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@ DedeJoy: Yep. That all sounds like what I remember reading in health class, lol. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_geek.gif
I think it's fine if you're not being excessive, like most things in life.
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Haha, not everything we don't understand is BS. I just cannot stand the lack of scientific research/terminology some people put into things. Anyway, as I've mentioned before on the site, my younger sister competed gymnastics competitively her entire young life, so from that experience I do know that their constant training (and possibly inverting) DOES mess with their flow. Sometimes quite badly (delayed puberty, cysts, etc.). I know that the rigorous physical work creates extra testosterone in their systems but chi and all of that nonsense translates to endocrine system and hormones. Anyway, I personally don't invert when I'm on my flow because I can literally feel stuff moving around and it is uncomfortable but every lady is different! Do what works for you.
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I might have to ask my mom about how she likes her job, she has been in that field for over 25 years and is now doing consulting for medical billing systems so I'd say the long term potential for career advancement is definately there if you want it and don't mind traveling. 🙂
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Confirmation on calluses helping your grip. I can remember looking at my younger sister's beat up hands from the uneven bars and her remarking about how she was glad they were there so she had a better grip in practice and competition. So, gymnasts are trained to welcome them. I don't like the way they look so I scrub/shave them off and my hands are soft but slippery again. Also more tender to pain. The same goes for dancing on releve and pointe. Toe calluses look yuk to me so I'll take the trade-off for pain. I gave up on using tools to get them off and just use my nails after softening my skin in the hot shower.
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Sanbar, I am so glad you brought this up because I feel passionately about it but food can be very political, so I tend to shy away from creating conversations about it unless asked. Pesticides are a bigger concern than a lot of people realize with the genetically engineered crops like corn, soy, canola and recently alfalfa (in an attempt to get rid of 'organic' grass fed meat by GE cross-pollination) saturating our food supply, it is important to read labels and shop conscientiously where we can.
Organic is more expensive but I feel better with the smaller exposure to carcinogens (i.e. cancer risks) and sometimes organic has denser nutrient qualities. Local butchers (we have a few good ones since I'm near Amish country), CSAs (mine is a tad too far away), and farmer's markets (ask the sellers questions) are all helpful ways to reduce cost but my favorite DIY.
Rixi, I encourage you to try to start a small window herb garden, nothing beats homegrown. You know that, I'm just saying, it can be done. 🙂 🙂
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Now before we get too cozy and think I'm just summing the weird stuff up into "positive thinking", Cymatics (the study of visible sound) makes things more interesting. For the curious, here is a direct example of how sound affects matter both living and non-living, using a tonoscope:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU84ckD1AcA&feature=relatedThere are other, more complex demonstrations using speakers and high frequencies but make sure you turn your speakers wayyy down if you look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz1AuS-qA1c&feature=related'OM' intoned though a couple of pvc pipes onto a stabilized tray of rice, salt or sand (tonoscope) allegedly makes a Sri Yantra (intersecting up and down triangles) and Hebrew letters toned through the device appear as they are written but I haven't seen a video of this replicated yet. Some say the pitch is more important than the word itself. Since the cymatic patterns are also recreated in water, one is easily left with the notion to contemplate the effects on living beings.
Hope I've invited some food for thought about the "weird chanting" issue, if nothing else.
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LOL, I feel ya on that. Think of it like a song. I think I might just sing "I feel happy" over and over in my head and that will get the same results. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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Since I'm a latecomer to the topic, most of what I've tried has been mentioned. Rodney Yee, Shiva Rea, Baron Baptiste, YogaJournal, YogaToday, Alethea and Felix are all superior teachers for the home dvd education.
I also really enjoy the P90X Yoga DVD for intense workouts and showing guys that yoga is hard. WDNY also has a lot of yoga in their bellydance dvds. http://www.thesecretsofyoga.com has some informative articles about many of the different styles out there.
Now please forgive me for this, I thought about putting it in a blog, but it is in direct reponse to this topic so please bear with me:
The chanting or spiritual aspect of yoga can be off-putting and strange especially if you don't expect or understand it in the most literal sense. To call it silly, as someone stated, can however, be offensive to some people. It is matter of respect to other's practices and cultivating a sense awareness instead of ignorance.
As I said though, it can be a total WTF moment for the unprepared and I know that feeling intimately. My first yoga DVD/practice was Ana Brett & Ravi Singh – following unknowingly into the hardcore spiritual-style Kundalini Yoga. I just watched in shock and confusion. Which is saying a lot because I'm the "meditative" type but I don't like being bombarded with something unfamiliar just as much as the next person. I had a subtle repeat of the experience in subsequent DVDs like Shiva Rea's.
My first issue with the chanting is the lack of translations. It is not good practice to just adopt spiritual components into one's life without even having a clue what is being said. Most people aren't apt to and I find it rude that anyone would ever expect someone else to. The packaged New Age fluff explains nothing in most cases and makes me push the chapter-skip/ff button with a vengeance.
I've heard it argued by yogis that you don't need to know how it works for it to work; just like you don't need to know how a car works for you to use it successfully. I do not accept this philosophy because people who know nothing about cars eventually end up in need of help from someone who knows more and/or getting ripped off because of their ignorance. The same premise applies to the chanting and spiritual.
So to get off the soapbox and wrap this up, let me just clarify what I have come to understand about the chanting in yoga.
1. It works on the principle of resonance and brain wave entrainment. It is just like some software out there that people use binaural beats/frequencies to relax with. The concept is explained in thousands of places all over the net but covered with reasonable intelligence here: http://www.healingsounds.com/articles/sonic-entrainment.asp
2. It does not have to be in Sanskrit language. You could chant whatever you want really. But different sounds will create different results for different people. Just like all music does. There are too many variables to say this or that one sound is what someone needs to relax or whatever. The only rule is that 'like attracts like' – just like in normal, everyday speech.
3. It can be extremely helpful to yoga and the mental-emotional aspects of life if applied within reason. By reason, I mean to say, you should know what you are chanting and why. It is not nessecary to make more out of it than this unless you choose to study further into it.
4. It is not absolutely necessary to the yoga practice.
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Goofy, I also have both dvd sets and would have to agree with Kobajo. Felix's teaching style is very much "Just do this; now watch a replay 3x" and Jamilla has a style that is articulately broken down into comprehendable and individual steps "Place your foot here, lean forward, tilt your hips". For safety and lack of frustration, Jamilla first. Felix is fun but second. 🙂 Your milage may vary. 🙂
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https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif Poledanceromance, I listed that my first post, it's 'Stan Knows Best' S1 E3
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More American Dad (yeah I'm a fan https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_geek.gif)
S1 E21 – Helping Handis: Handicapped pole dancing at 'The Ramp'
S3 E1 – Vacation Goo: Roger is forced to pole dance at 'Senoritatas' in Mexico
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Addendum:
Reno 911!
S5 E12 Strong Sister: features possibly one of the worst pole dances in all of TV and movie history, performed by Kerry Kenney-Silver (Trudy). It's kind of hilarious.S5 E13 Wiegel's Dad Returns: Background strippers pole dance while a group peyote trip begins stageside.
Also, Niecy Nash (Rayneesha) does a little sarcastic pole dance in the fifth season's opening credits.
Correction: Family Guy's 'Business Guy' episode actually DOES have pole dancing in the background, a non speaking character does a Martini Spin.
The Family Guy, Stewie does 'Showgirls', clip linked above is from, "The Blind Side", S10 E11.
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Since my last post provided no current help for you, I did a little searching around and came up mostly empty handed. You could try saving/printing the pose pics from yogajournal.com in b&w for a quick & dirty reference guide @ little cost for the time being until another resource becomes available?
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I am actually (as a lifelong illustration hobbyist) producing something like this for a tenative weblog I am working on conjuring up; but not just for yoga/stretching! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif Hm, nothing new under the sun, as they say!
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I think most of us girls here would like very much to have your ceiling height for a custom pole. Ceiling height envy lives around here.. Best of luck finding your X-Stage Lite!
