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LOL Mac love the running dialogue in yoga class. You should hear my mind while I'm running..........it's pretty bad and mostly negative except for the small pep talk I keep giving myself to counteract all the crap I'm thinking about.1
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In yin yoga, the poses are held for up to 5 minutes and you're supposed to relax and be as still as possible. If anything can get that inner dialogue stirred up, it's trying to be still. Add the element of physical discomfort from stretching. Now amp it up by trying to focus on your breathing. Now... close your eyes so the focus is inward...LOL Mac love the running dialogue in yoga class. You should hear my mind while I'm running..........it's pretty bad and mostly negative except for the small pep talk I keep giving myself to counteract all the crap I'm thinking about.
You know... when I write about doing yoga and enjoying it... what the heck am I thinking??1 -
I think we enjoy yoga (you) and running (me) after the fact!
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This one kind of brings the last few pictures I added together...
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Think this was from 2004, but given Matthew's pending loopy dee doo, this might just apply to FL right now...
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A friend swears that he can stay focused while doing yoga. But maybe his brain is a little different from other brains as he is on the autism spectrum.
The rest of us do what we can. For me, yoga is more about the process than the state.0 -
I've had some experience with autism. One of my son's university classmates is a red-headed version of Sheldon Cooper. For the past three years, he boarded with us during the school semesters. They definitely do have a different view of the world. I wonder if yoga would help him to focus?
For myself, I prefer yin yoga... slow meditative stretches with asana held for up to five minutes. There are physical benefits but, in my case, they're outweighed by the mental benefits. As odd as this might sound, I get more benefit from yin yoga than I do from regular meditation. When I meditate, I find it more difficult to remain centred than while doing yoga as the stretches give me something to focus on.0 -
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Before Matthew is just a memory...one more hurricane funny. At least when the waves are up, it's a good way to get the cardio in.
BTW, not belittling Matthew's tragic affects...lots of cleanup to do in NE FL, GA and SC. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those negatively affected by it, especially those in Haiti and Cuba. But those of us in FL, do have a bit of an odd sense of humor when it comes to hurricanes and tropical storms. Sometimes you have to laugh else all you will do is cry.2 -
I've had some experience with autism. One of my son's university classmates is a red-headed version of Sheldon Cooper. For the past three years, he boarded with us during the school semesters. They definitely do have a different view of the world. I wonder if yoga would help him to focus?
For myself, I prefer yin yoga... slow meditative stretches with asana held for up to five minutes. There are physical benefits but, in my case, they're outweighed by the mental benefits. As odd as this might sound, I get more benefit from yin yoga than I do from regular meditation. When I meditate, I find it more difficult to remain centred than while doing yoga as the stretches give me something to focus on.
He reports that Yoga does seem to help him focus. He likes Tree pose especially for that focus.
Meditation by itself is hard, one teacher explained to me, in part because we do not have the tradition in the West.
I like your explanation of the meditative benefits of yin yoga with asanas held for relatively long periods.1 -
Before Matthew is just a memory...one more hurricane funny. At least when the waves are up, it's a good way to get the cardio in.
BTW, not belittling Matthew's tragic affects...lots of cleanup to do in NE FL, GA and SC. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those negatively affected by it, especially those in Haiti and Cuba. But those of us in FL, do have a bit of an odd sense of humor when it comes to hurricanes and tropical storms. Sometimes you have to laugh else all you will do is cry.
Seeing the surfers on t.v. out in the storm does make me smile. They have few chances in Florida to get some waves.
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