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[findingnine]

Low budget travel = fitness

You need to walk around with a heavy bag on your back.

Day trip hikes.

Walking from site to site.

Dancing then ight away.

I get it, but in work camp. there is no SAFE outdoor wilderness to trek alone, and after work, no one is up to anything. It must be solo, be suitable to a 9' by7' room and quiet enough not to p*** off the neighbors through the paper thin walls.

[exploreamerica]

I get it, but in work camp. there is no SAFE outdoor wilderness to trek alone, and after work, no one is up to anything. It must be solo, be suitable to a 9' by7' room and quiet enough not to p*** off the neighbors through the paper thin walls.

You must be talking about a day in the real world.
But as far as travel, why not hike when and where you want? And nobody on a trip has the responsibility of work to keep them from having fun until morning.

[Jessica_CDN]

Carm,

I teach Ashtanga - it's wonderful! It's all about keeping the movement and breath linked - much more so than any other form of yoga. And yes, it is probably the most intense form of yoga. The room does not really need to be that warm - just warm enough so you can get a good sweat going!

There are tons of other kinds of yoga that focus on different things - Iyengar focuses on alignment above all else, lots of Hatha yogas out there as well. (Although to be clear, Hatha yoga refers to the PHYSICAL practice of doing yoga.....there are other types of yoga too - like Karma yoga!)

[Jessica_CDN]

Well, traditionally yoga is taught under the supervision of a qualified instructor. However, there are some books available.

If you want to try ashtanga yoga, I recommend David Swenson's Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual. But try to visit a teacher as often as possible! You just can't learn a physical practice all that well from a book.

There are also videos, but you kinda need equipment for that. haha.

[wakingdream]

The yoga speak intrigues me; how do you learn it?

If you have the time, pop in a few beginner's classes before you go. I find going to class keeps my practise going well and mixes it up a bit. Also allows the tracher to point out any movements you may be doing that can cause more harm then good if you're not doing them correctly. You can learn basic practise and go on with that for years, adding new movements when you're ready.

I'm not an expert like our fine yogi Jess, but I do like Ashtanga the best from what I've tried. My teacher keeps the room quite hot, which I like, but I guess it's not for everyone. I'm just a heat hog.

[findingnine]

You must be talking about a day in the real world.

The real world huh? We enter with nothing, leave with nothing, and in between, comfort ourselves with the illusion of ownership, bequeathing that which was never really ours. And Home? Some one else chose where you started, no one knows where you finish, and for order the places of tendancy become places of tenancy. Travel is the truth and home is the lie. There is I and there is the earth, and so I am always home; all upon it are my family. I love where I am from (people and places) but home is a dream. When the road wakes me and takes me from one dwelling to another, travelling I be, albeit not exotically.
Home is the familiar? Here I can use the gym and know my terrain. For play travel, excercise is easy; hiking and walking = playing.
When I travel too work, this is nothing strange. Many work to travel (it is one of my newer goals for sure). Many work to keep travelling. Doing one for the other, even each at once, is nothing new. Sadly for now I must suffer work being the greater focus. I could have sought employment where I live, but chose not to.
On my limited fun trips, I have not battled to excercise. The simple act of following my bliss burns more energy than I could possibly deliberate.
On this trip however, the bulk of my activity will be chosen for me. The more benificial activity will be in the evening and of my own making with limited resources, in particular space.

If you have the time, pop in a few beginner's classes before you go.... Also allows the tracher to point out any movements you may be doing that can cause more harm then good

Thanks Susie. So classes exist. I will look into this. Even one or two for the first shift out would probably help. Not like I can never come home.

[wakingdream]

Thanks Susie. So classes exist. I will look into this. Even one or two for the first shift out would probably help. Not like I can never come home.

A few classes should sort you out for the short term anyway.
And the added bonus is there will likely be girls there...

[findingnine]

And the added bonus is there will likely be girls there...

SOLD!

[whereshegoes]

...there are other types of yoga too - like Karma yoga!)

Coolio. I am going to invent my own brand...Carma Yoga. Ya. I am gonna take over the world with it. Well not really. But I will start classes for me and my cat for sure. It will be popular over in these parts. (these parts being my living room)

[findingnine]

...there are other types of yoga too - like Karma yoga!)

Coolio. I am going to invent my own brand...Carma Yoga. Ya. I am gonna take over the world with it. Well not really. But I will start classes for me and my cat for sure. It will be popular over in these parts. (these parts being my living room)

Hey! Where's your monkey?

[Jessica_CDN]

hahahaha

Your post made me a little sad though, Carm! It's shocking how many yogis are starting their own "brand" of yoga....like hot yoga for example. Birkam has copyrighted it, so you can't call your studio "Bikram" yoga unless it's authorized by him. Which in some ways is good, some ways bad.

I guess it was bound to happen with yoga going mainstream. Makes my livelihood better, but I also long for the days when no one really came to the studio. hahaha.

[wakingdream]

Your post made me a little sad though, Carm! It's shocking how many yogis are starting their own "brand" of yoga....like hot yoga for example.

Jess, do 'they' or don't 'they' call Ashtanga 'hot yoga'? I've heard people in my Ashtanga class call it that. I'm a bit confused. Sort me out please....

[Jessica_CDN]

Waking,

Ashtanga yoga and Hot yoga are two entirely different things. However, there's no reason intoday's crazy yoga world why they might not be combined!

To figure out which one you're doing (or if you're doing a variant of both), tell me a bit about your practice! Describe some of the poses if you would, and tell me how warm this room is!

(I've been to Ashtanga studios heated to 35 degrees celsius....it's BRUTAL, especially when it's -40 outside....nothing makes you want to barf quite like that...)

[findingnine]

Waking, (I've been to Ashtanga studios heated to 35 degrees celsius....it's BRUTAL, especially when it's -40 outside....nothing makes you want to barf quite like that...)

Wow! Way to give it the ol' Hard Sell.
Tried it tonight. I think it was called Hatha yoga. At first I thought he said half a yoga, but that can't be right?
I found it, um, I found it, er, I found it, well, I'm gonna leave at...uncomfortable.

[Jessica_CDN]

hahahahahahah that's soooo great. (Yeah, it was likely called Hatha yoga....but who knows what kind! Hatha varies soooo much)

I always love it when I have really really fit guys come into the studio - often thinking it won't be very hard. Then at the end of the class they're always like what the F#$*(@??!??! That was soooooo hard. hahaha. But often they stick with it 'cause they like the challenge.

[wakingdream]

To figure out which one you're doing (or if you're doing a variant of both), tell me a bit about your practice! Describe some of the poses if you would, and tell me how warm this room is!

Kristen Honey is my teacher. She has practised extensively with Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois, who currently teaches at his school, the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, in Mysore, India.


Cool lookin' dude. That's Kristen on the right. She's a really amazing person. According to him, "Ashtanga Yoga method is Patanjali Yoga" practised according to vinyasa. I read a bit more about him and this method here.

I'm in a beginner's class. We typically cover the sun salutations A & B, the standing postures, the primary series. Each class she shows us a new posture that we can try or not. The room is pretty warm, I think about 70 degrees or so, but it could be lower.

[Jessica_CDN]

Oh, you're definitely doing Ashtanga yoga. And it looks like your teacher is really great - she's studied with lots of people I'd like to study with - I'm going on a workshop with David Swenson soon!

I don't know why people would refer to it as hot yoga....they prolly just don't know any better....and 70 degrees is about right....nothing crazy, just warm enough so you don't hurt yourself.

Hot yoga is normally heated to about 100 degrees! (Not kidding!!)

Do you live in Guelph?? I thought I saw that that was where she teaches. Amazing that you have such a qualified Ashtanga instructor in such a small town!

[Jessica_CDN]

oh - and I'm going to study with Guruji this summer in India! (the cool lookin' dude. haha)

[wakingdream]

Oh, you're definitely doing Ashtanga yoga. And it looks like your teacher is really great - she's studied with lots of people I'd like to study with - I'm going on a workshop with David Swenson soon!

I don't know why people would refer to it as hot yoga....they prolly just don't know any better....and 70 degrees is about right....nothing crazy, just warm enough so you don't hurt yourself.

Hot yoga is normally heated to about 100 degrees! (Not kidding!!)

Do you live in Guelph?? I thought I saw that that was where she teaches. Amazing that you have such a qualified Ashtanga instructor in such a small town!

Yeah, I knew it was ashtanga, but when you mentioned hot yoga being something else then I started to wonder if it was some kind of hybrid practise!

Yup, I live in Guelph. Small town, haha, yeah it is...Kristen is wicked. She's really into her practise and has this lovely, mesmerizing voice and talks quietly through parts of our class, mostly when helping out with our asanas. She has this cool aura, not to sound hippy-dippy, but she really does. Oh, andperfect yoga music. I get alot of music from her for home.

I'd like to be able to do this;


Kidding.... but not really! Or this;

[findingnine]

I'd like to be able to do this;


Kidding.... but not really! Or this;

Wow, I'd settle for the cross legged thing with the feet tucked in. That pose alone makes yoga, I wanna say scary.