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

[d m gina]

Oh my gosh glad you can walk that long.
Keep up the swell work.

Original message:
> Try doing your first ever 3 mile indoor walk using a DVD and then let me
> know which is worse, the way you feel after the walking or water-boarding.
> I did it earlier this week and when I was done, I was like asking myself,
> Are you trying to kill me?  But I knew it was time for me to go to the next
> level, and have done two 3-mile walks twice now over two consecutive days.
> Not bad considering my first time I did the program back in the beginning of
> February, I could barely make a mile.  The second 3-mile walk wasn't nearly
> as exhausting or as bad as the first.
> Oh well, such are things when you pick up a new exercise program.  My goal
> is to get to 4 miles each day 6 days a week.  We'll see when that happens.
> Julie


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:08 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] information wanted for Pilates and/or yoga?

> Sounds almost worse than water-boarding to me. (smirk)

> Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 4:11 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] information wanted for Pilates and/or yoga?

> 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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