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posted June 27, 2009 02:00 PM         

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I just started legitimate classes recently. Tried a few times on my own before. It's AMAZING!!

Who does yoga? What are your favorite poses/postures/positions and/or routines?

All things yoga, right here!!!

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posted June 27, 2009 02:03 PM         

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posted June 27, 2009 04:54 PM         

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One of the best decisions I ever made was to take Yoga classes when I was expecting my first child.

As my birth plan was to turn up and get on with it expecting it to come a bit sharp, this lunchtime work class taught me the basics and on the big day the the reflex of Yoga breathing stood me in good stead.

Now those days are gone, I still have quite a temper to keep under control and it helps for that as well.

A little blue heart here because it looks pretty and fits in with the Yoga ethos. I don't feel sorry for myself or anything.

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posted June 27, 2009 05:04 PM         

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Do you have a favorite pose?

I like my classes a lot so far except for the fact that my instructor always plays a Natasha Bedingfield CD. It's got a really nice vibe, but the lyrics are distracting when I just want to chill.

Fun story-- my first day of classes there was a man next to me, and while I didn't see his face, I did notice that he had very nice legs and was quite flexible. In the dark I guessed him to be about 40 or so and kind of got excited to have some crush material in my yoga class.

Annnnnnnnnyway... an hour later, lights come on and Mr. Hottie has got to be pushing 70!! Props to him, but not the eye candy I was hoping for. He's a nice guy, though, and I still feel a little embarrassed to know that I spent an entire session imagining hitting up a farmers' market or coffee shop after class.

Of course I never would have-- hubby may have had a problem with it, but it's fun to let the imagination roam.

I'm hoping to find more flexibility soon. I didn't realize how tight my muscles had gotten over the years!

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posted June 27, 2009 05:17 PM         

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Someone I know shocked me when he told me he was 70, he has a washboard stomach. Not too old too put me off in my imagination.

I like the Cobra, I wouldn't like a real one, but you know what I mean!

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posted June 27, 2009 05:54 PM         

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Cobra does feel good. We don't do anything too tricky in our class, which is good because my flexibility is less than stellar. We did do a thing yesterday where we did a bridge then clasped our hands and pulled our shoulders kind of underneath us. I don't know what it was, but it was pretty nice!

You're close to me in age, aren't you? I was born in '76.

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posted June 28, 2009 08:39 PM         

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Somebody play yoga with me, dammit!!!

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posted June 29, 2009 01:02 PM         

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I've got to get back into it.

My favorite pose is The All Members Pose or The Shoulder Stand (with no hands & working into a Lotus Pose while still in that position ooooo tricky. lol )

I also like the Fish Pose w/ legs in lotus & The Locust Pose.

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posted June 29, 2009 01:06 PM         

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I loved yoga when I did it some years ago!
I'll have to get back into it. Here is a site that I like on yoga:
http://www.yogajournal.com/

My most recent favorite pose is the Child pose:

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posted June 29, 2009 02:54 PM         

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Did you guys do it on your own or with classes?

My class meets only once a week, but I'd like to get my yoga on more often.

I don't know how to make a routine, though!

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posted June 29, 2009 04:31 PM         

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I think I should learn yoga as BM suggested.

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posted June 29, 2009 05:11 PM         

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I did yoga for a long time, until Pilates came out. Now I alternate between the two.
I hated the yoga class, me and my mom took. It was winter time, and it was in a school gymnasium, on the cold, hard floor. Yucky.
I was given a Jane Fonda yoga tape and I use that at home, on the nice cushy carpet.

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posted June 29, 2009 05:33 PM         

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I want to be into yoga. Been giving it a go since I was a teenager. I like it from a distance, but we just haven't clicked yet.

I think having Sun cnj Neptune, yoga feels redundant. I need exercise that generates energy, since I'm mellowed to the point of a near coma to begin with.

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posted June 29, 2009 06:41 PM         

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Mostly with classes here, though not many. And sometimes at home. I'm kind of a natural because I was a gymnast in my younger years. Thought i've lost a lot of flexibility too.

eve,
I hear you there. I like hatha yoga a lot but cant get myself into a routine like I would like to for exactly those reasons. Mars square Uranus perhaps?

And I prefer doing it at home rather than a class.

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posted June 30, 2009 06:14 AM         

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I did some yoga on the weekend, on the grass. It mostly consisted of me standing on my head with a bit of child's pose, as I don't know what I'm doing. The headstand was fun though, and something in my back went "Crrrraaaack", which felt great. My bloke's ex is a yoga teacher so he does it all the time as he learned from her. It does him so much good, so I am determined to have a go. I went to a class once but the old man next to me kept farting and I kept losing it laughing, so that was a waste of time.

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posted June 30, 2009 06:39 AM         

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I'm signing up for the "Get Back Into It" class. When do we start? Haven't done it since moving to a new house a few months ago.

I like this site: http://www.bharatthakur.com/MumbaiMirror.html

Anyone heard of The Five Tibetan Rites? It (just five exercises) is said to "stimulate and rejuvinate the entire psycho-physio network and rumoured to be the source of the fountain of youth". This is my next to-do thing (after I finish reading the book).

Wheels

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posted June 30, 2009 11:01 AM         

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Wheels, I don't think I'd be big enough to handle such a thing.

Question: if I do anything on my head, I get terribly dizzy. I can do handstands with no problem, but a headstand would do a number on me. Is it normal or is it a tumor?! Heehee

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posted June 30, 2009 02:48 PM         

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I love yoga, been doing on and off since I was 13. I've only done it at home, but when I get some money I'm going to try some classes. I do Vinyasa/Power yoga, and eventually would like to try Ashtanga. I prefer this to the slow Hatha/Iyengar that I used to do.

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posted June 30, 2009 11:58 PM         

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wheels, youre so cute.

future, I hope not! lol!

Wonder if I can still do Padma Mayurasana aka The Lotus Peacock pose...

Grandma here is doing a pretty fine job of it.

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posted June 30, 2009 11:59 PM         

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...and in some pink secretary attire to boot! .....or it looks like she could be a real estate agent/yogi.

on her lunch break?

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posted July 01, 2009 12:08 AM         

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Thanks for reminding me. I'm going to look up yoga right now.

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posted July 01, 2009 12:11 AM         

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I think you'll love it AG.

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posted July 01, 2009 12:59 AM         

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I think I will, too, though I now think I should take it as a class. It's kind of sad: I just looked up the classes offered by the community in both my city as well as the city I have my improv class in. Improv-city class is cheaper even as a non-resident.

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posted July 09, 2009 09:53 PM         

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posted July 09, 2009 09:55 PM         

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power yoga its awesome...i went for a while, been meaning to re start..most of the women who go are 60 -70 years old, they are so supple they fold in half!!!!

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