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Hello all I am, for all intensive purposes an old beat-up and injured martial artist and not that it is a big deal on a Yoga site but it is Chinese martial arts (Xingyiquan, Sanda, Taijiquan) and qigong.

I am going on 50 and I have been dealing with and injury of the knee for 6 months now. 3 doctors, 2 knee draining sessions, 3 sets of x-rays an MRI later they finally figured out I have a torn ligament in my knee. I have lost a lot of flexibility due to lack of inactivity and I have gained a bit of weight too.

I do not think I could handle Power Yoga at this point that is what I use to do. (I know many do not think it is really yoga) and I did some other style that if my memory is correct was simply called Hatha. But this by no means is saying I was ever any good at any of it.

My main goal is a return of my flexibility and maintaining health and it is mainly to benefit my martial arts

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Welcome to the forum Yulaw. At a glance, there would seem to be a lot of similarity and overlap between taoist spiritual practices and beliefs and yoga from india (and tibet) ,for ex…I leafed through the odd book recently.I think it was mantak chai- Inner Alchemy or some such title. I forget exactly. They talked about the cauldron (the digestive fire in yoga) etc.

I’m all for an integrated approach to yoga practice.It is actully an extremely rich toolbox once we get more familiar with it, beyond just asana. And it should help your knees on a therapeutic level.Hopefully allleviate any issues there.

Some folk make the claim that alot of disease and ails ,generally speaking ,arise from disturbances or blockages in the energy body.I have noticed when Working within this paradigm, you can learn methods and techniques using the latent power of the mind, employing attention and concentration, that in theory, can act on purifying it and re-channeling the energy(or prana,chi etc);thus in turn this can go someway towards self-healing.

I am very keen to learn more about Taoist Yoga

#3

Hello and welcome :slight_smile:

Satyanda yoga and integral yoga are worth looking into! Im learning about this on my yoga teacher training course, and its amazing how very simple and gentle exercises can strengthen and heal joint/body problems.

Also some yoga practices involve the shatkarmas (cleansing) and things like Jala Neti (passing saline water through nose) is an amazing technique that is fun/easy to do, and for me gets very significant results and positive benefits.

Sounds like you might benefit from simple but effective yoga exercises. I used to to Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, but becuase of the current course am just doing Satyanda style yoga, which involves breath/movement asanas, and shatkarmas and meditation etc.

Anyways, welcome to the clan :slight_smile:

#4

Thank You and I also see I need to make a correction on my original post. It is not a torn ligament in my knee it is torn cartilage

[QUOTE=core789;28497]Welcome to the forum Yulaw. At a glance, there would seem to be a lot of similarity and overlap between taoist spiritual practices and beliefs and yoga from india (and tibet) ,for ex…I leafed through the odd book recently.I think it was mantak chai- Inner Alchemy or some such title. I forget exactly. They talked about the cauldron (the digestive fire in yoga) etc.

I’m all for an integrated approach to yoga practice.It is actully an extremely rich toolbox once we get more familiar with it, beyond just asana. And it should help your knees on a therapeutic level.Hopefully allleviate any issues there.

Some folk make the claim that alot of disease and ails ,generally speaking ,arise from disturbances or blockages in the energy body.I have noticed when Working within this paradigm, you can learn methods and techniques using the latent power of the mind, employing attention and concentration, that in theory, can act on purifying it and re-channeling the energy(or prana,chi etc);thus in turn this can go someway towards self-healing.

I am very keen to learn more about Taoist Yoga[/QUOTE]

I found out there is a Yin Yoga seminar near me in about 6 months and there is a book I am still going to buy but I just discovered a Wudang Taoist Monk (From China and trained at Wudang) that is teaching not too far from me and he is giving a lecture on Taoist Qigong in May and if my knee allows I think I will go and listen to what he has to say. It will also FORCE me to use what little Mandarin I know and possibly improve my language skills a bit :slight_smile:

I must admit I have a stronger background in Qigong (mostly not Taoist) than I do in Yoga. Also, of late, I seem to be drawn to researching Taoism and re-reading all my old books.

[QUOTE=YogaBija;28526]Hello and welcome :slight_smile:

Satyanda yoga and integral yoga are worth looking into! Im learning about this on my yoga teacher training course, and its amazing how very simple and gentle exercises can strengthen and heal joint/body problems.

Also some yoga practices involve the shatkarmas (cleansing) and things like Jala Neti (passing saline water through nose) is an amazing technique that is fun/easy to do, and for me gets very significant results and positive benefits.

Sounds like you might benefit from simple but effective yoga exercises. I used to to Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, but becuase of the current course am just doing Satyanda style yoga, which involves breath/movement asanas, and shatkarmas and meditation etc.

Anyways, welcome to the clan :-)[/QUOTE]

Integral yoga… I am glad you mentioned that. An old martial arts friend I have not seen in years was training integral yoga and quit martial arts to pursue teaching and I had forgotten all about that. I think I need to see if I still have her number and give her a call.