1. It makes me stronger 2. I have more control over my thoughts and my body
3. I can push myself farther than I ever thought I could
4. I'm way more flexible than I've ever been after two years of regular yoga (I have never been flexible before)
5. It makes me happy
6. The philosopy of yoga keeps everything in balance, for example, every workout after working your muscles hard, ends with lying on the floor and doing nothing for 5-10 minutes
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great poses (and pictures). i love yoga too. i wish that i did it regularly. i'd love to do it with you while i'm up visiting!! byw, what do you use on your floor? i can't get my to shine like that.
Very cool. I've wanted to start my pilates workouts for awhile. Have you done both, or just yoga? What is the difference? Since I haven't started either one, I was just wondering if there are subtle differences I should be aware of.
i know yoga is more about poses and strength and mentalishy and holistic. pilates is more movements and strength that way. i don't know why, i prefer yoga. i think b/c i dance and run and do taebo, i enjoy the smooth, mind over body posing and balance. depends on what kinda workout your looking for val.
Pilates is more strength and toning (that's what dancers do) and yoga is more mind over matter, and flexibility--of course it takes strength too--(according to my understanding)and of course, it tones too. Yoga is great--I want to get started too. There is the slow-sustained yoga or the Super Yoga which is faster. btw you look great, Britta.
Yoga is a philosophy and way of living a healthy life, the poses during a workout are just a part of it. The poses (or asanas) in yoga are done to strengthen the body, improve digestion (for real, that is another thing I love about yoga), and to learn control of the body and the mind. The poses incorporate the balance I spoke of, even with different body parts, each pose has a yin and a yang. I've had a great teacher who really educates us during our classes. Oh, and flexibility is not a necessity in yoga. If you continue yoga, the flexibility will come, but it's not a requirement for most asanas.
Pilates was derived from yoga as purely a strength and toning workout. It focuses mainly on the core muscles of the body but tones everything. It was created by Joseph Pilates about 80 years ago and has been used by dancers mostly. There is less holding of poses than yoga and more repetitive movement for a higher heart rate.
If you just want a workout, either will work your body hard. I've done them both, and if the teacher hasn't really studied either, they don't always do anything different. I prefer yoga partly because there's more knowledge to gain and more people REALLY know how to do it.
There's also several little technical differences like yoga breathes exclusively through the nose and pilates inhales through the nose and exhales through the mouth...
Anyway, this is probably way more information than you wanted. I get really excited about yoga, and I'd love to do it with you, Alisha, when you come!
Thanks for all the advice! I've got to get started with something...and soon!
Britta, Thanks for expressing how I have begun to feel about yoga since you started teaching it to me!
Thanks for the info.Maybe we can all do it!
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