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yoga and martial arts?
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Yes, Vanda uses the term "Wave" when she talks about the way she does yoga. Its about finding that wave like quality in all the posses, and she has a very definite way of doing this. However I think she describes it as an approach to the body, rather than an organized "style of yoga" which has a definite name. In her book she says: "This is not really a yoga book nor a book on yoga …. What we will try to do in this book is to create a much more serious approach towards our bodies…" p16. and "Be Careful, Very Careful about organizations. Yoga can not be organized, must not be organized. Organizations kill work." p110. I’ve been trained in this way of doing yoga. If people ask "What ’style’ of yoga do you teach", what do you say? Its always been an issue. Through pressures to name it, its been called "The Scaravelli method" or "Scaravelli yoga". But of all the yoga centers that I know of that teach this way of doing yoga, none of them put a label on it but instead just call it yoga and describe it a bit. Esther Myers once described it in this way: Vanda learned yoga from her teachers, and through her practice made it her own. Others can learn yoga from her, and through their practice make it their own. Michel – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Michel Cote wrote << I would suggest a style of yoga as taught by Vanda Scaravelli (She chose not to get it a name). ** I thought she had termed it the Wave-technique. Or perhaps this has been applied by others. In her book (as you mentioned) she does use the term "wave" to describe her type of Hatha Yoga. Om Shanti … Yogini Lalasa Hamsa Yoga Fellowship
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Michel Cote wrote << I would suggest a style of yoga as taught by Vanda Scaravelli (She chose not to get it a name). ** I thought she had termed it the Wave-technique. Or perhaps this has been applied by others. In her book (as you mentioned) she does use the term "wave" to describe her type of Hatha Yoga. Om Shanti … Yogini Lalasa Hamsa Yoga Fellowship
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Hi, I’m a martial artist, I was interested in yoga for improving my flexibility, strength, grace, more or less in that order, and helping with general body mechanics. What form of yoga would be best for this? Are there any books/videos anyone could recommend? I don’t really have time/money for classes right now, how crucial would that be? For future referrence, where in NYC would be good for this? I’m in good shape, do a lot of stretching, etc. Anyone else out there combining the two? FYI, I practice the Hung Ga system of Kung Fu. thanks in advance, Jason
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But what about Astanga yoga? Wouldn’t this help also? Cannon
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I would suggest a style of yoga as taught by Vanda Scaravelli (She chose not to get it a name). It echoes many of the principles of Tai Chi. There is a strong focus on grounding, breath, spine, body mechanics, fluidity. It is a style of yoga that is gentle in its approach yet, powerful in its effect. I think of it as the tai chi of yoga styles. See the following books: "Yoga and You" by Esther Myers – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, I’m a martial artist, I was interested in yoga for improving my flexibility, strength, grace, more or less in that order, and helping with general body mechanics. What form of yoga would be best for this? Are there any books/videos anyone could recommend? I don’t really have time/money for classes right now, how crucial would that be? For future referrence, where in NYC would be good for this? I’m in good shape, do a lot of stretching, etc. Anyone else out there combining the two? FYI, I practice the Hung Ga system of Kung Fu. thanks in advance, Jason
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