Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 I find that my yoga practice enhances and supports everything else I do. I don't limit myself to anything and yet as I approach each activity it is with more awareness and focus than without a yoga practice. I also dance ballet and one of the aspects of my training for ballet is running and within the running I sprint. Awareness of the feet, breath, thigh to hip relation, lightness of the torso off the hips, strong core everything I have been shown in yoga comes into play while running and dancing and I find in turn those disciplines help in my yoga practice. There are no rules in this game we call life. There is only learning to love. That's my take on it. Also, I happen to know many pro football teams (etc) do yoga. And I know some advanced yogis who do other activities besides yoga. Michael Wood <michaelwood1980 wrote:hello everyone i was wondering if anyone could give me some advice... i play regularly for a local football team and find that i could do with improving my cardiovascular fitness. i practice a full primary series in the morning but i find that ashtanga does not provide me with the match fitness that i need. i would therefore like to do some additional cardiovascular training but i am concerned that this will be to the detrement of my practice. yoga is a very important part of my life, but i dont think that it should stop me from playing the sports that i enjoy. therefore, does anyone have any advice they can give me regarding CV training for sport while maintaining a strong yoga practice. thanks in advance for all your advice! mike _______________ Stay in touch with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.uk ashtanga yoga Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 I could share with you the answer I have gotten from a teacher for a similar situation between Iyengar Yoga and gym programs (spinning and light weights). I consider it a very good approach that may help you. Pedro "Most people use yoga to complement every thing else they like to do...but only a few people use yoga as their primary exercise. Practicing yoga will help your body both to become stronger and more flexible...which helps with your gym plan. However, the more you practice the gym plan, the more it interferes with the progression of yoga. In other words, if you love the gym plan more than the yoga, the yoga will help you to continue with the gym as you grow older...it will help to reduce injury and will help to repair injury should it occur. On the other hand, if you decide you want to really progress with the yoga, the more you work out at the gym slows the progression of your yoga. Although yoga complements the gym, and the gym limits how far you can go with the yoga, only you can decide which is more important to you" > Michael Wood <michaelwood1980 > wrote:hello everyone > > i was wondering if anyone could give me some > advice... > > i play regularly for a local football team and find > that i could do with > improving my cardiovascular fitness. i practice a > full primary series in the > morning but i find that ashtanga does not provide me > with the match fitness > that i need. i would therefore like to do some > additional cardiovascular > training but i am concerned that this will be to the > detrement of my > practice. yoga is a very important part of my life, > but i dont think that it > should stop me from playing the sports that i enjoy. > therefore, does anyone > have any advice they can give me regarding CV > training for sport while > maintaining a strong yoga practice. > > thanks in advance for all your advice! > > mike > > > > > _______________ > Stay in touch with MSN Messenger > http://messenger.msn.co.uk > > > > Sponsor > > > ashtanga yoga > > > > > Terms of Service. > > > > > > Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and > more > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > ===== Atte., Pedro Paiva 09 829-9490 Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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