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I loved reading this thread! I have gotten away from KY lately and need to get back to it as well. I do mostly Ravi & Ana but I do like Dr Gabrielle Pelici's dvds although she is more athletic. I did 30 min of KY yesterday and today. After reading this I've decided to commit to at least 15 min a day for the next few weeks to see if my attitude changes. I get terrible PMS. A few years ago when I was on a "staycation" I did 10 straight days of KY and barely had an appetite. I recently bought an elliptical so between that, KY and trying out some Ballet Body downloads I think I'll have plenty to keep me busy.
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03-20-11, 06:36 PM | ||
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One of Nirvair's videos (maybe Kundalini Yoga for Athletes?) shows him skiing, accompanied by the family dog. When I first got into kundalini yoga, I lost a few pounds without trying. It definitely did something to jumpstart my metabolism--I'm thinking it was breath of fire and postures that stimulated my thyroid.
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03-21-11, 07:40 AM | ||
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About the length of the practice--from what I gather, a lot of people here do a 15-20 minute segment from one of Ravi and Ana's DVDs every day, and that works fine. If the idea is to build a daily practice, short yoga sets might well be what keeps you consistent. One of my teachers in my KY teacher training used to say, 'there's the ideal, and then there's reality'. Realistically, most people simply can't carve out 60-90 minutes daily for yoga or any other type of exercise, and that's the reality, and saying stuff like, 'you could if you really wanted to' is counterproductive, in my opinion. Doing short practices or short workouts is the way many, many people manage, and a consistent practice of short yoga sets is better than a long one every now and then. The benefits build over time, and consistency is key. Although not a kundalini yoga teacher, David Swenson designed his Yoga Short Forms practice--3 practices (15, 30, and 45 minutes) of postures taken from the Primary Series of ashtanga yoga--in order to make the practice do-able for more people. David feels that shorter practices are just as legitimate as longer ones, and I agree completely. I have done David's Short Forms for years and love them. I don't have the time or the strength to do the whole Primary Series; his modified practice is just fine for me. Ravi and Ana's 'short forms' is what keeps lots of people on track in their kundalini yoga practice, and I think that's great. HTH.
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03-21-11, 07:57 AM | ||
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Thank you! Cecelia |
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03-21-11, 08:21 AM | ||
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Sat Nam!
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03-21-11, 08:26 AM | |
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I wanted to add too - although I do add segments of my Ravi & Ana dvds to other workouts, I found I feel the best and get the best results when I do their (or any other yoga) workouts from start to finish, in entirety. I agree people should be encouraged to try yoga and not overwhelmed by feeling they 'must' do 90 minutes at a go. I guess the longer sessions just take me further into a stillness so I notice the benefits more.
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03-21-11, 11:05 AM | ||
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Betsy There is no way of telling people they are all walking around shining like the sun--Thomas Merton People have done all kinds of remarkable things because they thought they could. People routinely fail to do quite ordinary things because they assume they can't--Reinhard Engels Stay gold, Ponyboy--S.E. Hinton Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try--Ryan Bingham Disclosure: I have a personal relationship with a fitness instructor who has appeared in some videos. |
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