08-03-17, 10:24 AM | |
Join Date: Nov 2008
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You sound like me a few months ago, but honestly back then, I thought I kinda disliked yoga. Weird, right? I'd bought J Brown's yoga dvd totally on a whim last winter sometime, but hadn't used it while I was recovering from a hysterectomy.
I liked the idea of it, though (focusing on the breath), so when was feeling up to it, I gave the shortest practice a try for a few days whenever I could manage to fit it in my day, just to see what would happen. Next thing you know, I'm practicing every day. I use it as preparation for my own meditation practice, and I find it very helpful. I like the fact that this one is designed to be used at varying lengths. Each one feels like a complete practice, and yes, the moves in the short ones are all in the longer ones, but they're not just cobbled together. It's got 7, 15, 30, 60 and 75 minute practices. He does chant/pray a bit, but since Ohm is the only word I recognize when he's not speaking English, I just lie there and breathe for the rest. You can choose to have less or more audio instruction with each practice. The three shortest ones start you off in corpse pose for a few breaths. The longer ones start off seated/cross legged, then do a few things and then you're into the corpse pose and the floor work from the shorter ones, then other stuff is added on. Sorry to ramble, but I've never seen a yoga dvd set up quite like this, and it's my favorite by far. I've got the moves and breathwork memorized for the shorter ones, so I can do those practices on my own if I want. If I'm weary, I just put in the dvd and let his voice lead the way. I find this especially helpful at the end, when I can never manage to lie there and breathe long enough on my own. Oh, and yep, the length of my daily practice varys depending on the rest of the day. https://jbrownyogavideo.com/practice/dvd-downloads/ I bought my dvd from Amazon, not realizing he had a website. https://www.amazon.com/J-Browns-Yoga.../dp/B00SGM38S0
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Anna |
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namaste yoga, restarting, yoga |
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