Hello? - Soreness

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When I first started going to ashtanga

classes,<br>I asked my teacher how often I should

practice.<br>(At that time he just had one class a week, now<br>he

has four). He said every day (not

counting<br>Saturdays which are traditionally skipped).<br>He told me

that if I started to practice every<br>day that the

soreness would go away in a week or two. It does seem like

the more I practice,<br>the less problem there is

with soreness, but I<br>do still get sore. I have

often come across the<br>concept in the bodybuilding

world that the best<br>way to get rid of soreness is to

repeat the<br>previous days workout. This is still kind

of a mysterious subject, but it does seem like

it<br>is best to practice everyday, and this probably

<br>keeps the soreness down. Of course you have to<br>be

careful not to overdo things, but you may find<br>that

although you feel too sore to do yoga,<br>you can still do

it and it may "work through"<br>some of the

soreness. I think the body has some kind of a reaction

against stretching and you have to kind of keep telling

it that you really mean to<br>stretch these muscles

instead of letting them go<br>back to where they are used

to being. If you are<br>sore, then you are probably

practicing well. But<br>I wouldn't keep from doing yoga due

to soreness.