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Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I

appreciate your input on this. I really do want to continue

with the ashtanga yoga for a number of reasons, one

main one being that I don't have to have any equipment

other than a sticky mat (and a folded blanket for some

things),I'm in better shape even than when I was weight

training, and the fact that I feel different on an

energetic level than any of the other disciplines that I've

engaged in. You're right about weight training being a

possible hindrance to flexibility, which is another reason

why I really wish to continue with the ashtanga yoga.

As far as my progress, in the primary series, I've

gotten through the standing series and am beginning the

forward bending asanas that follow the standing ones, and

I do the last four asanas at the end(the closing

series). I'm practicing 5 days a week(want to get that up

to six, consistently!) So I guess the answer to this

is to keep at it! I know that yoga is not a "quick

fix", and I do have a vision of myself in the future as

one of those old ladies who is really clear and

ageless. Again, thanks for the help; this club is great -

I do read messages almost every day!