Guest guest Posted November 17, 1999 Report Share Posted November 17, 1999 I can see your point about ashtanga yoga decreasing the desire for other activities...but I seriously believe the heart needs activity too. Yoga purifies the mind and body and strengthens it....but without aerobic forms for exercise like running you aren't completely healthy. Rebuttal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 1999 Report Share Posted November 18, 1999 I can't rebut what you say about aerobic excercise. I only run when there is a ball involved (soccer/tennis/basketball).<br><br> At 52 soccer and basketball yield more adverse affects than benefits notwithstanding their aerobic value. Never liked running for its own sake. And I never will. Treadmills and the like make me feel like a mechanical hamster. And under fluorescent lights with rock music blaring and TV's running - that world I find apallingly garrish and unpleasant.<br><br>For aerobics I like walking and sex.<br><br>Do you think ashtanga has any aerobic value? Seems to me it does. . ..<br><br>Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 1999 Report Share Posted November 18, 1999 Yoga is Soooooo many things....but hardly aerobic. It is amazing how much I sweat but yet my heart rate is slightly higher than when I'm sleeping. I think running and yoga is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 1999 Report Share Posted November 18, 1999 I agree at this point in my practice, about doing more aerobic exercise since I'm a beginner(only been at it a year and still learning the primary series), so that's why I do fast walking 30-35 miles per week, works out to 5-6 days of fast walking, and currently 5 days of ashtanga. A handy tip that my yoga friend gave me is that when walking out there in the cold weather, do the ujjayii(sp?) breathing to keep you warm. I can tell you it works like a charm. (After all, those old yogis had to keep warm in caves at 10,000 feet elevation in the Himalayas!) Maybe when we get more advanced and can do the whole series at a more vigorous pace the more of the aerobic effect will kick in. Anyone had this happen yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 1999 Report Share Posted November 18, 1999 Since I'm in the primary series also, I find it very interesting that the heart rate can increase but yet appropriate ujayii is achieved. I don't believe it can be done. But I've only been doing this 6 months now....(still loving it!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 1999 Report Share Posted November 18, 1999 I found ashtanga yoga after running marathons for 10 years. My last marathon was a year ago, and I haven't run regularly since January. My only regular exercise now is ashtanga (alternating first and second series) five to six days a week. Despite this, I have lost little of my aerobic fitness. When I do run (very occasionally) I really don't struggle at all, and if anything I run faster (not as far though). I don't understand why, because ashtanga yoga is not an aerobic exercise. Manju Jois told me that regular ashtanga practice is all one needs to do, and he is definitely right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 1999 Report Share Posted November 19, 1999 In Beryl Bender Birch's book she explains how,<br>although astanga yoga is not aerobic, ( although it often is for beginners ), the uyaji breathing has the same effect as aerobic exercise. Increasing your lung capacity etc. Can't quote it off hand.<br><br>Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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