Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Yoga
I interrupt a particularly intractable night of insomnia to note that I think I must take up yoga again. I am not sure it will help with sleep, but I am suddenly convinced it would be of inestimable benefit to my streamline position! That way you stretch your arms up into the air with very straight long body and biceps pressed close to the ears is strongly homologous to the most desirable position for freestyle...
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Jenny, what kind of yoga do you do and where do you go? I used to practice yoga years ago, but haven't in forever. Might be nice to get back into it.
I was doing Iyengar yoga, both at the Columbia gym and also at the Iyengar institute in Chelsea, where the teachers are very good. I do think it goes well with running, as long as you don't overdo it--I find the tricky thing is that I have a very individual response to certain teachers, and that it is logistically difficult to find one who really suits & who does not then leave to go and study in India or what have you! I am thinking I must try some more flow-type yoga, the Iyengar is good but very technical...
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