Happy Monday to all!
Moving the body keeps the brain and spirit healthy. It's Science - exercise promotes neurogenesis. And when the brain and body are healthy, the spirits lift!
Science confirms my own experience that yoga is a precious tool for enhancing physical, mental, and emotional wellness - which is why I share it on the blockchain! Life is waaaaay better when you feel happy and healthy, and I want everyone to feel the best they can!
I love yoga because it's a full spectrum approach to enhancing the whole being. I dig this style of videos for sharing movement inspiration, because you can get the gist of an hour long sesh in just a minute or so...but the richer depths of a practice don't shine through. You can't hear my Darth Vader breathing, for example - a legit and important technique for activating power called ujjayi breath.
If you're watching this for entertainment or inspiration and you get enough out of it, that's great and I'm satisfied. If you would prefer I share some instructional stuff to help with your own practice, please let me know in a comment! I am here to be of service to share my wisdom & experience.
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Yes, I agree with you my friend ! Yoga is the alternative medicine !! Great work Sara !!
Thank you! Radiant health is accessible!
Wow... I really love the idea of showing your yoga routine in a time-lapse! Such a great way to show people what it's all about! Having the opportunity to do yoga in nature must be such a blessing, what an amazing way to do your practice - have you ever done it in the rain? I bet that would be an interesting experience!!!
Also - I love that your dogs are trained in yoga and came to join you for some stretches! That was hilarious to see them enter the frame!
I'm going to have to find some people that want to do beach yoga here in Mexico... I'd love to practice by the ocean! (except the sand may be a bit annoying, at least I can take a dip and wash it off afterwards!)
Yes I love rain yoga! I prefer it without a mat if it's a legit downpour, because the mat gets slippery. But it's fine for a light sprinkle. It was thundering up real good day before yesterday, and I thought the skies would bless me with a little rain during my yoga...but alas, it was not to be.
It seems the dogs have a great sense for when I'm getting down - they come to hang out and play at least half the time I'm doing yoga!
I can't imagine it would be hard to find people who LOVE to do yoga on the beach in Mexico! เฅ
Some day down here I would love to just go into the jungle on a rainy day and sit and meditate. I'll get into the yoga some day... baby steps though, just starting to build some routine into my days!
excellent. i just noticed even your doggies got into the yoga game and joined along! nice moves, learning. keep it up ma'am and thanks for sharing. upped.
The dogs are the real yogis :)
Blessings to you @kenhudoy!
this reminds me that I need to do exercise...
I usually do 30 mins stretching and atleast 30 mins of walking...
Nice! Feels good to move the body! Especially in the wintertime like it is here; things get all tight in the cold.
where u from? here in Thailand it's very hot...
know what? I'm dreaming of snow season ... hoping someday I can witness winter too...
well you'll need to get more vitamins C in a cold weather...
Have a nice day!
I live in Texas at the @gardenofeden ecovillage
How interesting that you do not know the cold of winter!
Yes we get plenty of vitamins this time of year because we eat food from the garden.
Blessings to you!
Thanks!
Oh! I'm really sorry... I was about to give a comment to one of the steemians about winter... I didn't realized I wrote it here...
Anyways Thanks! saramiller
Yoga keeps the mind and body in shape
It is one of the most important tools I have found for keeping sound body, mind, and soul ๐
They do well balanced movements
Morning exercise provides the body and mind with a high value of energy, making man more effective, productive and open and also helps to regulate the physiology of the organs.
Yes exercise taken any time of day has more benefits than I care to take time to list. In fact practically any movement is good for the body - even just freestyle play!
Nothing like yoga to exercise and relax
Get fit & peaceful at the same time! It's awesome!
Yoga has so many benefits, it's good for our body and mind
And soul! It's THE treatment for the trinity ๐
I need to pick my practice back up! I used to go to classes infrequently but my favorite thing was to just hop on the mat and feel it out, finding those spots of tension and working on releasing them while also getting my body nice and warmed up. Thanks for the reminder to get back to it!
Mmmmmm sounds like a PERFECT practice!! I prefer to tune into myself rather than do classes, even if I'm "teaching". It's not really natural or honest yoga to just do what someone else tells you to do, imo.
There is no gainsaying the fact that yoga and exercises are very good for the body. Like everything in existence, when activity slows down clogs take place and death sets in. It sets in in such a very slow, seemingly unnoticed manner that people think they are still alive! @saramiller captures it well in her opening statement:
@saramiller Please share the instructional stuff here. It will go a long way to make it more practicable to follow and utilise.
If you're not living, you're dying! It's amazing to me how many people have already died and are just waiting for their bodies to expire...
I would be happy to share some instructional things, @sungbojus! Are you having any particular physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual issue that I can specifically address for you? Do you consider yourself a beginner or a more advanced practitioner?
It seems interresting i followed and up voted. Please keep doing your great work
Thank you!
Is yoga close to meditation? Because I have a meditation question. When do you think a person starts meditating. After 10 minutes of an assumed position? Or how many minutes in do you think it takes to reach a meditative state.
Yes meditation is an aspect of yoga. That's an interesting question you ask, and there is not a single, easy answer. There are countless forms of meditation! I believe anything done with conscious intention can be meditative - walking can be a meditation. Washing the dishes can be a meditation.
I consider asana practice (asanas are the physical postures of yoga) to be a moving meditation. One of my favorite yoga quotes says, "The pose starts the moment you want to leave it." So that could be an answer - meditation (that is, focused concentration) starts when things get uncomfortable.
I'm going to assume you really mean how long does it take to relax or enter a higher state of consciousness? Which is what many people seek in meditation. Again, that's not so easy to answer. I know people who have trained themselves to be able to enter those states with a single breath. I know others who struggle every time they "meditate" to calm their mind and let go of the constant judgment of wondering if they are doing it "right", and those people never really unlock the infinite potential of meditation.
I will wrap up this comment by saying that when I started meditating, I didn't really know what to expect, and I had doubts as to if it would work at all. BUT I committed to meditating for just 5 minutes a day, and I had to use a timer for it, but I felt 10 times better after doing that. So I kept doing it, and I kept feeling better, and that was enough reason for me to stick to it even if I didn't have profound mystical experiences every time I sat on my cushion.
Monday is definitely the worst day of the week. But judging by you, yoga helps to avoid dissatisfaction on this day :)
Hahaha I live a pretty low-stress life, and honestly I usually don't even know what day of the week it is! But yoga can definitely help improve the "worst" days :)
As a Bboy myself, this really speaks to me: Movement.
Not moves. Movement.
So many people think we're all about spinning on our heads or gravity-defying moves, but nah.
We create our own identity on the floor by experimenting with your bodily movements.
That's how I go about it at least, by taking my life to flow with the music and the floor.
Thanks for this @saramiller.
Not to be a link dropper, but I literally made this today pertaining to what I was talking about:
https://steemit.com/bboy/@aldentan/w9ytzbk8
Would love for you to check it out. Just a small set I created during practice the other day :)
Sweet, I love me some breakdancing! Rhythmic yoga :)
It amazes me how limited modern humans are in their movements! I think more people would be much happier if they gave themselves freedom to use their bodies for PLAY.
Yeah! It's beyond fitness! As I learnt, MOVEMENT is the key, not moves.
It's just so... soul opening.
Oh I would so love to see some instructional posts... maybe it would motivate me to pick my practice up again. My problem is that I have a very very hard time quieting my mind and I get distracted and wander off to do other things. I know yoga is good for me... you are very inspiring! Thank you for this post!
You're welcome, @caitycat! Ok so some yoga for focus and motivation...I can share some guidance towards that! Ultimately, that part comes down to commitment. You have to value your physical, mental, and spiritual health enough to do it, but it's totally valid and still really helpful to start small with just a few minutes a day!
I can share some fun poses/routines and other insight to help with that too. ๐
Nice post thanks for sharing...@saramiller
You're welcome !
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