I know they only work if you actually do the routine. But, are they just as good as going to the Yoga centre?
I’d say you can do a lot of yoga on your own, but to be really safe and learn to know your own body takes supervision by a good instructor.
I know all yoga has benefits. Which variety is best for building strength and fitness?
Ashtanga is great, like the above answer says. However, I find a traditional ashtanga practice to be too rigid – it’s the exact same poses every class, and much of the primary series (which will be the focus of most ashtanga classes you get at gyms, studios, etc.) is a seated sequence that I find rather monotonous. In most ashtanga classes, each posture is held for 5 breaths.
I prefer a vinyasa flow style or “power yoga” class (which has roots in ashtanga, but is not as rigid – its sequencing is pretty much up to the instructor). In terms of strength and fitness, Bikram Yoga is great for cardio/strength – it is a fixed sequence of 26 postures done in a room heated to 90-something degrees. You will likely either love Bikram or hate it – if you try it, be sure to hydrate well in the 24 hours before you go, and bring a lot of water and a large towel (or 2) – you sweat a LOT (I’m not a fan of this form of yoga, for a couple of reasons, one being that I get so dehydrated afterwards no matter how much water I drink that I get pounding headaches; also I find it hard to hold some of the postures when I am literally soaked from head to toe). The purpose of heating the room to such a degree is that your muscles are more pliable as they heat up, and you can more easily get into postures.
Other types I find physically challenging – Jivamukti, Iyengar (can be a slower flow, but is challenging because you hold the poses for longer and really focus on alignment), Forrest (each pose is held for a really long time) and Taoist (I had a great Taoist teacher who moved away – most studios don’t offer this style, it’s not really mainstream in my experience).
Types that you may want to stay away from (more spiritual and/or restorative than physical) – Kundalini, Kripalu, Svaroopa. Hatha classes can be harder, or more geared towards beginners – it really depends on the instructor.
Good luck – I’ve been practicing yoga for about 4 years, and it is one of the best things I ever started doing. If I can help with class/studio recommendations in your area, let me know!
I DON”T know what you mean by a spiritual center, but this has opened up a question that alot of people would like to know. IF there ain’t nobody round’ to tell’m bout’ JESUS, HOW do they “get SAVED”!!!!
GOD work’s in mysterious way’s indeed. If those people who never saw nobody but themselve’s for year’s, LOOK around and start thinking in their mind, where’d all of this come from??? That would open up the DOOR (Free-Will) for the CREATOR to start TEACHING THEM—-everbody think’s that you gotta have JESUS, hear bout’ JESUS, accept JESUS AND THAT IS TRUE TODAY, cause GOD ALMIGHTY CHANGED the CONTRACT!!!!
From the OLD TESTAMENT to the NEW TESTATMENT (JESUS dying on the CROSS). But back thousand’s of YEAR’s AGO, JESUS hadn’t come yet!!! But if a person would start wondering(open up the DOOR in their SOUL to TRUTH) GOD could work with them
TODAY we have to GO INTO ALL THE WORLD, but even then, GOD don’t tell us everything!!!!
p.s. GOD has SECRET’s!!!!
p.s.s. The people who made it to HEAVEN befor JESUS came, couldn’t get Born-Again, but their in HEAVEN!!!!
O.K. you force me to REVEAL one of GOD’s SECRET’s——-SECRET NO. 10—— If a Child of GOD (advanced in the FAITH LEVEL’s) PRAY’s in TONGUE’s and goes deep in the Spirit(HOLY SPIRIT) GOD can take their IMAGE and make it APPEAR to some-one else, and TALK to them(maybe SALVATION MESSAGE?????) and that PERSON PRAYING dosen’t even know GOD did it!!!!! HOW ya LIKE THAT!!!!!!! Alot of Children of GOD who say’s to GOD, THY WILL BE DONE in my LIFE, are in for ALOT of SUPRISE’s and REWARD’s when they get HOME TO HEAVEN!!!!
Secret NO. 10——REVEALED!!!!!!!!!!! Ditto!!!!!
