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| I got a thought whether itt is good to add some more spectific topis such as Philosophy, ETC, and get rid of the Featured Article Section which seems to be not used for a long time now.
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Location: A Blue State | This is a very good suggestion. Some of the standing forums get
very little traffic, while other subjects show up all over the place.
The general yoga forum gets so much traffic that it is hard to follow.
A forum for something like "Philosophy and Religion" makes sense
given the amount of discussion here. There's been a lot posted on
diet (veg*n etc). I also wonder whether "Bikram yoga" ought to
be Hot yoga, given the changing state of the Bikram world.
Forums that might be eliminate include the "Featured Article" section
and some of the others with very few threads/messages: Kripalu yoga, Oriental
Massage, and Men's Health. The Fitness categories don't get a lot of traffic
either. (These forums could just be frozen and moved to the bottom of the
front page, for archival interest.)
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| I agree, Neel. Philosophy and Religion is an excellent topic to discuss. Also, perhaps, a few others, such as Yoga for Health and/or Injuries and Yoga could be of some use. My 2 cents worth. |
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| i agree that philiosophy and religion would make a good category. also, a diet/food category. what about anatomy and physiology? |
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Anatomy sounds like a good topic. Maybe Anatomy and Injury? |
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| Another part of this idea is as follows:
If one looks at General and Yoga For Beginners, you shall find quick dynamic activity going on, and all postings are not visible. So, it may be better to show the current days positings under these titbles on the main screen.
For example:
General
Cleanising practices 2/7
Child Rearing 2/7
Bay Guy and Thushara 2/7 (wink)
Yoga For Beginners
Begin Fighting
Cotinue Fighting
Stop Fighting
Begin Yoga
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Location: New Jersey | I like the idea of these new categories too. I think Philosophy and Religion, Diet and Nutrition and Anatomy and Injury especially would get alot of usage. |
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| what about
Everythng Else.
a place for topics that doesn't fit anywhere else?! |
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| Perfect idea, you're my girl, Smilla! Finally a place for me!
BTW, you're not by any chance from Greenland and know hundred-and-something different words for snow? Since you wrote it's a four hours trip to the next yoga studio one might think so. 
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Smilla's Sense of Snow was set in NYC, wasn't it? Or London? I enjoyed the
movie, but I remember nada about it.
Think that anyone will do anything about reorganizing the boards?
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| BayGuy wrote: "I also wonder whether "Bikram yoga" ought to
be Hot yoga, given the changing state of the Bikram world."
I was wondering if you could please elaborate on this? What is the difference between Bikram yoga and Hot yoga? and what is changing about Bikram?
I think the Bikram is helping me in many ways, but the heat is intense and stifling at times. I think the postures are making me stronger and more flexible, but there are things that seem a little odd about it all. I'm not sure if it's the heat or not, because I kind of like that, just that it's maybe too hot. So, hot yoga might be good, if there were other styles. I guess, with the Bikram, I just can't distinguish the heat from the other elements of this particular yoga style (since it's always in superheated room.)
Thanks!
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| Bay Guy - 2005-02-08 3:49 AM
Smilla's Sense of Snow was set in NYC, wasn't it? Or London? I enjoyed the
movie, but I remember nada about it.
Not really, BG. It was set mainly in Copenhagen and the Arctic, with some flashbacks to her childhood in Greenland. The movie was crap, staring a fantastic cast though. As almost ever the book was soooo much better. 
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Location: A Blue State | MichaelJ - 2005-02-09 1:58 PM
BayGuy wrote: "I also wonder whether "Bikram yoga" ought to
be Hot yoga, given the changing state of the Bikram world."
I was wondering if you could please elaborate on this? What is the difference between Bikram yoga and Hot yoga? and what is changing about Bikram?
I think the Bikram is helping me in many ways, but the heat is intense and stifling at times. I think the postures are making me stronger and more flexible, but there are things that seem a little odd about it all. I'm not sure if it's the heat or not, because I kind of like that, just that it's maybe too hot. So, hot yoga might be good, if there were other styles. I guess, with the Bikram, I just can't distinguish the heat from the other elements of this particular yoga style (since it's always in superheated room.)
Thanks!
The difference between Bikram yoga and other Hot yogas is that Bikram yoga is the
yoga that Bikram Chaudhury promulgates --- 26 poses with a set monologue delivered
by the "teacher". Hot yoga is any yoga done in a hot room...say 90 degF or higher..
but most hot yoga teachers are connected to Bikram either directly or indirectly.
For example, there are scores of people teaching hot yoga who used to teach
Bikram yoga and have certifications from Bikram. There are other people teaching
hot yoga who were trained by ex-Bikram instructors (Bikram is mondo pissed about that,
by the way). In my experience, which is not exhaustive, most hot yoga teachers are
teaching something that is very very similar to Bikram's yoga, and some of them
have not even bothered to come up with an original monologue.
What is changing about the Bikram world is that hot yoga is becoming equally as
common as Bikram yoga. The first reason for this are the Bikram instructors who
have found Bikram's rules to be too limiting (he doesn't want teachers to vary the
sequence or the monolog) and who have left Bikram's fold to do their own thing.
The second reason is that students get burned out on the Bikram routine after a
year or two; they want more variety and teaching that is better informed about
anatomy, alignment, progress into new things.
About your comments on the heat, I've posted my opinion (and some facts about
body heating/cooling) many many times on these boards. If you are at the point
of struggling with heat stroke, you have a problem that is interfering with your ability
to do yoga. And that has nothing whatsoever to do with your commitment, drive,
"seriousness", experience, or any other push-you-harder word --- it's just human
physiology. When we exercise, our bodies generate heat that must be removed
in order to avoid raising our internal temperature (which causes heat stroke). In hot
yoga, you are entirely dependent on evaporation of sweat from your skin to take the
heat away. If the room is too humid or if you are not drinking enough water, you are
f&cked. Bikram instructors, who are not doing the yoga, don't have the same internal
heat load that you do, so they don't notice the heat as intensely as you do. The result
is that they may tell you that you are being a sissy to complain about the heat.
I think that Bikram yoga is a passing fad. The more the public learns about yoga, the
worse Bikram looks.
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| Bay Guy, thanks for your comments. This makes a lot of sense to me. I think it's that very stuff about the instructors and the regimentation that seems 'off' to me: I've been in this class 2 weeks, taken 5 lessons, and had 4 different teachers, and they all say almost the same thing! Like stepford wives. The distinction I can make now, in terms of 'better' or worse, is that some just stand up there and almost never get out into the class, whereas the guy last night moved all over the class and went around to everyone, which I thought was really great. I mean, you're left on your own trying to figure out if you're doing something right or about to blow out a knee, and you need someone to be noticing. Then the heat - I hope it is somehow conditioning me some. I like the heat, but think it's actually just too hot, and so it's a thing to endure rather than just be in. I have worried some about heat stroke, since I tend to be 'sweated out' by the time we get to the floor, and I don't sweat much then. So I try to remember to take frequent water breaks toward the end (but think it's just plain bizarre that the teachers comment on drinking water too often! Do they want you to stroke out?) By the end, I tend to pant, and try to focus on breathing calmly to slow my heartrate. At the locust pose, almost everytime I feel like I'm suffocating with my face smashed in the floor. Hardly fun! But it gets better later.
I don't want to complain; I've tried to have my eyes open going in, read a lot around here. I can see problematic things, but think this is a good shot for me to jolt me out of lethargy and into condition - it's already helped me. I'm less depressed. I just can see myself moving on to a different style, once I get some strength and flexibility going where I can do some things. Then I wouldn't mind finding some kind of style where it's in a warm room. I kindof like that.
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Location: A Blue State | kulkarnn - 2005-02-05 9:04 PM
I got a thought whether itt is good to add some more spectific topis such as Philosophy, ETC, and get rid of the Featured Article Section which seems to be not used for a long time now.
Neel Kulkarni
www.authenticyoga.org
Any chance of getting some sensible reorganization of the forums here?
We surely need separate ones on Vegetarianism and on Philosophy.
Anybody in charge here?
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| You certainly did Piel--but the new additions are nice--now I can totally skip all the meditation and new age eating baloney and concentrate on good ole asanas--hey, one step at a time (I will check for spam though). |
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Location: A Blue State | Bruce - 2005-02-27 12:38 PM
--now I can totally skip all the meditation and new age eating baloney ).
I didn't know that it was new-agey to eat baloney!
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I think it would be a good idea to add 2 Bikram sections...like Bikramites and BikramNOTS, heehee Sorry, could not resists but hey, it's not that far out there! |
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| Cyndi,
Lol! |
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| I see somone's thought to start a thread on cooking veggie style. Perhaps this would be good as a forum so that there was one recipe to a post for ease of reference later on?
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It's been one month since the two new forums were launched -- Diet & Nutrition,
and Philosophy & Religion. They both seem to have thrived -- D&N is well posed
to become one of the ten most posted forums on this board (it's at 13 out of 31
already). P&R has risen to 17 of 31 in total posts. The other forums have been
around for almost 2 years.
Thanks again, Piel, for setting these up!
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| When the ideas come from the users, it is often because the changes were going to be well used. It's great! I would really love to have the "embarrassed" emoticon fixed, though. Or is it just us Mozilla users that get a funny "oops!" symbol? And if we were to have more of the silly little faces, some more happyish ones would be nice - a thank you, a heart, peace symbol - how 'bout an om? |
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| Thanks Piel.
Neel Kulkarni
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You are the best if you can give us loads of new emotics 
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