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BKS Iyengar, who helped bring yoga to the West, has died

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Post by jacquesm »

dheer01 wrote: post #8

Every software engineer at some time in their working life will experience lower back pain. Before, you waste time/money going to your favourite medical practitioner, who will most likely advise you with a chemical cocktail - please visit your local yoga practitioner and ask him for a one minute session on Salamba Bhujangasana. This will 'cure' your backpain completely and irrevocably. If you havent yet crossed over,…

I'm kind of skeptical about wholesale diagnosis and medical advice dispensed with authority.

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Post by lafar6502 »

dheer01 wrote: post #8

Every software engineer at some time in their working life will experience lower back pain. Before, you waste time/money going to your favourite medical practitioner, who will most likely advise you with a chemical cocktail - please visit your local yoga practitioner and ask him for a one minute session on Salamba Bhujangasana. This will 'cure' your backpain completely and irrevocably. If you havent yet crossed over,…

Be careful, first of all not all yoga instructors know what they're doing, and secondly you can hurt yourself when doing exercises your body is not prepared for. If you're in your 20s you'll probably handle anything without a problem, but things change when you're older.

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Post by lostcolony »

jacquesm wrote: post #11
dheer01 wrote: post #8

Every software engineer at some time in their working life will experience lower back pain. Before, you waste time/money going to your favourite medical practitioner, who will most likely advise you with a chemical cocktail - please visit your local yoga practitioner and ask him for a one minute session on Salamba Bhujangasana. This will 'cure' your backpain completely and irrevocably. If you havent yet crossed over,…

I'm kind of skeptical about wholesale diagnosis and medical advice dispensed with authority.

..anonymously on the internet.

Re: BKS Iyengar, who helped bring yoga to the West, has died

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Post by codenberg »

With so many different types of yoga out there, BKS stuck out to me as something different and approachable. I was apprehensive when my wife dragged me along the first time, but that quickly changed. The classes are actually about learning the poses, not just doing them. For a beginner with no flexibility like myself it is perfect. The teachers walk you through all the different variations of the poses and help you along the way, so you can actually apply it yourself (properly) when doing it at home. There's also a level of trust for the teachers since it takes them years to become certified from what I've learned.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in yoga. Anyone in the Boston area check out http://www.yoganow.net run by Patricia Walden.

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Post by andrewl »

dheer01 wrote: post #8

Every software engineer at some time in their working life will experience lower back pain. Before, you waste time/money going to your favourite medical practitioner, who will most likely advise you with a chemical cocktail - please visit your local yoga practitioner and ask him for a one minute session on Salamba Bhujangasana. This will 'cure' your backpain completely and irrevocably. If you havent yet crossed over,…

Some forms of yoga can be good for some people. And some of them can be quite bad, which isn't often acknowledged. There's a lot of dogma in the yoga community. See the New York Times article How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body [1] and the followup discussion The Healing Power of Yoga Controversy [2].

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wrec...

[2] http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/the-healing-pow...

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Post by dheer01 »

andrewl wrote: post #15
dheer01 wrote: post #8

Every software engineer at some time in their working life will experience lower back pain. Before, you waste time/money going to your favourite medical practitioner, who will most likely advise you with a chemical cocktail - please visit your local yoga practitioner and ask him for a one minute session on Salamba Bhujangasana. This will 'cure' your backpain completely and irrevocably. If you havent yet crossed over,…

Some forms of yoga can be good for some people. And some of them can be quite bad, which isn't often acknowledged. There's a lot of dogma in the yoga community. See the New York Times article How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body [1] and the followup discussion The Healing Power of Yoga Controversy [2]. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wrec... [2] http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/the-hea…

Its obviously not a cure for everything and will not suit some people/problems - exactly like most medicine.

The overwhelmingly positive effects of yoga are though undeniable and most people will definitely benefit. Your personal mileage should obviously vary.

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Post by wallflower »

What I find interesting about yoga practices in America is that there is so much emphasis/focus on just the 1st level (Physical).

Physical - Annamaya kosha

Energy - Pranamaya kosha

Mental - Manamaya kosha

Wisdom - Vijnanamaya kosha

Bliss - Anandamaya kosha

Self - Atman

Even the grueling 200-hr Yoga training which some of my friends have endured is about doing all the poses (which can be quite difficult, especially if you are older and have something like a bad hip).

The 5 Koshas of Yoga: http://www.swamij.com/koshas.htm

Re: BKS Iyengar, who helped bring yoga to the West, has died

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Post by mseebach »

dheer01 wrote: post #8

Every software engineer at some time in their working life will experience lower back pain. Before, you waste time/money going to your favourite medical practitioner, who will most likely advise you with a chemical cocktail - please visit your local yoga practitioner and ask him for a one minute session on Salamba Bhujangasana. This will 'cure' your backpain completely and irrevocably. If you havent yet crossed over,…

I'm sure yoga is great, but for regular office lower back pain, pretty much any kind of regular physical exercise will do the trick.
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