Anyone else do different styles who would like to share opinions and benefits as I am really looking for a style?

Also, I have read that kundalini yoga can be dangerous, why is this?
Thanks

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nicole wrote:Both are GREAT books, veganashtangi.![]()
Good luck with getting to India to study with Pattabhi Jois someday! I couldn't believe that Manju Jois was going to be in my area, and there was no one signed up yet for his training! I am really excited for it, but in the meantime, am trying to learn more ashtanga in order to keep up once I'm there. I have until August, so I think I'll be okay!
nicole wrote:I have a library of yoga books, and I really think that Baron Baptiste's "Journey Into Power" is a great book for a more western approach to yoga. It's a great read and has a full practice outlined in the back. I am also reading a book called "Happy Yoga" which is GREAT! Anyway, had to weigh in with the yoga-love!
veganashtangi wrote:nicole wrote:Both are GREAT books, veganashtangi.![]()
Good luck with getting to India to study with Pattabhi Jois someday! I couldn't believe that Manju Jois was going to be in my area, and there was no one signed up yet for his training! I am really excited for it, but in the meantime, am trying to learn more ashtanga in order to keep up once I'm there. I have until August, so I think I'll be okay!
Wow! You mean NOBODY had signed for the workshop! That's quite surprising! What I wouldn't give for a chance like that! I'm already looking forward to reading your feedback on the training! (All those exclamation marks were indeed intended)
4 months is a reasonable time to build a solid foundation. How many times a week are you planning to practice? Do you have a teacher or are learning via books and videos?
Good luck!
yogita chiquita wrote:nicole wrote:I have a library of yoga books, and I really think that Baron Baptiste's "Journey Into Power" is a great book for a more western approach to yoga. It's a great read and has a full practice outlined in the back. I am also reading a book called "Happy Yoga" which is GREAT! Anyway, had to weigh in with the yoga-love!
Thanks for the book recommendations, Nicole! I just picked up "Yoga and the Quest for the True Self" by Stephen Cope from Kripalu in Lenox, MA. You mentioned the western perspective, Cope offers that in this book as well, I'm about 1/2 way through, but I feel I've learned so much already! I'll have to check out the Baptiste book, I don't have many books that outline asanas yet!
It's funny how different areas seem to call yoga class different things. Like, I go to a "heated vinyasa," but I wonder how similar it is to the "power vinyasa" that you teach - is there a difference? That vinyasa class I take is pretty intense, hot, and can be fast paced (we warm up a bit first, then get cranking through usually a variation of sun or moon salutation towards the end). Then I go to "hot power yoga" that they were originally calling "ashtanga" but have since stopped, and it's quite different from the vinyasa class, faster paced for the most part, less focused on breath and alignment it seems, more so just banging out postures. (Yep, since my last writing I've gotten more used to the heat and have taken a stab at more heated classes). Then the Kripalu class that I go to is not heated, but can be very vinyasa-like, but sometimes not, sometimes it's much more gentle. Then, obviously, Bikram is Bikram, you know just what you're going to get everytime!
I'm considering maybe becoming a yoga teacher, too, but I think I have a long way to go. Any advice for a newbie like me?
yogita chiquita wrote:
I'm considering maybe becoming a yoga teacher, too, but I think I have a long way to go. Any advice for a newbie like me?
nicole wrote:No, not yet!! The training is in August and they said they are expecting only 10-15 people in the training! I think it's a GREAT opportunity to expand my yoga knowlege! It's a lot of money, and I'm taking a week off work for it, so there's my summer "vacation."![]()
I'm currently practicing power vinyasa several times a week, but no ashtanga yet! I'm going to start to get into the primary series myself using David Swenson's book, since I already know a lot about the alignment, etc, just not the sequencing. I may take up some classes in a few weeks, but my schedule is already packed between working full time, teaching, and everything else!!! I also bought a cd of yoga chants, since I've heard that Manju Jois likes it when people know the ashtanga chanting. So, I intend to learn before then.
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