Guest guest Posted May 24, 2001 Report Share Posted May 24, 2001 crow: what do you know about yoga-therapy? do they have asanas or special breathing techniques for diabetes-type-1? I practice Yoga - but the most dificult part ti me is the relaxation - the leting go (shavasana?) Anat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2001 Report Share Posted May 24, 2001 Anat: I don't know much about the therapy version of yoga, or even, actually, the original religious underpinnings of the various schools. Using postures and stretching for dis-ease does sound intriguing; I know that some postures do elicit emotions and thoughts in me, and that the ancients used postures for trance work as well as meditations. What I have learned about yoga is more of the exercise and breath aspects, the concentration. I am not able to do a lot of the postures, or anything resembling them; they are just not physically available to me, and actually, I don't think some of them would be particularly useful for me since anything I can do resembling them doesn't stretch what it is supposed to (for instance, there is no way my forehead is going to touch my thighs, unless I remove my head and put it in my lap);-) I have trouble holding some of the postures that I can do... but I think that is partly the point; from what I have gotten out of it, attempting a posture while continuing to stay fairly relaxed and focused on the breath is the goal. Achieving what you can is where you are supposed to be right then. It's not about hurting yourself, it's about stretching yourself, literally and figuratively. When I look at photos of the ultraflexible, double jointed and contortionist practitioners, I am impressed, but I am not inspired, particularly. I don't have a need to do that. But I do appreciate the time and effort it must take for them to do it in such a natural-appearing way. Blessings, Crow > " pine " <pine > > >Re: The Yoga Phenomenon >Thu, 24 May 2001 18:23:21 +0300 > >crow: > >what do you know about yoga-therapy? > >do they have asanas or special breathing techniques for diabetes-type-1? > >I practice Yoga - but the most dificult part ti me is the relaxation - the >leting go >(shavasana?) > >Anat > > _______________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2001 Report Share Posted May 24, 2001 Caroline... I practice yoga regularly, and if it is of any help to you... I will write a bit of what I know here. It sounds to me like you are doing Hatha yoga primarily. If you are interested in learning more about the different schools as well as their philisophical and religious backgrounds I will include some websites for you. I find traditional Indian yoga to be difficult as well... mainly as I am not a thin person. Although I am not overweight, I do have a larger frame (I'm 5 ft. 10 inches and 165 lbs.). I find that Chinese and Tibetan yoga are far better for people who tend to be of larger buildes. If you are interested in this as well, I will compile some information after the weekend to give you. The thing I love about yoga is that its non-competitive. You focus on yourself, and you never push your body to do anything that it doesn't feel ready to do. The asanas are meant to be done naturally and held for several minutes at a time while breathing properly (breathing in letting the belly rise, breathing out pulling the belly in, etc.). Here are a few yoga websites you might find of interest: http://www.sivananda.org/4paths.htm http://www.sivananda.org/8limbs.htm http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/self-maya-heart-samara.html http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/sahaj.html http://www.sivananda.org/vedanta.htm http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/gunas/3gunas.htm http://www.sivananda.org/meditati.htm http://www.sivananda.org/diet.htm I would recommend the first five sites as being the best ones. I hope that these prove good reading... =), Anne-Louise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2001 Report Share Posted May 24, 2001 Thank you for all the links! I will be browsing around in them :-) Crow , Anne-Louise Lasley <rosebud76@k...> wrote: > Caroline... > > I practice yoga regularly, and if it is of any help to you... I will write a > bit of what I know here. > Anne-Louise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2001 Report Share Posted May 25, 2001 crow you wrote that some asanas elicit in you some emotions. i noticed in my self that all the " forward " postures makes my mind quiter. the relaxation posture makes me sometimes pity myself and cry with tears or laugh like crazy I adore the backward postures (CAMEL, BRIDGE, FISH) because they SET A BIG CHALLENGE. I learn the Iyengar style which uses aids like bolsters and belts. My teacher told me that the Iyengar and his daughter dicovered Yoga after a severe disease they had, and developed it to a method. According the blood type theory- Yoga suits best the A blood type and personality. I am O blood type - which have a personality of hunters. they need to have a vigorous sports activity , competitive sport etc. however I feel that Yoga is a very special method. though it is very difficult to me to " sit quiet! " Something is moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2001 Report Share Posted June 18, 2001 Namaste I am in the proffessional yoga therapists training and if any one is interested you can go to www.iytyogatherapy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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