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Category Archives: Yoga
Checking Out Youtube’s Top Yoga Videos
Yoga classes frequently presuppose a level of flexibility that most people simply do not have. There’s no way the average bloke will be able to keep up with the following: This next video is from Yoga Journal: Elena Brower says: … Continue reading
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Analyzing Weight Loss Yoga for Beginners
Follow this video and you’re likely to injure yourself! Yogi Tara Styles says: “This is a routine great for beginners… So go ahead and sit up on your heels.” It was this very sitting on my heels during my first … Continue reading
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Office Chair Yoga Stretches: Office Chair Yoga: Posture
According to ExpertVillage: “Cassie Naumann developed the styles of Lyenger, Ashtanga, Viny, and Hatha Yoga.” Wow! One girl did all that? Sweet! Cassie is adorable! She’s so fun to write about. Man, at times like this I wish I was … Continue reading
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Critiquing Youtube’s Top Yoga Videos
I went to youtube.com and put in “yoga” in the search box and looked at what came up. Here’s the first video: The video introduces itself thus: “Eager to master the arm balance? Equinox’s Briohny Smyth shows there’s no limit … Continue reading
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Is Alexander Technique BS?
Larry writes: “Luke’s Alexander method sounds like bull****, these folks should just do some TM and some yoga before seeing Luke.” You can do all the yoga and TM in the world and it is not going to help you … Continue reading
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The Risks And Rewards Of Yoga
I did permanent damage to myself in my first enthusiastic weeks of yoga. I stretched out all sorts of ligaments that will never regain their original condition. It cost me about $1600 worth of physical therapy to ease the pain … Continue reading
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How To Do Yoga More Easily And Pleasurably
Joan Arnold is a New York-based teacher of yoga and of Alexander Technique. Joan tells interviewer Robert Rickover: “Alexander Technique is a way to move more easily. We can use it to refine our movements in daily life and in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, joan arnold, physical ills, robert rickover, yoga class, yoga yoga
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The Scandal-Free World Of Alexander Technique
Go ahead and Google “Alexander Technique.” Look for scandal. Look for debunkers. You won’t find much. I’m unaware of anyone who’s regretted his Alexander lessons from a certified teacher. I don’t know of anyone who’s gotten hurt from becoming aware … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander lessons, Alexander Technique, bawdy jokes, Google, perry baker, yogi bajan
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How Alexander Technique Can Improve Your Yoga Practice
Alexander Technique teacher Robert Rickover interviews fellow A.T. teacher and yoga instructor Thomas Cook, a resident of Vienna. Thomas: “People who live without furniture tend not to have back trouble.” “The hands of an Alexander teacher bring the awareness of … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander teacher, alexander technique teacher, hip joints, robert rickover, yoga instructor, yoga practice
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I Can’t Do Celibate Pose!
I began yoga in January 2009. I went all-out. And within two months, I’d done a lot of damage to myself, some of it permanent and irreparable. Once you stretch ligaments, they don’t unstretch. Some of the damage was repaired … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, bloke, chastity, funny things, neck surgery, yoga class
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