A few years ago I bought a Yoga DVD with a title somewhere along the lines of Yoga for absolute beginners. I didn't like it at all, so much that I gave it away soon after, never sought about Yoga for a while, until we were talking about Yoga at work and one of the comments was that theYoga instructor in YMCA was a man, and how the other instructors made fun of him. After that I was reading Dara Torres' book and she talked about this stretching method based on Yoga. Soon after we were in a meeting and one of my coworkers said that during a difficult time in his life he was practicing Yoga so I decided to give it another try.
I did some of the exercise TV for a bit and went to the library and gather all the books and DVD I could get my hands on; Among the DVD's I took from the library there was one called Power Yoga by Beryl Bender Birch, it was long and I was unable to get most of the poses but I loved it so I decided to start with BKS Inyengar, but it was hard for me, to see the pictures and try to follow the sequence. My the way that book is very good, it will give you pictures of the poses viewed from every angle but it wasn't what I was looking for. At this point I was already feeling my body changing, my mind calmer, the pain dissipating. I look for classes and I found Yoga on the Beach and I tried that but it wasn't for me. It was cold and my body doesn't handle cold and exercise to well. Also I felt it was more like a workout for the instructor and you just tried to follow along, I was looking for more feedback. So I decided to try back home again.
I did some of the exercise TV for a bit and went to the library and gather all the books and DVD I could get my hands on; Among the DVD's I took from the library there was one called Power Yoga by Beryl Bender Birch, it was long and I was unable to get most of the poses but I loved it so I decided to start with BKS Inyengar, but it was hard for me, to see the pictures and try to follow the sequence. My the way that book is very good, it will give you pictures of the poses viewed from every angle but it wasn't what I was looking for. At this point I was already feeling my body changing, my mind calmer, the pain dissipating. I look for classes and I found Yoga on the Beach and I tried that but it wasn't for me. It was cold and my body doesn't handle cold and exercise to well. Also I felt it was more like a workout for the instructor and you just tried to follow along, I was looking for more feedback. So I decided to try back home again.
I started reading the Power Yoga book from BBB and it all stared to make sense. You have to warm up. Actually she uses the term you have to be hot to be able to stretch and I think she is right, I started doing only the sun salutations and for the first time in years I wasn't following anyone, I was working at my own pace keeping records of what I'm doing and remembering the sequence. This by itself is a workout. I realize I am working my body, my mind and believed or not the effect I least expected and I am most happy about is the workout I'm giving my eyes. For year I been working out my my eyes closed. In this sequence you have to look at some points and its actually working the muscles in my eyes. Its even working my internal organs.
I after about a month of practice I can say that I love yoga. I am very far from being an expert, I learn every day and discover a new benefit and I feel better than ever.
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