Hello everyone. This is my first time posting here since I saw the community on spotlight a while ago ( Read more... )

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Hey everyone! This is my first post to this community so let me introduce myself first. My name's Kath, 19, and living in the Philippines. I've been doing Ashtanga yoga regularly (around 3-4 times a week) for almost one year now. The thing is, I'm going to France next week to study for the Fall semester, and would need to practice yoga on my own ( Read more... )

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I only recently thought more about yoga after reading a very interesting article that also introduced me to a few of the basic positions and how to properly do them.

Anyway my question is, is it possibly to teach yourself yoga and just do it on your own? You see I live in the middle of nowhere and I don't really have any opportunity ( Read more... )

I have rheumatoid arthritis, which makes weight training unfeasible, and most cardio workouts (with their stress on the leg joints) uncomfortable. I love yoga: in it, I feel like I've found the perfect exercise "fit" for me, but I'm worried that yoga alone won't keep me in shape. I'm wondering: how much--and what kind--will I need to do to maintain ( Read more... )

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Recently I decided to join yogatoday.com so that I could further my yoga - before that I had only been using books to learn the positions and do some sets of the poses together. I used to think that I was becoming a pro because I could do an hour of yoga at my own pace while barely breaking a sweat but ever since joining the class I have felt very ( Read more... )

So I'm quitting smoking tomorrow, and I'm looking for as many tools against the craziness as I can muster. I already have a fairly consistent home practice, and intend on coming to the mat as often as I can for relief, but I was wondering if anyone had an specific suggestions for asanas or sequences, meditations, pranayamas - anything to help ( Read more... )

During my first semester in college, I went to yoga classes at the school gym and at the wellness center. However, after my first semester, I had to get a job because I needed money, and didn't have time to take classes anymore. Anyway, about a year ago, I got a stretching dvd (AM and PM stretch with Madeline Lewis), and started stretching at the ( Read more... )

i am a 21 year old who is height weight porportinate and while i'm not advanced in my practice i can do some intermediate poses...my boyfriend is older and is overweight and is new to yoga.we found one yoga today video we could do..my boyfriend's mother is coming over and we wanted to incorporate yoga for all of us..or even stretching. she is in ( Read more... )