How Often Should I Practice Yoga?
Ashtanga yoga is traditionally practiced 6 days a week, leaving one day for rest. Women should take off 2-3 days during their monthly cycle. Mysore-style Ashtanga yoga has a cumulative effect on the body, and should be practiced a minimum of 3 days per week. As your schedule permits, more days should gradually be added. We receive the greatest benefit when practicing in the traditional manner. What About Pre-existing Pain & Old Injuries?
While you might feel sore or tired after doing your yoga practice or sometimes even during your yoga practice, it is not necessary to push your body to the point of causing injury. Throughout our lives we primarily tell our body what to do. With time, yoga practice becomes an opportunity to listen to, and respect, what your body wants to tell and do with you. In the event of injury, whether related to yoga or past outside experience, our yoga instructors can recommend many special adjustments, modifications and considerations. Healing is one of the main benefits of yoga practice you will experience over time. By creating and inviting more balance into your overall state of being, a regular yoga practitioner creates the space to allow healing into their body on multiple levels. Why Am I Being "Stopped" In My Practice?
For yoga beginners, stopping is simply part of learning the practice. Yoga postures are taught one by one and usually need time to be assimilated. Furthermore, new postures are given only when a student has demonstrated proficiency in his or her practice, all the way through the last posture given. In Ashtanga yoga, proficiency is at least as much about the correct maintenance of internal energy locks (Bandhas), gaze (Drishti) and breathing (Ujayi breath), as about being able to get into a particular yoga posture. For established practitioners, being asked to “stop” before the end of what may otherwise appear to be a complete practice could be for one of these reasons:
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I'm Not Flexible, Can I Still Practice Yoga?
We welcome all type of bodies at our yoga studio in Winter Park, FL (near College Park in the Orlando area). Yoga is a physical exercise that will increase your flexibility over time. You do not need to be flexible when you start yoga - however, over time, you will see your range of flexibility increase. The regular and consistent practice of yoga will instill a balance between strength and flexibility. How Do I Prepare For Class?
Why Do I Need A Yoga Teacher?
If you wanted to get from New York to Orlando and set out on I-95 without a map, directions or a guide, you would probably find your way sooner or later. But if you wanted to make sure you knew the way, you might also choose to get directions from someone who has traveled the distance before. You might even ask a guide to take you all the way, as it just might save some time. In case there are many people who say they’ve been to Orlando before, you might have to trust the person that you connect mostly deeply with to lead you in the right direction. |
The Yoga Shala
2020 Crosby Way, Winter Park, FL 32792
krista@olotita.com
2020 Crosby Way, Winter Park, FL 32792
krista@olotita.com