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most yoga does plenty of things not accessed by 99.9% of bodyweight and calisthenics

andrepd 5y ago
That's a pretty strong claim. Actually that's kind of an absurd claim since yoga is calisthenics. Can you be more specific as to what you mean?
- throw0101a 5y ago
  > yoga is calisthenics While yoga-as-meditation seems to have a long in India: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga#History Yoga-as-exercise was a much more recent phenomenon started by Westerners: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise > Goldberg is the author of The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West. Her book traces the modern Western practice of yoga to a Russian woman named Indra Devi, who was born in 1899 with the birth name Eugenia Peterson. * https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/01/411202468/those-yoga-poses-may-not-be-ancient-after-all-and-maybe-thats-ok https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/01/4112024... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra_Devi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra_Devi Regardless, if it gets people off the couch, then to a certain extent who cares which is "better": the perfect is the enemy of the good.
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  - stayfrosty420 5y ago
    Did you read your sources? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatha_yoga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatha_yoga lol
  - andrepd 5y ago
    Sure, but we're talking about physical health here. The religious/spiritual/mental thing is separate. You can also meditate while you lift, no? :)
    - playing_colours 5y ago
      There are many kinds of meditation. You can try being mindful while lifting iron, so at least you can practice mindfulness mediation.
      - loopz 5y ago
        The same way you can do yoga and think about lifting weights!
- blueprint 5y ago
  okay my mistake in using that word but the point stands... have you ever done any of the yogas?
tayo42 5y ago
Agree with this. After my first in person vinyasa class I was sore in surprising places.

That's a pretty strong claim. Actually that's kind of an absurd claim since yoga is calisthenics. Can you be more specific as to what you mean?

throw0101a 5y ago
> yoga is calisthenics While yoga-as-meditation seems to have a long in India: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga#History Yoga-as-exercise was a much more recent phenomenon started by Westerners: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_as_exercise > Goldberg is the author of The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West. Her book traces the modern Western practice of yoga to a Russian woman named Indra Devi, who was born in 1899 with the birth name Eugenia Peterson. * https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/01/411202468/those-yoga-poses-may-not-be-ancient-after-all-and-maybe-thats-ok https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/01/4112024... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra_Devi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra_Devi Regardless, if it gets people off the couch, then to a certain extent who cares which is "better": the perfect is the enemy of the good.
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- stayfrosty420 5y ago
  Did you read your sources? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatha_yoga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatha_yoga lol
- andrepd 5y ago
  Sure, but we're talking about physical health here. The religious/spiritual/mental thing is separate. You can also meditate while you lift, no? :)
  - playing_colours 5y ago
    There are many kinds of meditation. You can try being mindful while lifting iron, so at least you can practice mindfulness mediation.
    - loopz 5y ago
      The same way you can do yoga and think about lifting weights!
blueprint 5y ago
okay my mistake in using that word but the point stands... have you ever done any of the yogas?

tayo42 5y ago

Agree with this. After my first in person vinyasa class I was sore in surprising places.