[Sportsandrec] yoga class

Thu May 14 22:44:01 UTC 2009

I have not started yet. I guess he felt it would be interesting to do sinse 
he has never taught a blind person before.
Rania,
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> Rania,
> How is yoga coming?  I'm surprised that individual is doing a paper on 
> teaching you yoga.  After all teaching yoga to you is not much different 
> than teaching someone else.  You just learn more hands on.
>
> Ashley
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> From: "Rania" <raniaismail04 at gmail.com>
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>> One of my massage client's who is a yoga instructor will be teaching me 
>> yoga 1 on 1. I can't wait to get started! I am sure I will ask questions 
>> to help him with making his teaching methids better so he can be more 
>> affective with teaching me. He is going to be doing a paper on what it is 
>> like to teach a blind person yoga because he is geting his 300 hour 
>> teacher training.
>> Rania,
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] yoga class
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>>
>>> Hi Carly,
>>> I don't believe Ashtanga yoga is offered at the places I'm looking at. 
>>> So my experience will be a bit different than yours.  They have hatha 
>>> yoga and kundalini yoga.
>>> I don't mind the instructor touching me either.
>>> Yoga instructors tend to be more verbal wich is in our favor.
>>> I'm glad it worked out.  How long have you taken yoga?
>>>
>>> Ashley
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Carly Mihalakis" <carlymih at earthlink.net>
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>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:26 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] yoga class
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ashley,
>>>>
>>>>         It's Carly, again.
>>>>
>>>> I have taken yoga in every setting, practically speaking, from the 
>>>> community center of the town in California where I grew up, to my 
>>>> current athletic club, here in Berkeley.
>>>>
>>>> I have also taken it at junior college. In every setting in which I 
>>>> have found my practice, it is an intimate and unpretentious vibe, and 
>>>> the instructor has no problem demonstrating, in a hands-on fashion.
>>>>
>>>> I don't expect this should be a problem for you, either.
>>>>
>>>> I am somewhat inclined to be flexible and to not mind the instructor 
>>>> touching me in  helping build the postures.
>>>> I have learned about the transcendental and meditative nature of yoga, 
>>>> how to breathe.
>>>> I understand that some kinds of yoga are pretty extreme, and I plan to 
>>>> explore those branches when y position in life changes.
>>>> For the most part I have only done
>>>> Ashtanga yoga, which I understand is kind of a weak incarnation of the 
>>>> practice.
>>>> I have become quite aware of how the muscles' likelihood to striate is 
>>>> directly related to the depth of my breath.
>>>> As you can imagine, the most hands on environment at which I am able to 
>>>> find a practice is the  LightHouse, here in San Francisco.
>>>> Keep us posted on your evolving relationship with yoga practice.
>>>> Carly 07:26 PM 4/20/2009, you wrote:
>>>>>Hi all,
>>>>>Who takes yoga?  What benefits have you gotten from it?  What type of 
>>>>>facility did you take it at and what type of yoga?  I know yoga helps 
>>>>>flexibility and that is something I need.  They offer it at my health 
>>>>>club as well as the community center.  Did the instructor have time to 
>>>>>be hands on to help you learn the poses?  I know yoga especially 
>>>>>beginning classes, go slower than other fitness classes.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>Ashley
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