Anyone tried yoga and noticed it helped your life?

2019-03-27T21:35:29+00:00

Hot yoga rocks...beware of yoga pants/being the only guy in class.

NietzscheExplosion · 2019-03-27T19:29:19+00:00

Too many women farting.

darkmanilluminate · 2019-03-27T19:38:41+00:00

Practice regularly for many years. There are lots of different “yogas” out there, what I do is what I’ve learned from different places & what works for me. Occasionally I’ll do a special occasion class at a studio but most of the time I practice at home. There is yoga for the body (asanas/postures), yoga of speech (vibration/cellular energy shift), and yoga of the mind (breath regulation/concentration/meditation).

Self care is at the core of spiritual development & MGTOW

2019-03-27T19:32:40+00:00

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2019-03-27T20:36:01+00:00

It's good for maintaining flexibility. But I'm not into the spiritual aspects of it. I wish they just had stretching classes without all the other bullshit that goes with yoga.

Triops56 · 2019-03-28T06:22:36+00:00

I've been working out my entire life so have always been in decent shape (I'm 56). But when I tried yoga, holy shit, I was hooked within the first two minutes. It was like nothing I ever experienced.

I train for outdoor sports--backpacking, bouldering, kayaking and especially mountain biking--and the yoga studio I chose just happened to focus on yoga for athletes, so it was a perfect fit.

I would recommend trying out a bunch of different studios to get a feel for the different styles. Most studios will charge you a minimal fee or even free for your first few visits. Then, when you find a studio you like, jump in to their basic classes and dedicate yourself to learning the basic asanas (Sun Salutations A & B) under the guidance of a teacher.

Once you're comfortable with the basics, then reevaluate if you want to practice at home using one of the bazillion yoga Youtube channels or continue at your studio.

One thing I would recommend is to find a studio that either does not play any music during sessions, or at least only plays soft music. You'll find that most of the studios cater to self-absorbed women who treat yoga like 80's aerobics, so the sessions are blasting with music so loud you can't hear the teacher calling out the poses. Fuck that shit. Yoga should be a calming practice, not a night club.

After I had to move away from my first studio, I found a studio that's run by a dedicated male yoga instructor who proudly proclaims on all of his promotional literature that the only music you'll here in his studios is the music of your breathing. How cool is that! Consequently, the people who attend his studios are serious, even the women.

BTW, the style of yoga I prefer is called Power Yoga. Its founder is Baron Baptiste.

Good luck!

Edit: P.S. I still lift weights. Yoga and weights is a winning combination.

Chad_Thunderfist · 2019-03-28T15:05:36+00:00

Eh, it's a pass, for me.

I've tried it; the only thing that I get out of it is increased flexibility, and even that's with a cost: often times, it feels like i've stretched a muscle too much to a point where it disables me from truly working out (for a few days).

I don't get any meditation/effects from it, and i'm completely disinterested in straying from the MGTOW path by looking at women.

Basically, there isn't really a reason to do it, for me lol

801735 · 2019-03-27T19:21:08+00:00

I know of this yoga place, there are these chicks... it improved my eyesight! ]=)

BiffBiffBiff27 · 2019-03-27T19:34:32+00:00

This yoga pants shit is for women, it's only one aspect of yoga and the easiest to market to those who want to stay young, fit, blablabla. Its basically stretching, which is good and everyone should do it along with trigger point massage.

What helps me is sitting in the park in silence just being still, or listening to sage advice at the same time.

spkuantke23 · 2019-03-27T19:40:19+00:00

I do some poses specifically for flexibility. I've had some good experiences with reiki though. I cannot mix meditation and yoga together for some reason. But overall it's great physically and if you feel good physically, you usually feel better mentally.

AcrobaticAge · 2019-03-27T22:28:09+00:00

I don't know about the mind benefits, but I know enough about training the body to think it's quite beneficial to it.

Since you are a guy, I asume you are mostly interested in strenght, and I think advanced yoga practicioners are not just flexible, but also quite strong. Maybe not as strong as a dedicated strong man (of any kind), but definitely stronger than most gym rats and pumpers out there.

shadocatssb · 2019-03-27T22:51:22+00:00

I've done yoga and it's pretty alright. You will most likely be the only male in a yoga class(Rarely will there be another male with you).

2019-03-28T01:26:28+00:00

Yoga is to exercise as golf is to a sport.

3lbs tanerite set off at mach 3 with 5.56/.223 will bring ultimate peace for a 3 concession radius. Thats MY meditation.

Title	Anyone tried yoga and noticed it helped your life?
Author	rodmunch1
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Date	March 27, 2019 7:12 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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