Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 Chalkmine, we have chatted about this but you'd have to wade back over thousands of tedious (as well as informative... and downright funny) messages. <br><br>Personally, I find that ashtanga helps me when I've got the painters in. I get two/three days of flow , as opposed to five or six. I get fewer and less severe pre-menstrual symptoms and less painful cramping. <br><br>I don't take a break during the blob either... I get so few chances to do my practice, and now I'm into a routine (sort of)... I need to stick to it. There's enough distractions in my life as it is. <br><br>Finally, I don't believe doing ashanga has any negative effects during this time. I've yet to read conclusive medical proof that it does. Whilst in crete recently, we discussed this issue with a couple of doctors and a gynaecologist (two male, one female). All agreed that there was no real reason for stopping practise. And the gynae was convulsed at tthe thought of the menses "running back the wrong way" during inverted postures. As she said, where on earth can it run to. <br><br>I'm of the belief that you hit the nail on the head with the "fright factor" comment. However, I'm NOT a hardcore yoga babe. I've been certified as a yoga tourist for my drinking/smoking/partying/meat eating lifestyle and my disdain for people who blindly follow ancient traditions and dogma without attempting to find their own path.<br><br>You're wife sounds like my kinda gal, but there are plenty of people here who will disagree with my comments. <br><br>Have you told her that soon her boobs will be as pert as falsies? Dontcha just love down dog... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 Bwa-ha, blondeismore fun, you're funny! I haven't tell told my wife about her boobs becoming pert (because I didn't know, but I'm thrilled to know!) -- I will leave that news with her as I share your words. <br><br>Hmm... the extremes in your life are quite interesting: You're an Ashtanga babe who exercises her body to detoxify what she puts in it all day long! <br><br>Do you find yourself moving to better health and strength or does Ashtanga only serve to take you back to neutral after your drinkinging/smoking/partying/meat eating?<br><br>We're Vegan here. I went Vegan due to high cholesterol. Veganism and exercise took me from 250 to 159 and put my ratio from 5.6 to 4.2. <br><br>My wife, however, went Vegan for all the right reasons: You don't eat your friends. <br><br>After two years I now fully share that path now that I've healed myself and can finally let go of "the world revolves around me" myth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 shhhhhhhh...all this realisitic talk is ruining it for those who use their periods as an acceptable excuse to take time off <br><br>Oh, chalkmine and LouLou, I know I'm butting in on the thread a bit, but I do find that doing ashtanga greatly improves the experience of our homemade porter. Or is it the other way around: does the porter improve the practice of ashtanga? Anyway, they are both "full-bodied" experiences!<br><br><br>corny sunshine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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