10 Years to give the practice when learning 3 Years to practice with a teacher before doing your own home practice 1-2 Times to practice weekly, when first starting, to build strength and flexibility 20.8 Million Number of people who practice yoga in the United States 44.4 Percentage of Americans who aspire to try yoga…
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The work of “going within” has tangible benefits in the “real world” because your life is a series of actions that are all based on something that occurs within you. [In the yoga context, all thoughts, words and actions are actions.] Your life is also a web of relationships. This is true even if…
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Recently I’ve taken a couple of classes from well-known studio chains—CorePower Yoga and Bikram Yoga. CorePower’s class I took because the bio of the teacher said she just completed her Master’s Degree in Vedic Science and is pursuing a PhD in Asian & Comparative Studies with emphases in Yoga Philosophy and Sanskrit. She also has…
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When I first arrived on my mat years ago I knew nothing about yoga. This was before the boom of Yoga in America, let alone Sacramento Yoga. I went through the postures as the teacher presented them and did my best to keep up and “do yoga”. After all was said and done I felt…
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On January 5, 2012, The New York Times published an article “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body.” You can read it by clicking here. It discusses yoga injuries and is presented by a noted science writer, Bill Broad, in a well regarded newspaper. If I didn’t know anything about yoga I might see the article…
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There’s an entire branch of psychology, Sports Psychology, devoted to sports and the study of those who exercise. A clarification here, yoga is NOT an exercise. The physical benefits are fringe benefits…they are not the main reason for the practice. However, here in the West we tend to lump yoga in with running, weight training…
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This would be a very short post if the answer were merely “every day”. It depends on what you mean by the question. Do you mean? How often should I take a yoga class? How often should I do the physical practice of yoga to get a benefit from it? If I practice more, will…
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It’s not unusual for someone to come up after class and say, “Is it normal to feel like you’re, “losing it” in class?” Other variations of this are: I didn’t know yoga would affect my emotions. Why did I wait so long to do this? I feel sooooo good after I practice. My life outside…
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