tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post112240317561812916..comments2023-05-25T04:48:19.856-04:00Comments on Yoga Chickie: Yummy PracticeYoga Chickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1122409077146841822005-07-26T16:17:00.000-04:002005-07-26T16:17:00.000-04:00Thanks. It is good to know I am not the only one!...Thanks. It is good to know I am not the only one!!! And sometimes...in the dark recesses of my own apartment, I place blocks on either side of my mat and jump through with straight legs to my heart's content!!<BR/><BR/>:) LaurenYoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-1122408687548496482005-07-26T16:11:00.000-04:002005-07-26T16:11:00.000-04:00Those women you mention ... I understand your curi...Those women you mention ... I understand your curiosity with their practise. But they are THERE and for some of them I'll bet that's the most difficult part of their yoga. Showing up! Me too! <BR/><BR/>What I don't understand is this focus we all seem to have on getting more poses. Why am I so darn competitve in class? Ashtanga is an amazing system, though. You want to do it all at once, the system holds you back and makes sure you're ready to move on. You're feeling good about your practice and bragging to other people about how great you did, the system pricks your pride by tweaking your knees so that you have to back off and slow down for weeks at a time! Agh!<BR/><BR/>Even the nastier folks on the ezboard challenge my practice. You mean I skipped something? No blocks? A jump through workshop? My Iyengar years shows in my Ashtanga and that's criminal? <BR/><BR/>Who cares. If you haven't noticed, pretty much the same people comment over and over again on the board. They appear to be representative of ashtanga, but they are not. Ashtanga is a beautiful and fluid practice and no one who practices it is perfect ... even Mr. Jois who has injured people with his adjustments.<BR/><BR/>It's ultimately up to you. I do question what those older women are doing, but fleetingly. They are there and they are dealing with their own struggles ... and seeing your practice out of the corners of their eyes and wondering why they even bother.<BR/><BR/>Hurray for them! If people like that listened to the daily gripes of YogaLisa, they'd hide in a dark closet and never come out. Embrace the practice, enjoy the practice and rejoice every time you make it through the sun salutations!<BR/><BR/>Cheers to you and much love. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com