[Diabetes-talk] information wanted for Pilates and/or yoga?
Bridgit Pollpeter
bpollpeter at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 1 16:59:39 UTC 2013
You'd actually be surprised how much you walk in a day; it's just
usually not done at one time or done at a quick pace, smile.
Bridgit
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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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