most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-22T22:33:35Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/5499 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga Edgar 2010-06-01T23:55:26Z 2012-02-10T17:26:25Z

<p>Do you have bad experiences with yoga?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5502#5502 LiveForIt 2010-06-02T00:06:14Z 2010-06-02T00:06:14Z

<p>Yoga like many organized events will depend on it's leadership to show their constituents the correct path. I've always had great luck with organized yoga, 7am beachside Sunday mornings</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5508#5508 ben61820 2010-06-02T00:27:29Z 2010-06-02T00:27:29Z

<p>I have only done bikram yoga, that's the kind done in a seriously hot room. I've loved every minute of it. Actually, I should be doing it nowadays too;) it's great cuz you don't really feel as if you're working out and yet you get pretty visible results. Easy way to cut weight quickly if you wanna lean out and get cut. Your flexibility goes through the roof. And, don't know if there's more to this than what I've figured but, I've gotten a pretty killer sexual performance boost from regular hot yoga work;)</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5516#5516 Jennie 2010-06-02T01:15:43Z 2010-06-02T01:15:43Z

<p>I do kundalini yoga and the only bad experience I had was when I unwisely practiced without a mat and pinched a nerve with my butt-bone.</p> <p>Other than that, it's only negative when I let my practice slip.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5590#5590 Kim 2010-06-03T14:20:21Z 2010-06-03T14:20:21Z

<p>Yoga has always been wonderful for me. The only thing I can think of was when I was late in my pregnancy and had symphisis pubis dysfunction, if we did any hip openers, I would be in some serious pain after class. But after the first few times, it was my fault for not going, "hmmm, perhaps I should skip this pose."</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5615#5615 Ryan 2010-06-04T08:07:53Z 2010-06-04T08:07:53Z

<p>I do the yoga classes at my 24 hour fitness as they're free before snowboard season. It makes my first day on the mountain feel as good as mid season. My balance is on point and I feel "loose." The teacher does matter. I've been to 3 different teachers there and only 1 was good. The other two I almost left during the class they were so bad and annoying. I wouldn't say it's the end all be all but if you have some free classes in your gym it's worth adding some to your regular workout </p> <p>Edit: I just realized this but I do a handful of the moves I learned in yoga class on a daily basis before bed at night. Mostly stuff to loosen up my back and shoulders. So yeah, it's worth going a few times to learn the moves. The basics are pretty easy to learn and do stretch you out.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5623#5623 Nick 2010-06-04T13:27:30Z 2010-06-04T13:27:30Z

<p>What sort of bad experience did you have? Just curious.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5811#5811 Adam Crafter 2010-06-07T20:16:48Z 2010-06-07T20:16:48Z

<p>I've had no bad experiences with Yoga, but I have had some iffy experiences with bad Yoga teachers who seemed to be in a hurry for students to progress, even if it meant that some damage to the students occurred.</p> <p>Yoga is a great practice/habit of comprehensive, intelligent flexibility exercises and techniques.</p> <p>You just have to find the right teacher and practice group for you.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5817#5817 Michael 2010-06-07T22:14:26Z 2010-06-07T22:14:26Z

<p>I did bikram (hot room) yoga. I was out of it for two days until I consumed a bunch of lite salt. Perhaps if I knew how to keep my electrolytes in balance, it wouldn't be a problem. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/5822#5822 eric 2010-06-08T01:07:10Z 2010-06-08T01:07:10Z

<p>I have done one yoga class in my life. I told the instructor I had a bad back, but he had me do these toe-touching type poses nonetheless. I was crawling on my hands and knees for severaldays after that.</p> <p>I do plan on going to bikram in the next few days. I have been told that the instructor is conscious of sciatica, herniated disk and the like</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/6283#6283 Ana 2010-06-17T12:16:51Z 2010-06-17T12:16:51Z

<p>I fainted during a session of Bikram Yoga - If you have low blood pressure, like me, it is not the right king of yoga to practice... My Bikram yoga instructor was a little crazy too and tried to force people who were unwell to stay in the class. I get the theory (you have to let your body recover before leaving the room because of the change of temperature) but still, it was a little upsetting. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/12231#12231 JohnnyR 2010-10-14T18:10:44Z 2010-10-14T18:10:44Z

<p>Practiced vigorous ashtanga and prana flow based yoga has relieved me of joint and muscle pain, given me mental calm, increased my strength and flexibility dynamically, and more. I was a circuit training guy for many years, and still am occasionally, but have now made yoga my primary form of exercise. There are many forms of yoga that are not scientifically sound in their physical application, or generally boring though. This does seem to be a very positive byproduct of the agricultural revolution, which possibly led to hinduism, vedanta, and yoga being created ( my concept, no offense ). Yogic exercises can be morphed into achieving any kind of fitness result you'd like with the right application. I believe it to be a predecessor or accompaniment to gymnastics.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/12251#12251 David Csonka 2010-10-14T21:00:27Z 2010-10-14T21:00:27Z

<p>I've seen videos of yoga coaches practically molesting the practitioners in their class while pretending to "correct their form". I don't know how women put up with that kind of inappropriate touching. If I was in a class with my fiancee and some coach dude did that, I'd deck the guy.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/12252#12252 Deidre 2010-10-14T21:12:09Z 2010-10-14T21:12:09Z

<p>I love Bob Harper's new Yoga DVD - LOL. I tore my meniscus immediately after doing yoga once. I also gets some weird dizziness from certain poses. I really like doing Yoga, but I always wonder if there is a huge benefit from a time spent standpoint. I also just got this Kundalini yoga DVD. It is very odd, but gets rave reviews. I would love to know what others think about results?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/96679#96679 Azat 2012-02-10T05:25:39Z 2012-02-10T05:25:39Z

<p>If you referring to Yoga as Asana practice which is common mis interpretation in the West then Asana practice is not for everybody. Here are some horror stories:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?pagewanted=all</a> for you.</p> <p>So please don't take your first "yoga" class in the gym or level 3. Mostly likely it'll be bad.</p> <p>Much bigger definition of Yoga particularily Hatha Yoga is Asana+Meditation+Pranayama. Last two are more powerful and accessible to mostly everybody with minimal harm when done under proper teaching.</p> <p>I'm certified 200h YWTT soon to be 500h YWTT.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/96741#96741 Laura 2012-02-10T16:21:15Z 2012-02-10T16:21:15Z

<p>the only bad experience i have ever had with yoga was forgetting to bring a water bottle with me to bikram yoga. bad, bad, bad idea. my whole body felt "off" for the entire day after that class. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/96743#96743 Celine 2012-02-10T16:22:13Z 2012-02-10T16:22:13Z

<p>No no, only good ones- I'm not one to try things if I'm terrified they'll hurt my neck, though, like headstands. I just happily wimp out and go to down dog.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/96751#96751 j3wcy 2012-02-10T16:52:08Z 2012-02-10T16:52:08Z

<p>Bikram to me is like torture, and when I took the class I was not completely out of shape or anything. My acupuncturist told me that certain people just really do not do well with bikram and I think I'm definitely one of them. I do however immensely enjoy other types of yoga, as long as it's treated more like a spiritual than a physical activity. I believe that's how it's meant to be.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/96756#96756 MtnEvan 2012-02-10T17:16:09Z 2012-02-10T17:16:09Z

<p>I've taken 2 Bikram classes. They feel good, in the same way ice baths feel good, where your body comes alive with sensation. </p> <p>But then afterwards, you get out and you hear people talk about how badass they are for toughing it out in a 105F room for 90 minutes. I thought the point is to have 90 minutes of gentle movement meditation, not masochism? And then I hear folks saying they lost 5lbs in a session...bro, you're going to gain it all back in a day, it's just water weight.</p> <p>I guess it's not so much the class itself but the people.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/5499/do-you-have-bad-experiences-with-yoga/96761#96761 Laina 2012-02-10T17:26:25Z 2012-02-10T17:26:25Z

<p>I can't stand yoga. I hate the focus on breathing (I've been doing just fine for 32 years, thanks) and I hate the slow pace. In terms of injuries, no, no problems. I'd rather just stretch on my own, though.</p>