Is it enough to get a yoga dvd/video and start from home? I wouldn’t mind going to lessons but I have checked and there are none nearby (as in a 10 mile radius) and I don’t drive.
- You can follow a good book or yoga DVD. or seek online assistance. But in this case limit yourself to pranayama and simple yoga asanas. Difficult yoga asanas may require an instructor. Best bet can be to attend 5-10 classes and then progress on your own.
Alcohol. I’ve read this: “Yogis do not touch alcohol, since they consider it to lower the vibrations of their subtle body (astral body). This defeats the purpose of yoga, which is to increase the vibrational level so they can gradually unfold their Higher Self.”
- Nobody is perfect. If you were a perfect person you would not need yoga. You just try to limit your alcohol intake and be regular in yoga, seven days a week. After a month or so your urge for liquor will certainly reduce.
I still want to keep up my weight training. So I thought of doing something like WT Mon/Wed/Fri and Yoga Tue/Thur/Sat. Does that sound enough? For hour long sessions or something.
- You can carry on your weight training and yoga. Do not do weight training after doing yoga.
The limited meat. Now because of the additional weight training my concern is the protein. From your experiences with mainly veggies and fruit, how has this affected you healthwise.
- Same logic goes for meat as is applicable to alcohol. Moderation is the key. With sufficient yoga practice you will not like to eat meat and you can get protein from vegetarian sources also.
I’m a nice guy, and don’t rise to fights. However, there’s going to be times when it’s unavoidable. You can’t sit there and let somone hit you. Now since following yoga helps you be at peace etc, I’m wondering how this fits in. Am I in the wrong to defend myself from someone who is threatening me?
- Yoga practice does not mean that you dont fight for self defence.
Hope it helps…
Daljit