Namaste!

[Guest guest]

I'm Lauren. I'm 19 and very new to Ashtanga yoga.

I want to learn as much as possible about it. I'm

taking an Introduction to Ashtanga class in Kansas City,

Missouri. Does anyone know if there are any ashtanga

classes in or around pittsburg, kansas? Or Joplin,

Missouri? I would appreciate any help you would like to

give me. Like, how often should I do this every day.

I've been studying Iyengar, Bikram, and general hatha

for about 7 years now and I just haven't made the

"click" with any of them. I'm hopin ashtanga is the one

for me... thanks!<br><br>Lauren "madonna_dancer"

[Guest guest]

It might be a bit of a drive, but you may want

to<br>come down to Norman, Oklahoma sometime to go to<br>one

of Andrew Eppler's classes. He is gone for

the<br>summer until September, although classes are continuing.

He is a very accomplished yogi. Schedule info is at:

<a href=http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/andrew.htm

target=new>http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/andrew.htm</a><br>I asked him how often

I should practice when

I<br>first started. He said everyday (except

Saturdays,<br>which are traditionally skipped in ashtanga,

some<br>people also skip new moon and full moon days).<br>It can

be hard to practice everyday on your own,<br>but you

can probably do at least some yoga everyday. It helps

if you can go to classes more<br>often or get

together with one or more other people to practice. I

think one reason for practicing everyday is that it

keeps the stretches<br>going instead of letting the

body try to "unstretch". It also keeps you from

getting sore.<br>There are many good books and videos

available<br>also. See

<a href=http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/yoga.htm

target=new>http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/yoga.htm</a><br><br>Good luck,<br>Terry

Slade

[Guest guest]

Hi Lauren!<br><br>I really don't have a lot of

advice for you, but I wanted to offer you lots of

encouragement. My daughter and I both practice astanga. She is

17 and really loves it. I think it's great to see

young people like you doing yoga! And you've already

been practicing for 7 years. Cool! Keep up the good

work. <br><br>I practice 5-6 days a week, but

everyone's different. My daughter can't do quite that

much<br>even though all of the poses aare much easier for her

than for me.<br>Namaste