How long is your Yoga practice?

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Permalink Reply by Uti on July 28, 2009 at 11:08am

Focusing on the breath is an important part of the beginning of each yoga practice. This is a time when the energy shifts from the doingness of the day to the beingness of putting my body on the floor, leaving thoughts behind, and experiencing god breathing me. After that, the length of time I spend doing hatha poses is of little importance, but often it is around an hour and a half total. For a well balanced practice I would suggest that you vary the poses you do each time and learn which poses counter-balance each other so you can alternate. Another thing is to recognize that we all eventually find poses that we love to hate for a variety of reasons and we tend to avoid those when in reality we are being given a sign that we need to explore them more fully. Finally, the yogi who has taught me hatha suggests that one takes at least one day off a week from hatha - meditation and breath practice are fine on the off-day

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Permalink Reply by Ashwin on July 28, 2009 at 11:39pm

great thanks Uti!

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Permalink Reply by Katrina Ward on August 19, 2009 at 10:51pm

usually 30mins-1hr at home and 1hr-1hr 30mins at classes. Mainly doing Hath, Ashtanga and Bikram. And yes I do love pranayama very much too :)

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