[Diabetes-talk] information wanted for Pilates and/or yoga?

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Only yoga has the philosophical element, but most modern gyms only focus
on the actual physical part.

And these types of stretching work heavily with breathing techniques, so
the spiritual side kind of goes hand-in-hand, but it's really about
focusing on the breathing and position. As I said, modern gyms will want
you to focus on the breathing, but I doubt they will be teaching any
spiritual element unless it's a specific yoga facility or some
hippy-dippy instructor, grin.

I was doing Pilates and yoga long before I lost my sight, so I do a lot
on my own without help. I was a dancer and fitness instructor back in
the day, so I just remember a lot, which helps.

I'm not aware of described videos, but in my experience, most exercise
videos describe movements as the instructor goes along, so they very
well may work for blind people.

A yoga or Pilates class shouldn't be a problem at all. It's very easy
for an instructor to describe each position as you go along, and if you
are comfortable, they can even help place you in a position if
necessary. You can also go with a work-out partner so they can describe
positions as you go along.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie Kline
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:43 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] information wanted for Pilates and/or yoga?


Hi All,

 

I had read in a recent message from Bridget that you've done Pilates.
For people who have done these, I'm just curious, how do you do these?
Are there DVDs available that you use where they verbally describe what
moves they are doing and you can follow along safely?  Do you go through
a facility?  The place I go to offers classes in Pilates and yoga, but I
never did it just because I'm not into the whole philosophical and
meditation aspect of those, (nothing towards that, it's just not my
thing), but if there's something out there that just does the stretching
part, I'm curious as to how you made it work.  I currently use some
walking DVDs, but would like to mix things up a little.

 

Thanks.

Julie

 

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