Yoga Bunk: Debunked
Here's my latest Huff-Post post. To my commentator who suggested that yoga is boring me, perhaps because I am only practicing asana, well, I actually talk about that a bit in this article. But the bottom line for me is that asana is asana, and if I were doing more than asana, my asana practice would still bore me nonetheless.
I did have a delightful practice today. Who knows why, although I am sure that the fact that I ate only Hot and Sour Soup for dinner last night helped. Empty belly always helps when it comes to twisting and binding and lifting and jumping.
Then I ate half a jar of Nutella and completely null and voided all the benefits.
Such is.
YC
3 comments:
Very cool Huffington entry...thank you for sharing that way. I do understand better now even though I am not a yogi :) I am considering getting started though. Is the way to less boredom a yoga system that is less bound to exact order of poses like Ashtanga? One that changes things up each time?
Anon
I don't know the answer to that question, Anon. I got more bored, more quickly with vinyasa classes that were not tied to a particular order than I got with Ashtanga. The order and structure of the Ashtanga sequence(s) makes it less boring, in general. I think my boredom stems from being relatively stuck in my backbends. In the first few years of my practice, I saw a lot of improvement rather quickly. Now it is sloooooow. I have to learn to tolerate that. It's part of the process.
Curious as to how you came to read my blog (and comment, which sometimes takes a bit of time to get going with, once you start reading a particular blog) though if you aren't a yogi.
Thanks for your insights YC :)
I found you while I was surfing around at a friend's urging at
Ashtangi.net where a bunch of blogs are listed. I am no blogger myself but it's cool to connect here and there with intelligent, inspiring people like you when I do get online. I think I am going to start with a basic yoga class in my town and see how it goes from there :)
Anon
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