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^ it is the best physical activity to stimulate the lymphatic system as well.

oddly in the states we don't hear much about this vital function, which relies on such movement to actually function at all!
 
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^ So true.

Fun story: I sweat buckets at yoga, even slow hatha classes. Only 'cool' Yin classes are exempt. The 'joy' of being a pitta/kapha.
 
Thanks Clarence... you sure are not kidding about any of that. I'm living off of yoga right now. Pretty much yoga alone.
 
I have been doing yoga for about 12 years now.
For the first 5 years, I took classes regularly, and found two excellent teachers.
Later, I began my own practice. I set a rule that I will write down exactly how much yoga I do each day, and that I must average 45 minutes a day. If I keep at it daily, I feel really good every day, and if I miss a day, I have to do 90 minutes the next day just to keep up, so I still feel great. On the rare occasions when I miss two days, I do so much yoga to catch up for the next 2-3 days that I still feel great!

I do very physically intense and challenging yoga.
It has improved my strength, flexibility, and balance.
It also calms my mind.

I have spent just under 2000 hours doing yoga in the past 7 years.
Not one minute of it was wasted.
 
Do you guys have any tips on finding a full routine? I usually do a couple random poses that I can think of and quit after like 10 minutes. I think if I had a set routine I could get more out of it.
 
Coming down from shoulder stand almost always produces a queef for me...I pray to the karmic yoga gods that it will not be audible.
I have yet to fart during class.

My husband and I started going to a Vinyasa 90 min class once a week. I missed the sore elongated feeling for days. Glad we are back at it on multiple levels.
 
^all paths lead to the same place but

you should go to some or at least one kundalini yoga class PI.. it is apparent in people where they are in their progression with kundalini at first glance often.


annnd you are ready to rise
~
 
^with kundalini yoga, you're just practising until your kundalini naturally springs up right? Not trying to summon it from within...I am interested in teh kundalini ever since I first did DMT.

Perpetual Indulgence said:
Coming down from shoulder stand almost always produces a queef for me...I pray to the karmic yoga gods that it will not be audible.
I have yet to fart during class.

My husband and I started going to a Vinyasa 90 min class once a week. I missed the sore elongated feeling for days. Glad we are back at it on multiple levels.
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#Hhahaha queef. Good times.


I fart during yoga practise fairly regularly - luckily never audibly - I was embarrassed at first, but it makes sense with mula bandha, and the lock above it (can't remember it's name).

Are you practicing your yoga outside of this once per week, Tab? If not, you do know that it's better to do short consistent practices than to do one long one per period...just in case ya didn't.
 
Just once a week at this point but I would like to increase our practice with my husband at home once he "gets it" with our weekly class.
 
ive practiced bikram fairly consistantly past 1.5 years and done some ashtanga recently

but ive found a kundalini studio near my house so ill try that out later this week

sidenote: i only feel gassy in yoga if ive eaten maccas or curry etc the day prior i dont think its a huge conspiracy

though there is a 'wind-removing' pose in bikram lol
 
B1tO'RoughJack said:
^with kundalini yoga, you're just practising until your kundalini naturally springs up right? Not trying to summon it from within...I am interested in teh kundalini ever since I first did DMT.
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kundalini yoga is going to aim for all the triggers, and if there are others present who are active, depending on what stage your kundalini energy is at, it will be more likely to rise. for some a yogi can cause it to occur simply with touch, resting their hands on each shoulder a sense of activity can be felt, and drawn up and out.

i dont necessarily agree with trying to force it, exerting oneself with paranayama and asanas seems irresponsible of instructors, especially considering the practitioner is going to walk out of the class and maybe get behind the wheel of a car. it can be done in a gentle way as it will happen whenever it is ready, and that can be spontaneously, and be traumatic, and often here in the west the individual treated as psychiatric patient rather then an advanced soul.
 
Perpetual Indulgence said:
Just once a week at this point but I would like to increase our practice with my husband at home once he "gets it" with our weekly class.
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Why don't you practice by yourself? I can't imagine doing it with someone else, well only if I knew more than them, and they were just starting out...other than that, it's "me time" unless I'm learning from a group session.

At the moment I am working much more on my pranayama, my karma yoga, and my meditations (like sun & candle gazing), than my asana - I haven't done any asana outside of these "5tibetan rejuvenation rites" I found in HL, in about 2 weeks.

I need to bring it all together very soon, but to be honest I've been finding it hard to find the right time to do asana, due to transitioning to living outside (rainfall at the wrong times is so frustrating!).

I know it's worth though, I have felt the extreme joy from a 2hour class, which has lasted hours - literally feeling fucking high as hell, and carrying a grin that was unextinguishable :) It's good stuff - and right now the pranayama is keeping me sane, patient and tolerant.
 
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damn, i wish yoga classes were not that fucking expensive. did 2 lessons Hatha and one Asthanga at a festival this month, before that no exp. with yoga. that stuff is really awesome and i want to do it.

any ideas how to get more yoga for your buck? ;D
 
I have recently discovered yoga and it is definitely my purpose in life.

I was always dissatisfied with weight training and other forms of working out. Except for running. I would often run and feel like it was for me, but for one reason or another it would pilfer out.

Yoga is so spiritually cleansing, purifying and holistic, though, that nothing else really compares. Things I had been consciously trying to change for months and years have sprung forth naturally, including a renewed love for running.

I am still a beginner but I have been going hard. I love how challenging and structured ashtanga is. I also read a Kundalini book and copied my favorite exercises. Been a bit harder to get that into my routine, though.

It's funny being the only male at every class, nevertheless the only black male. Women are constantly checking me out. It almost feels kind of rude. Yoga is so holy to me. It feels weird to ever mix the two.
 
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