99% Practice

ultra-toned body

feeds@yuku.com (Wassernixe) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:42:19 GMT

At first I`d like to thank those who answered my previous post; that was helpful and on Wednesday I am going to join my first Ashtanga class! I happened to visit a website from an Ashtanga school in Paris (www.ashtangaparis.fr) and the teachers in the photosection looked sooo toned, I mean not like an "ordinarily fit" person looks like but like Sports-Illustrated models. From my background as an athlete I know that I have to...

Home practise

feeds@yuku.com (Wassernixe) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:34:06 GMT

Hello everyone,
at first I`d like to apologize for spelling mistakes I will probably make, English is not my mother tongue and it makes me feel more comfortable to let everyone know that I am not illiterate! At first I would like to let you know that I like the down-to-earth atmosphere in this forum; the way Yoga-people sometimes use to talk is sometimes annoying...
I already have some...

Red eyes during/after practice + savasana

feeds@yuku.com (voirin) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:19:22 GMT

Hi, I'm unsure as to the status of this forum as there have been posts about its closure. Well anyways, I'll see if this one gets posted.

I have recently started practising Ashtanga again after a lengthy hiatus. I have been maintaining a 90min backyard session at home in the mornings. I am finding that my eyes get reasonably red during the practice, and especially after. I do have conjunctivitis (which is very well controled these days without meds), but it seems to flair up...

Pins & Needles in Asana

feeds@yuku.com (OzeBoy) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:46:42 GMT

Often when I sit in padmasana or simple cross legged I get pins and needles after about 5 minutes. Sometimes earlier. I've been practising for a few years on and off (but now more regularly) and was wondering if this is normal? Is it just a matter of time until I stop getting pins and needles so easily? Any recommended asanas or tips to help with this? Is it a fitness thing?

Digging one Well....Sutra 1:32

feeds@yuku.com (jupitersiren) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:26:24 GMT

Sutra 1:32
The practice of concentration on a single subject (or the use of one technique) is the best way to prevent the obstacles and their accompaniments.

As I've read from Sri Swami Satchidananda's translation: When you...

Anaemia

feeds@yuku.com (dalikiefer) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:59:31 GMT
Anyone practicing hard and following a restrictive diet and feeling wiped out may want to read these: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditi...ncy/Pages/Treatment.aspx and http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anaemia-iron-deficiency-/Pages/Introduction.aspx

xxx

No ladies holiday in 3 months

feeds@yuku.com (yoga32) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:49:52 GMT
Just wondering if anyone can advise me. I have been practising ashtanga now for over 5 years however, only since May have i started a 6 day practice. My periods have always been very regular and i now have not had a period in 3 months. Last month i took a 3 day rest around the moon day however, no luck. I am now starting to worry and just wondering if anyone can offer any advice on how to get my cycle back again. It would be a last resort to have to go to the doctor and go on the pill....

sore wrists

feeds@yuku.com (divingchickie) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:25:47 GMT
I started Ashtanga Yoga about four years ago and was practicing daily. I then lost my practice for about a year and have recently (last six months) picked it back up practicing daily. I notice that my practice has changed a bit and I am not sure why. I self-practice with very little direction from a teacher as I have not had one available in my area. Now, when I practice I notice that I often have sore wrists. I never had this problem when I practiced before. Both times I was/am doing...

Alcohol and Ashtanga Yoga

feeds@yuku.com (robert1963) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:41:57 GMT
Hi - the one vice that continues to plague me is alcohol. Since I started practise 4 months ago I have cut down. Whilst I am not an alcoholic I have a daily intake and love for a couple of drinks [I guess like someone might smoke a couple of cigarettes] and on same days this is more. I would love to lose this vice and had hoped Ashtanga would propel me more into doing so.

I practise 6 times a week and sometimes on good hard practises I feel I deserve a drink later in the day........

Eating Dinner

feeds@yuku.com (Floss) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:43:49 GMT
I am just reading old posts and was shocked to read a comment from Yogavane that her practice suffered because she 'started eating chocolate croissants and eating dinner'. Well I eat dinner and I can't imagine not eating dinner ! Especially with fitting my yoga practice around work, I often don't get breakfast and lunch is a haphazard affair. I am just curious whether other practicioners eat dinner or not ?

Home practice & Mortgage

feeds@yuku.com (OzeBoy) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:16:49 GMT
Hey guys I've recently bought a house with my partner and starting out we're obviously cutting budget a bit temporarily.
This means no attending the studio as often as I do. I'll probably only attend once a week or fortnight.
Will I still be able to progress by doing this? I mean by doing home practices 6 days a week?
Do any others do this?

ashtanga and colitis

feeds@yuku.com (robert1963) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:31:47 GMT

Hi, does anyone know if its advisable not to practise ashtanga yoga if you have mild colitis symptoms? I am 3 months into practise. I have had a return of mild symptoms since starting and they have not abated. I read on the one hand it's beneficial but perhaps certain asanas or locks should be avoided? Or makes no difference at all?

Any advice appreciated

Robert

turf toe

feeds@yuku.com (centotto) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:14:50 GMT
I have been unable to practice fully for several months due to what I believe is a bad case of turf toe, which is essentially a sprain of the big toe at the meta something joint...it is excruciating and came on out of nowhere in the middle of the night. It gets better and then I forget about it, and then suddenly it's there again. It's not that I feel it in jump backs, but it's the only place I can imagine it happening. I don't do any other excersie besides my practice. Has...

astanga and smoking

feeds@yuku.com (littlestar) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:13:12 GMT
After my first year of home astanga practice (I have learned by books and videos), I have start to wonder how I can do every day two totally opposite things like smoking one packet of cigarettes and doing astanga. Because I have been smoking from 20 years (now I'm 38), it is very very difficult for me even to think to give up. I have the hope that doing ashtanga would talk to my body and tell him it's not more possible smoking again.
Have anyone some experience of astanga...

Ujjayi vs. free breathing

feeds@yuku.com (barchi) — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:59:29 GMT
I was told that Guruji would use the phrase "free breathing" with his students. Is that the same as ujjayi breathing? If so, why "free"? What is meant by free"?

Struggling with sun salutations

feeds@yuku.com (SassieB) — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:11:29 GMT
Lately I have had real trouble with breathing and my sunsalutations. I think it might have something to do with my lack of strength lately. I just seem to struggle through them. I am having to take pauses and extra breaths halfway through a Suramaskara B and in between.

Is this common after practicing for about 6 months and my practice progresses?

Primary on Friday?

feeds@yuku.com (yogithomas) — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:36:10 GMT
So it is traditional to do just primary on Fridays. I practice through to Supta Vajrasana and when it comes to Firday (or my equivalent; Thursday) I usually do my full practice. I feel as though Salabasana through to Suptr V are just preperation for back bending and so if I am going to do my back bending I may aswell do my intermediate postures and make it easier on me.

It makes sense to me to do Primary on the last day of the week if you practice another series on the other days...

Rest Day? Really?

feeds@yuku.com (yogithomas) — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:31:09 GMT
Sometimes I find it really hard to take my days rest everyweek and when a moonday crops up next to a dayoff I find it almost impossible.

Do other people have this problem? Do people have different practices for moon days and rest days?

I also sometimes find it hard to get through the day only doing yoga once. Do other people do all that back bending in the AM and then do nothing for the rest of the day? Or do you do some sneaky stretches before bed or afterwork?

...

Stomach sensitivity

feeds@yuku.com (PigeonDove) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:30:11 GMT

I've been practicing 6 days in the early morning for about 2 or so years now. About 6 months ago I began to notice that my stomach felt acidic/dry sometimes during practice (usually in postures like urdhva mukha svanasana and padanghusthasana). At some point this coincided with (or resulted in) me being repelled by certain foods that I have come to associate with dryness or acidity (breads, dried fruit, coffee without milk, apples, ice cold water even!) and very attracted to things...

Mucus while I'm breathing

feeds@yuku.com (divingchickie) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:54:58 GMT

Quite often during my practice, I have a build up of mucus in the back of my throat. As I am breathing, I kind of choke on it (yuck!) or it inhibits my breathing. I have to stop, and clear my throat vigiorously and then continue. Does this happen to anyone else? Any suggestions on what I can do?? I never have had this problem before, seems to have recently surfaced.