana D? Posted: 24 Mar 2021 06:19 AM PDT I have only recently come across the concept of gatekeeper poses and am wondering your thoughts. I was so eager to jump into the practice, I recently injured myself (not closing the knee joint before trying to get into a lotus pose). Since then, I have scaled back to a half-primary practice only, usually work with just a worksheet instead of a led video (I barely need the worksheet anymore), and modified some poses so as not to worsen the injury. I have also added regular hip flexion stretches to make lotus more natural and worked on handstands and tuck handstands to strengthen my shoulder girdle for floating. I really am trying to practice ahimsa. With the half primary, I have been working up to navasana and then going to the closing postures. But, I cannot bind in Marichyasana D (I can bind fine in Marichyasana B). Usually, I do one of two modifications depending on how my left knee is feeling that day; I will either put the left leg in lotus and put the left arm's elbow on the outside of the bent right knee or I will just put the left leg into more of a janu sirasana b position, bend the right leg and bind the right leg with my left arm. Anyhoo, I was just wondering if I should be stopping at Marichyasana D until I can bind or if it's fine to do the modification and continue on to navasana. Or if maybe I shouldn't add any new postures after navasana until I can do Marichyasana D. I'm learning at home, so I don't have a teacher or anything, which is why I'm reaching out. Thank you in advance! [link] [comments] |
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