diet and practice - and addictions

[Guest guest]

Yes. Vegetarianism is hard here in continental

Northern Europe where society seems to be structured round

excessive unhealthy eating and drinking. My yoga - and

weight - tell me I should become vegetarian but the

effort required is too great (whereas the effort

required to do yoga frequently is not). There must be at

least ten occasions in my average week where I eat

and/or drink with other people, usually very good

friends and very good company. So should I beat myself

up, or just be glad I have so many good friends and

have such a good time?<br><br>And if I am addicted to

food and drink, how many of you are addicted to dope

and tobacco.(I'm not luckily - chiefly because I have

never smoked.) At many yoga events I have been to there

has been a definite aroma in the air!!! <br><br>So

how can we addicts use yoga to break free? But then

it sounds to me as if there quite a few of us here

who are addicted to ashtanga too ...<br><br>Dave

[Guest guest]

We have a choice about what we put in our bodies

and everyone is at where they are at. If the pain of

using an outside substance to fill an empty inside

becomes greater than the pain of letting it go, the

person lets go. Otherwise, it must still be working for

that person. In yoga you are always practicing letting

go.<br><br>Ashtanga and 'Power Yoga' couldn't be more different. The

reasons previously cited are sufficient explanation. My

OPINION is that I don't understand how a person or people

think that they can improve upon a practice that is so

longstanding and so established in it's benefits and call it

by a different name. It is VERY significant to me

that asanas have been omitted and others modified in

power yoga. Why? I do not know nor do I really need to

because I choose to practice ashtanga. I also have no

problem with other kinds of practices, I just believe in

receiving and providing INFORMATION and letting it fall

where it may.<br><br>Guy- you are correct, sir.

Regarding using cheat sheets - it's true that you don't

really need them but it is also true that some people

use them. When you learn ashtanga asanas at the rate

you need to learn them at, you will remember what

pose comes next, won't you? If you can't remember what

pose comes next, you probably shouldn't do it and move

on to finishing poses, yes? Otherwise you are racing

ahead of your body and will probably suffer some kind

of painful consequence like an injury.<br><br>I also

have a question for you. You said that unqualified

teachers can cause serious harm to students. I have seen

such things. Will you give some

examples?<br><br>Regarding being addicted to ashtanga - I practice yoga

everyday but I've never made a habit of it. <br><br>Trinka