Why do you Yoga or Tai-Chi?

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Why do you Yoga or Tai-Chi?

by Nelley @ 2011-08-31 – 19:46:07

Without following any particular dogma, which I avoid by all counts to whatever cult and ludicrous submissive preaching, just because any followings ends up with intensive brainwash! I'd like to keep my own brain intact versa "naturelle" as the wind blows creatively!

Yoga outdoors

Certainly, I like to exercise with yoga stretching plus some ballet movement which I always do, some call it Tai-Chi, I call it Asian ballet!

What does Yoga mean? Apparently Yoga is a philosophy that refers to one of the six orthodox (āstika) schools of Hindu philosophy. Yoga in this sense is based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and is also known as Rāja Yoga to distinguish it from later schools.

HERE ARE A FEW LINKS FOR SOME INFO:

The response may differ from person to person, but ultimately yoga makes you feel great in body, mind and soul. It’s that simple. It is strengthening, and it is opening; it is challenging and it is relaxing. Yoga removes limitations and provides clarity to enhance your experience of life.

www.yyoga.ca/welcome/why-yoga/

Reasons to Try Yoga

Flexibility: Yoga can improve flexibility and mobility and increase range of motion. Over time, the ligaments, tendons and muscles lengthen, increasing elasticity.

http://yogaalliance.org/content/reasons-try-yoga

Tai Chi 24-form
http://youtu.be/TBvF6r6DOvc

DO YOU YOGA, AND WHY?

Nelly
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- Nelley
- 2011-08-31 @ 22:39:04
Just something to remind everyone that you can do Yoga without the entire indoctrination that comes with it!

Nelly
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- Mispon
- 2011-08-31 @ 23:02:08
Yoga is cool, and yes without the indoctrination, but apparently you can't do it without sitting through the intensive lectures! I have always stayed away because of this, no religious niche is to my liking either!! My mom has done some Tai-chi but I don't think she has the time so much, she works at the farm all day long, it's soon apple crop!

Mispon
- - Nelley
  - 2011-09-04 @ 02:27:01
  You don't have to go through the lectures unless you sign up, I never have!
  
  Cool for your mother and her hard-work at the farm, I think it's the most sane way of life, when you're constantly outdoors in the bright sunlight, always wear a hat though!!
  
  Nelly
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- Quasuo
- 2011-09-01 @ 01:17:28
Avoid all preachings keep the fitness part!!
- - Nelley
  - 2011-09-04 @ 02:55:06
  If I can do it, anyone else can as well!! Yeah!
  
  Nelly
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- FaTexan-Bell
- 2011-09-01 @ 13:52:49
None of the above for me, I play tennis 3 times a week on my spare time mostly outdoors ... because I live in that part of Canada that hasn't much freeze!! Nice to see active women taking care of themselves to live longer away from doctors and prescription drugs... I'll get to that issue later...

CreeKree
- - Nelley
  - 2011-09-04 @ 02:29:05
  That's so cool, I hope you can keep at your activity forever!
  
  Nelly
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- McZarina
- 2011-09-01 @ 20:03:48
A nice reminder to get some fitness in our lives, I like swimming and soccer, thanks, now how do one start and without the cult-overtake?

Marina
- - Nelley
  - 2011-09-04 @ 02:43:47
  Frankly I have no idea how one starts, you have to ask Yubin, I met him simply by accident when I've seen an advert at the Theatre program brochure when we had a play on, he was one of the sponsors for the Arts, at the time the advert said "two week free introduction for Martial Arts, Judo, Karate, Yoga and Tai-Chi" -- I thought it was cool, and it was at a health centre not too far from where I worked at the time, so I gave it a try and then I signed up for a year...
  
  I kept at it ever since. Later in 1997 he opened a virtual site for Q-&-A for his students and we became friends ever since, I met a lot of people there I'm still in communication with - most of them are even around this blog. Lots of fun!
  
  Nelly
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- Dragoku
- 2011-09-05 @ 17:47:50
Asian have a lot of disciple, and it's not sole among those that do Martial Arts, I thing it's their culture, I still have to explore it more to know more... my way to keep fit is walking and golf, I like to walk all over town too and explore what goes on and how people are doing while very often we talk politics and that a great stress relief as well!

Nice to see you're doing well!

Drago
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- YUbin
- 2011-09-06 @ 17:15:27
Great!! Glad to see you keeping up with healthy ways!!
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- Sybyl
- 2011-09-08 @ 14:57:19
Keep it up Nelly, it's so good for you!!
Never feel too tired or too lazy to stretch
next you will have more time to sketch
and you'd feel much stronger and anew
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