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I was just wondering... do any of you practise more than one style of yoga, or pretty much stick to one? Is it unusual for people to practise more than one style of yoga? I'm quite curious! Echo | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442      | Most people try a variety of styles when they are beginning. it is good to find what works best for you. Although I will qualify this (and I know you have already heard it) and say that you really need a live teacher to get the proper feel for a type of yoga. Eventually though, it is considered best to find one tradition and work with it. It is often compared to drilling a lot of shallow wells - you have to dig deep to get to the water. Or you can compare it to mountain climbing. You can climb part way up a lot of mountains and consider yourself quite the climber, but if you never make it to the top of one, you are not challenging yourself to really fulfill the bigger goal. Practicing with dvd's, using the above analogy, you are just running up and down that hill you used to play on when you were a kid. Don't get me wrong - it is a great start and more than a lot of people do! Keep looking until you find the right mountain for you to climb  | ||
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| Empress Echo |
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Thank you, Tourist! I appreciate the advice. Unfortunately, due to various circumstances, I can't attend a class right now and have to stick with my dvd. While I enjoyed the Wai Lana tapes they never really inspired me like the power yoga dvd does, and as it has quite a lot of workouts on it (24 from beginner to challenging) it will keep me climbing that mountain for quite some time Thanks again! | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Some of us just find the right one right away Stefan  So when your contract runs out, will you be a euroyogi again or do you go wherever the wind/company with a good contract takes you? | ||
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I'm a mixed nut yogini myself.  I've mainly taken classes at my gym because they offered two yoga classes a week, and the membership cost about half as much as taking eight classes at a local studio. One of the teachers was more of an athletic-yoga type, and the other was more of an Iyengar and Sivananda type. I liked both, and the free class offered at a studio in town seems to be fairly broad but many of the teachers (they rotate the class) seem to work in a pre-ashtanga manner. I've taken an ashtanga class and loved that as well. Haven't tried Bikram yet - and may not, who knows - and the Anusara studio dropped their drop-in classes..... All that being said, though, I'm working on an eclectic home practice now, and starting to narrow down a focus to either Ashtanga or Sivananda. And that goes back and forth depending on what day it is!  | |||
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tourist - 2005-03-21 7:46 PM Some of us just find the right one right away Stefan So when your contract runs out, will you be a euroyogi again or do you go wherever the wind/company with a good contract takes you?I meant my contract with the gym, Glenda. They only have 3 year contracts here, isn't that terrible? Okay, it costs only like 25$ a month but I couldn't afford additional classes on a regular basis since we live from my wife's pension and I don't have a work permit. So far we have no intents of leaving SA soon. Living here is pretty much the best thing possible for us. Back in Gerryland I would have to find a job which is not easy with 10% unemployment rate and the fact that I didn't work since '99 and am in my 40s already. Underqualified and overaged, you get the picture. Logically we prefer to enjoy our carefree hippie-esque lifestyle in Africa  | |||
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| Sounds like a pretty good life, Stefan - mind if we join ya? | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Wow - a 3 year gym contract is a big committment! OTOH, you are able to get a lot of yoga for your $25 per month, which is great. DH keeps talking to surf ski paddlers from SA so you never know - we may show up to visit you one day | ||
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Empress Echo - 2005-03-19 10:15 PM Is it unusual for people to practise more than one style of yoga? I'm quite curious! Echo I think that that really depends on the person. In our area yoga studios are mostly of the We're into one kind of yoga only, but I do have 2 studios that have quite a variety. One offers Power, Anusara, Sivananda, and Ashtanga. I've done several different schools and frankly everyone of them has strengths and weaknesses. So personally I attend at least 2 different styles each week. But I'm the kind who hates the same routine day in and day out. The variety helps keep it fresh. | |||
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| Lora & Glenda: Anytime! Just gimme a holler when you come so that I can pick you up at the airport and have enough time to start the bbq. | |||
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