About Iyengar Yoga and why you might like to give it a try:
Iyengar
is a form of Hatha yoga. Hatha means moving in two directions,
not unlike Yin-Yang. Of the many forms of yoga, athletes seem
to really like Iyengar yoga. It is rigorous and tremendously challenging.
But you start slow. Like running a marathon, you can do it faster
overall if you don’t go out too fast. Yoga is like that.
You breathe into the posture and extend the stretch. Each time
you stretch you go further than you did the time before. Running
tightens, yoga loosens. Yoga Circle teaches Iyengar Yoga. To learn
more about Iyengar yoga, go
here.
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books about Buddhism and
Eastern Philosophy, plus an eclectic
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The essential book of stretching for runners combines yogic wisdom and a practical
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