I'm not really anti-yoga, even if it is Hindu philosophy. I just believe (like your meditation class should have been) that things should be labeled correctly. Possibly I had a naive view of yoga at the first one - I thought I was going to learn to eventually be so flexible that I could get my foot behind my ear. :)
I don't doubt that the instructor could translate it because she really didn't know what she was doing. Yoga, like Pilates, and like belly dance have all become so trendy in the last decade that I'm sure quality is all over the board.
I'm not sure what you mean about the breathing being backwards. Probably because I've never really done yoga to have something to compare with. My former Pilates instructor (who stole moves from yoga I'm sure)rarely told us when to breathe, just to remember to do it. My Pilates DVD is more inhale while doing this and exhale while doing that. Most it makes sense to me since it is exhaling on the exersion part. When it doesn't make sense, I just do what feels right any way.
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Date: 2007-01-31 09:35 pm (UTC)I don't doubt that the instructor could translate it because she really didn't know what she was doing. Yoga, like Pilates, and like belly dance have all become so trendy in the last decade that I'm sure quality is all over the board.
I'm not sure what you mean about the breathing being backwards. Probably because I've never really done yoga to have something to compare with. My former Pilates instructor (who stole moves from yoga I'm sure)rarely told us when to breathe, just to remember to do it. My Pilates DVD is more inhale while doing this and exhale while doing that. Most it makes sense to me since it is exhaling on the exersion part. When it doesn't make sense, I just do what feels right any way.