Category: Health and Wellness
I'm interested in yoga but want to talk with other blindies who do it before I jump in. Do you work in a group or at home? How do you learn the poses most accessibly? My understanding is that people who practice yoga are more compassionate and open-minded, but being in a room full of mirrors and people who can see me, even though I can't see them, really bothers me. I have some trauma surrounding working out with other people because I was really bullied and mistreated in gym growing up and haven't always had the best body image, regardless of fitness level. But I want to learn yoga, and I know so much of it is having good form, so I need someone to teach it to me that I trust. I just wondered if there were any resources out there that described poses really well so that I can at least get started on my own before venturing out into a group setting. Thoughts?
Thanks so much,
M
I took yoga for a while, one on one so I could learn the poses properly. I loved it.
After maybe four or five one on one classes, I joined the group.
That was several years ago and I had to call around to see if instructors were willing to teach one on one. I've noticed on a few of the yoga websites now that they offer one on one instructions as part of the every day options.
Hi. I wouldn't say I'm all that good at yoga, but I try. I've never actually taken a class, i just use an app called Daily Yoga. It's not perfect, but it'll talk you through what to do. Just follow the voice instructions, or use the pose library, i think. I believe its available for IOS and android. I've only ever used it on android.
hmm, thanks! might try that out!
Thanks so much, everyone. <3
I do yoga regularly after I found a site called blindyoga.com The instructor, Marty Kline, is completely blind and it's a $20 download for an audio book that is really helpful in describing the positions.
Tried it for a bit at a doctor's recommendation, he said it might calm down my tinnitus. No such luck.
Hey everyone I'm a trained yoga teacher, and I'm trying to build up my client
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I'm a beginner in yoga, and doing it from home through different youtube vedio description guides. I tried it one-to-one and also group classes some years ago, I find it very hard for me to concertrate and follow, as part of my rational mind always fight with me with the idea of yoga, or my brain simply too active to shot down or to relax. I'm just a couple of weeks in to the self training, and I find it fairly good so far. The yoga that i'm doing are simply relaxation and health yoga, have no religious component attach to it.
one of the good description vedios that I regular use is from someone call Adrienne. I find that her description and the instruction is clear and easy to follow. Her link is
https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
going to try this app, if not I'll try youtube. I've been wanting to try yoga, did it with friends a few years back, now as a mommy, yeah I need it!
Forever later ... sorry ... I'm finally following up. A Beautiful Mistake reminded me of Marty Klein's classes. They were tucked away somewhere in the recesses of my memory. When I first came across them, I was recovering from a serious injury that would have made yoga potentially dangerous for me until I got better ... that and being able to afford the courses. But I took a leap of faith this spring and bought them, and I couldn't be happier. I only just finished CD 1, if you can believe it. Many of the basic stretches that Marty and Gretchen teach can be integrated into morning and evening workouts. I often do situps, my old PT stretches, and then integrate the yoga stretches. Of course, when I have my iPhone on shuffle, I sometimes get the more advanced poses and drop whatever I'm doing and do those. But I've really felt like I can just pace myself with this thing and really find my center and my rhythm. It's great and totally worth the investment, you guys.
Check out www.blindalive.com they have DVD's and other workouts for the blind and they are taught by blind people.