i got this shot of WF Temple Manager and Teacher Ananda descending the Sacred Peak after working with her yoga practice where it really counts; during high intensity cardio at high altitudes. the modern yogi quickly forgets and ignores this most noble root of yoga. in Wholistic Fitness? we HONOR it!.
Honoring Cardio as Crucial To Yoga; Part I
by coach ilg
MIND THE GAP!
in my travels and conversations with today's crop of "yoga teachers" i continue to be surprised at the glaring gaps in their notion of Hatha Yoga and the Himalayan sized gaps in their embrace of other fitness disciplines. most seem especially frightened by Cardio Fitness. i can only suppose this is because they do not want the concussion and lactic acid pain to "ruin their yoga." i've had several yoga teachers tell me enthusiastically after one of their classes that i would only have to, "give up my gym and cardio training to become a really good yogi!" they would sometimes quickly add, "Heck, because of your potential, I'll even give you a price break on my Yoga Teacher Training Certification coming up next month!"
true.
this to me is very funny. sad, actually. since regular and mandatory ultra-endurance Cardio efforts known as taking pilgrimage has been a pivotal part of Traditional Yoga since, well, forever! leave it to us Americans to think we can somehow out-think the Ancient Masters and hurry ourselves into Enlightenment.
in Wholistic Fitness, we are quite happy to honor the sanctity of sweat during Cardio Training as a pivotal asana to our MultiDisciplined Understanding and Practice of Yoga.
Here is an example, one of many, from the stories of the Masters which illustrates my point of keeping Cardio Training as a crucial part of Yoga Practice;
"Once I was traveling all alone in Tarai Bhavar toward the mountains in Nepal..."
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