Guest guest Posted March 9, 2001 Report Share Posted March 9, 2001 I'd just like to hear anyone's insight about the relationship between alcohol and yoga practice. How does alcohol effect your practice? how have your habits changed b/c of your yoga practice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2001 Report Share Posted March 9, 2001 In my view, use of alcohol and yoga practice are entirely incompatible. I liked very much someone's earlier post to the effect that any substance that "changes your conciousness" would be disfavored by yogis. This makes sense, because the (probably undesirable) changes caused by the substance could interfere with the (desirable) changes caused by the yoga practice. Obviously, the more proximity between the imbibing and the yoga, the more liklihood of such conflict (in other words, you can't practice when you are drunk DUH) but I think of it as more of an absolute prohibition.<br>As for my habits, I believe that practicing yoga has caused me to cease desiring many, many bad things -- including alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2001 Report Share Posted March 9, 2001 I find I just am not interested in alcohol anymore. I always seem to think about how I'll feel the next morning during my practice, and the drink just doesn't sound appealing past that. <br><br>Funny, all the years growing up spent going to church and balking and struggling against the moral/spiritual walk, and I finally want to be "good" because of yoga. Hmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2001 Report Share Posted March 9, 2001 Drink enough and it will stop your practice cold. It becomes a huge obstacule blocking the way. At that point decision has to be taken. Yoga can be a good force to bring you up agaist that addiction as well as others. Even the hardest core drinker will agree that it is a stupid drug at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2001 Report Share Posted March 9, 2001 I gradually cut down drinking until it was just on the weekends and recently have eliminated it altogether (not a drop for 90 days). The more you study, practice, and immerse yourself in yoga, the less sense it makes to drink at all, and it especially seems stupid to drink significant amounts. I have never bought the idea that a beer or two a day or a glass of wine a day is actually good for you. But all things in moderation. If someone is healthy and can control themselves, perhaps a little something now and then isn't any big deal. Probably I have an addictive personality, probably I'm an alcholic, so it makes sense for me to stay away from it totally. Yoga can make you really appreciate your life and your body, why hurt yourself? And I'm pretty sure that alchohol harms every cell in your body. Being around "yoga people" helps to get away from it. I have less and less patience being around drunk people. I do still go to parties and rock and roll shows in bars but it is less tempting to drink. I'm still working on cutting out coffee and a certain herb.<br><br>I came across an interesting interview with a hand surgeon. This guy is amazing. He actually makes his own shoes. It can be found here:<br><br><a href=http://www.links.net/vita/corp/manu/markison/full.html target=new>http://www.links.net/vita/corp/manu/markison/full.html</a><br><br>In it he say this:<br><br>"i have avoided all that stuff, because i thought it was not going to produce what i was trying to produce which is creative output, means rock solid in a number of contexts. i want to be a professional and that really means in the operating room being within lots of millimeter tolerances and there's no room for any intoxicants, ever, in the life span of a surgeon as far as i'm concerned. you take on a way of life, it's not plug in-plug out. you could define life as a path and a way, to see and learn and do, and so you don't need to have anything that's going to alter your set of senses that you use very carefully. you understand that, its okay, you just say no, that's my own precious view and again, my way's not the only way. i just think that creativity and improvised behavior and good company is what life's all about."<br><br>I think if you practice yoga enough, you will understand the meaning of "high on life".<br><br>Alcohol is death, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2001 Report Share Posted March 9, 2001 Drink alchohol? I can't even go off my diet for a day, without it affecting my practice!<br><br>Speaking of drinking, here's an interesting link:<br><br><a href=http://www.watercure.com target=new>http://www.watercure.com</a><br><br><a href=http://www.watercure2.com target=new>http://www.watercure2.com</a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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