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I want to get into yoga, but I struggle in doing so (hexbear.net)
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I want to integrate yoga in my fitness routine, because I am pretty weak in balance and stress management. But when I try searching for stuff on it online, I run into two problems:

  1. I get overwhelmed by the amount of content. A Youtube channel like "Yoga with Adriene" has hundreds of videos and dozens of playlists, each covering a different perspective and set of exercises. I don't know from myself what I want, so it leads to me unable to choose.
  2. I either get impatient or roll my eyes at the way yoga is commonly talked about. Even if there's no mention of more spiritual elements, I feel prejudiced against the usually slow pace and mindfulness talk, even though that's precisely what I want to practice.

I have a membership at a small gym, but they don't have any yoga classes, and I don't want another membership for yoga coaching on top of that. Are there ways around this?

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[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Change your approach completely.

Plan to do a single video for an entire month. Literally.

In your schedule, decide if you're going to do yoga 2 times a week or 3 times a week. Don't do more. You're not ready.

Pick one video.

Every single time you do yoga for the next month, ONLY do that video.

This will fundamentally change your mindset. Yoga is not about gathering external information. Doing more videos will not teach you anything.

Yoga is about learning how to observe internal information. Repetition is the key to get started.

If you want to do more than this, then every single day you are not doing yoga, sit on the floor in complete silence for 15m. Do nothing else.

Again, the goal is not to gain anything, it's to observe. Through observation, you will fundamentally change.

[–] largerfather@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

1 Here: https://youtu.be/AGKGi44zxlI I’ve made the decision for you. Next session, pick one of Adrienne’s classes (or whoever) based on time and just get started. If the class hits, save it to come back to. If it doesn’t, oh well. At least you did yoga instead of finding excuses not to.

2 You’ll get used to it. Incorporate what works for you and continue rolling your eyes at the rest.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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