Yoga, anyone?

I have been doing yoga for a few weeks now. I follow Adriene on youtube and am doing the 30 day flow practice.

It is awesome and I feel excellent for doing it. It normally takes about half an hour.

I noticed that when she does a forward fold with arm extension with fingers interlocked that she gets real distance between her arms and back. I am hopeless at getting any distance. I wondered if this was due to gender difference with the muscles in the shoulder restricting my arms from separation. I ask if this is true?

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compared to this:

I know i am not as muscley as the guy in the second image, but I have muscles and I think the first image must be impossible for a man. What do you reckon?

Does anyone else do yoga?

I am working on the tree pose a bit and it is tricky. You have to tense the core muscles and standing leg as resistance. It is much harder than it looks. I have improved with a little repetition though.

Please feel free to discuss anything yoga wise! :slight_smile:

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I used to do yoga for people with health conditions at the Methodist church it was chair based yoga. She also ran courses in yoga for us mental health folk
I enjoyed it and found it relaxing I think you’ve reminded me now I might get back into it

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I have a fitness tracker and it says i use up about 240 calories a session. I am hoping for more flexibility as i age. Yoga is certainly going to do that!

I hope you get into it again. It is awesome, as i am sure you know. :slight_smile:

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Yes and I also did a Pilates class at local hotel and that was really good
:blush:

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Is pilates yoga without any of the spiritual elements. Like the martial art krav maga vs karate?

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Yes I think it is pretty much . The class I did was very good the instructor was good and she did easy levels or harder

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I follow Adrienne sporadically. I worry about disused parts snapping off when I try certain postures. I have to admit I enjoy Tai Chi more.

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There is a tai chi app on oculus. Have you tried it?

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Not yet. It has extremely bad reviews.

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My lower back is a little out of sorts lately. I’m going to dig out my men’s yoga for beginners book and reserve half a hour for it, hopefully on a regular basis.

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Yoga with Adriene on youtube has great beginners yoga too.

I place my laptop on the floor and follow her instructions and it is free too… :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the tip. Might check that out.

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i do Ashtanga on zoom, currently 3 / 4 times a week for about an hour
it’s always been my preferred style, and was great for me when i was long term in hospital
but im only back doing it for about 9 weeks

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I’ve been doing yoga consistently for the last 17 years. (Hatha yoga.)

Yoga is good for keeping a person youthfully flexible and bendy. But I’ve found, as I’ve grown older, that it doesn’t keep your limbs or heart strong. You lose strength and stamina unless you also do cardio and work out with weights.

Some forms of yoga are more aerobic than others. Like Power yoga or Vinyasa yoga.

@labratmat @shutterbug @shellys12 @Three @Mr_Hope

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i used to do yoga, ya it was fun i was just keep losing my will and they stole me into a world. but other than that i have been a good man in yoga and it helps some sorts.

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Warrior 1 then warrior 2 then peaceful warrior are beautiful killer moves on the thighs.

I do this when Adriene hasn’t worked me hard enough!

What is your favourite position guys and gals? :slight_smile:

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My favorite poses are:

Hero pose
Bound angle pose
Half lotus forward bend
Lord of the fishes pose
Savasana

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Aren’t they relaxing poses after other strenuous ones? That is probably why you enjoy them so much?

I get a nice feeling in child’s pose too.

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Adriene worked me hard today with Moon pose after warrior 1 and kicking the leg out a few times. :smiley:

Yes, they all happen to be"relaxing" poses. But they are challenging too. Especially as I grow older. And I do so enjoy them.

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