Yoga?

Does anyone do yoga? My mom swears by it and always says how much better she's feeling when she does it! I am thinking of starting to do some yoga and meditation..my body is just exhausted and I need something to help out....just wondering if any of you has ever tried it or still doing it.

I don't but our Dr. suggested to my dh that it would be a great thing for him to get into doing to relieve his stress. I 'd imagine is would be very beneficial.

i've not tried yoga yet, but i've been wanting to. i keep reading about all the great benefits of yoga.

i've heard nothing but good about it. maybe one of these days. lol!

yeah, I know...b/t my mom and a friend of mine...they are definitely gonna talk me into it! I think my body could definitely use it. My body just feels like it is in a state of total exhaustion lately. I think from just being sick too much and not getting enough rest. So I need to start doing something to help it out!

I use to before I had the kids, LOVED it and how relaxed and flexible I was too

i have a pilates video that kicked my butt, LOL

I do some yoga when I do the P90x but that is it...i would think taking a class would be the way to go and they don't have any here but i def would if they did...

jessiw wrote:

Does anyone do yoga? My mom swears by it and always says how much better she's feeling when she does it! I am thinking of starting to do some yoga and meditation..my body is just exhausted and I need something to help out....just wondering if any of you has ever tried it or still doing it.

This is so WEIRD that you posted this because just last night I did a bunch of research on yoga. I am signed up for Groupon.com and there was a Groupon expiring last night for Yoga classes 5 for $25. Since I have fibromyalgia though, I looked into what type of yoga they teach and whether it was recommended for fibromyalgia. I ended up deciding to buythisYoga DVD taught by a woman who has FMS and has healed herself with yoga from what I understand. Amazing reviews. Thisis an article about how she went from being fully functioning before FMS to being bed-ridden to healing herself with Yoga. The type of yoga by the way that I decided I wanted to do was IYENGAR.

And check out this SEXY article, the #1 tip is YOGA!!!! LOL

OMG...JA thank you so much for these links!! I have read some of them and bookmarked them all to go back to when the kids are asleep!! It sounds great...I think I have made my mind up to start it. I want that DVD too...

jessiw wrote:

OMG...JA thank you so much for these links!! I have read some of them and bookmarked them all to go back to when the kids are asleep!! It sounds great...I think I have made my mind up to start it. I want that DVD too...

I did used to do yoga before FMS myself with a VHS (that's how long ago it was) by Kathy Smith, it was really good! Now she has a lot of them out link

Years ago a friend of mine tried to get me to do yoga and I wouldnt do it bc I was weired out about the controlled breathing aspect (just a neurosis of mine lol) . Anyway, somehow I went in 2002 and I have been a convert ever since. Now if I dont go 2ce a week I get crabby--really crabby. I dont go to a hardcore yoga studio, I just take classes at my gym--24 Hr Fitness, but the one teacher I've found I LOVE. My advice is to try a class somewhere (lots of places offer a first free class) and if you DONT like it, try someplace else because every class can be completely different. Some are more meditative, some are hard workouts, some instructors focus on holding poses, some focus on the stretching etc etc.

I tried it for the first time last fall at a women's retreat with my church. I quite enjoyed it.
I was just asking the woman who had led the class the other day if she would be leading any classes this fall.