Vinyasa owns, though I don't really know the difference between it and ashtanga vinyasa. The vinyasa 'offshoots' like Forrest are also good. And yeah mostly kidding about the retreat thing, though some do seem like it'd be an interesting experience at least.
She's great. Got lots of specific routines of varying lengths. Very good for beginners.
Oh is that it? Interesting. Might be useful to know Ashtanga just to have something set to do if I don't feel like thinking about what to do on a particular day.
I think some of the pranayama stuff can be deep. All of the like 'chakra movement' stuff is nonsense though agreed. Though I have heard of fringe kundalini experiences replicating psychadelics 🤔
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Well was just asking since I never looked it up, I've been doing vinyasa for a while so assuming the ashtanga poses are similar but set, should be good!
I actually got into it because it was easy for me to do at home alone. Was never into the idea of doing classes or going to a gym and it was appealing as a thing to do just in private.
Yeah it's no doubt objectively better but still lol. Maybe I'll get wealthy enough to get a private instructor 🤔
Breath regulation is one of the more common ways of entering trance states, but usually postural yoga doesn't emphasize it so much. Part of the problem is modern postural yoga will appeal to Patanjali's yoga sutras to describe and ground itself when those sutras are both really aphoristic and aren't really about postural yoga at all, so much as a meditative or contemplative yoga apparently influenced by Buddhist meditation practices.
What do you think about the practices that are mainly or totally breathing based and not like you mentioned ones incorporated into postural practices?
Maybe the minor benefits people get from breathing exercises during postural practice leads them to believe in more out there stuff. I think a mix both is good, anyway enjoying the breathing during more movement heavy practices would probably enjoy ones that are solely breathing.
Really good actually. Much better than the Lululemon mat that I normally take to my classes.
How many months until it started? It looks interesting anyway. But just bought a new Jade mat the other month to replace an older one so I should be good for a while.
About 6 months in. It was to be expected for being a Kickstarter backer. And being based in Europe makes it tricky to send the mat back to Cali!
Missing out!! Breathing is fun.
Make them do it too.
Looked into this a bit today and seems interesting. Some of the prop poses look a bit silly visually but interesting anyway.
It helps you out a lot. For instance, let's say you always forget to put your leg muscles under tension, the teacher will have the class put one of the cork blocks between your upper legs and go into the position like that. After doing this a couple of times, you remove the block but you can still "feel" him - only that now, you have to create that sense of stability using your leg muscles. It's really great.
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