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Neill Smith · 05-03-2009, 09:22 AM

This is a great thread.

I’m still in search of the perfect yoga practice. I’ve done mostly Ashtanga and more recently Power Yoga (which is based on Ashtanga). Although now I only average one or two sessions per week, I'm a big fan. If I had to enumerate the potential benefits:

Meditation (not relaxation--they're different)
Active recovery
Alignment
Flexibility
Kinesthetic awareness.

There are also pitfalls. It seems to be pretty easy to become a yoga instructor, and yoga with a bad instructor is a good way to get hurt.

Ashtanga and Power position themselves as your primary workout, which isn't a fit for me. Also, there's not a ton of variety. For the kinesthetic awareness component, having variety in postures would be nice.

05-03-2009, 09:22 AM	#13
Neill Smith Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 111	This is a great thread. I’m still in search of the perfect yoga practice. I’ve done mostly Ashtanga and more recently Power Yoga (which is based on Ashtanga). Although now I only average one or two sessions per week, I'm a big fan. If I had to enumerate the potential benefits: Meditation (not relaxation--they're different) Active recovery Alignment Flexibility Kinesthetic awareness. There are also pitfalls. It seems to be pretty easy to become a yoga instructor, and yoga with a bad instructor is a good way to get hurt. Ashtanga and Power position themselves as your primary workout, which isn't a fit for me. Also, there's not a ton of variety. For the kinesthetic awareness component, having variety in postures would be nice.