tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post7313522608914879316..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Learning YogaBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-79440643317097586562010-08-24T11:07:45.215-07:002010-08-24T11:07:45.215-07:00Down dog is a staple of yoga. It’s important espec...Down dog is a staple of yoga. It’s important especially for newbies to utilize key positioning skills. I found that Leeann Carey has a great free yoga video on this very thing. Your readers might want to check it out: http://planetyoga.com/yoga-blogs/index.php/free-yoga-video-key-positioning-skills-kps-push-and-reach/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-47789996192220609242010-08-18T02:05:56.223-07:002010-08-18T02:05:56.223-07:00I often wish I could go back and do classes again ...I often wish I could go back and do classes again (particularly maths) with the realisation that it's okay to let on when you are confused, or to not get something right the first time. I spent so much time and energy trying to pretend I understood everything, and then going home and trying to catch up on my own, when it would have been easier (and I probably would have learned more) to ask questions, or to try and fail and gradually improve.StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-65113737966640275732010-08-15T15:28:22.966-07:002010-08-15T15:28:22.966-07:00One thing I've enjoyed about having had three ...One thing I've enjoyed about having had three or four different yoga instructors is that they all explain the poses, but in different ways. One will say "You're doing this because it stretches X set of muscles," and one will say "This is meant to stimulate your fourth chakra," and one will say "This will help your digestion." (with a little more explanation for each, of course.) They all made sense from different perspectives, and it helped me get a sense of the "rightness" of the pose if I knew what the purpose of it was. <br /><br />And I enjoyed your comment about student anxiety, because I think about that a lot when I try to explain what things I care about (in grading assignments) and what things don't matter. It makes sense to me that I would say "I don't really care if you get the commas and periods right in a footnote, but I really do care that you italicize book titles and put article titles in quotation marks." I understand the rationale behind that, and I try to make it clear to them, but it's still easy to imagine that for them the "right" version must seem awfully arbitrary.Pilgrim/Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588407758172717893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-53927177893656856132010-08-15T14:30:38.637-07:002010-08-15T14:30:38.637-07:00I love your connection from learning yoga to your ...I love your connection from learning yoga to your students...<br /><br />When I first started yoga, I remember looking at an instructor in downward dog, and I knew I was nowhere close. But it's OK if you get the alignment pretty much right, and gradually you stretch into the rest.<br />As for "monkey mind", I try to notice and then focus back on my breath or a mantra, or whatever... which lasts about 10 seconds before monkey mind takes over again.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-61066198266982360792010-08-15T06:21:48.422-07:002010-08-15T06:21:48.422-07:00I don't have an answer to your last question, ...I don't have an answer to your last question, but about the jumpy-mind thing: it took me 10 years of yoga before I could meditate. Seriously. Before that, any time I focused on my breathing I'd hyperventilate. Yoga's all about process. Early in the process, your mind *will* be all over the place. Just watch the thoughts.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-21836197262631499112010-08-15T04:38:39.851-07:002010-08-15T04:38:39.851-07:001. I still hold a pencil wrong.
2. I hated yoga! ...1. I still hold a pencil wrong.<br /><br />2. I hated yoga! Too slow for me! I almost died during one class when I realized that it was going to be an hour and a half, not an hour. I got soooo bored!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606922510495018342noreply@blogger.com