Yoga

bluto

Where Is The Best And Cheapest Place To Do Yoga In The City Center

Transform

What type of yoga?

Slow and easy or quicker and more like you have done a workout? Both of course will offer spiritual enlightenment

bluto

IAm looking to become more supple and flexiable. Which is best style fort htis

Milkman

Best and cheapest don't normally go together for anything!

when looking at taking up yoga there are a few things to consider:
expertise of the teacher
class size
sytle of yoga
How you get on with the instructor.


I have been to loads of cheap classes that the instruction was dreadful, no personal pointers and obviously untrained teachers, results, you'll end up hurting yourself.
The best thing to do is go to a propper set of classes with an instructor you like, once you have the basic skills then you do no need to be attending a class every week, just practice at home and when you feel you have progressed then return to the next level of classes.
There is a center called Prana on dame lane http://www.prana.ie/ set up by two dedicated yogi's Greg and Rani. They do a large range of styles to suit all levels and they really are the best (i feel personallay) i have come across in this city.
I would recommend starting with Iyengar, this style specialises in teaching you the correct forms and methods. Once you know these then you can progress onto more strenuous workout styles or yoga.
In Prana you can just pay for a class or a block, go along to a beginners class, presonally I prefer greg's style of teaching for a beginner, it is more fun and less spiritual, Rani is a fantastic teacher but make your own mind up as how you get on with the instructor is very important.

good luck and happy stretching.
M.

bluto

Cheers

Transform

Totally agree with previous posters coments as i teach asthanga yoga and it is very much about how you get on with the teacher.
Personally i do like david collins in blackrock (www.asthanga.ie) or colm walsh in ranelagh (www.yogadublin.com) both are on dart or luas lines.

The cheapest in dublin is possibly bikram or hot box yoga however i did not enjoy the class as it offered nothing for me and did not enjoy the feeling of doing yoga in a roasting hot room.

Shop around and find what suits you. God knows from my experience more guys could do with improving their flexibility of their body and mind!

oxygen_old

This might not be what your looking for but if you are an absolute beginner there are some DVD's you could watch and follow. I got a free Howard Napper yoga DVD on a box of "Special K" there the other day and found it a very good starting point. Its only a half hour long so you can fit it in to your day from the comfort of your own home(maybe get up a half hour earlier). There are two DVD's to collect upper body and lower body, each a half hour.

Milkman

Never do yoga from a video/DVD unless you have had proper training!

Incorrect positioning or stretching too hard will just result in injury. There is no point in taking yoga up like that.
Yes the vidoes are good for a workout pattern, IF and only IF you have had a qualified teacher adjusting you in a class and you know what the postures are supposed to feel like.
Its all about listening to your body

sorry if this comes across all shouty, but you really can do alot of damage to yourself.
M.

oxygen_old

Milkman wrote:

Never do yoga from a video/DVD unless you have had proper training!

Incorrect positioning or stretching too hard will just result in injury.

Of course MilkMan is entitled to that opinion.

I however found the DVD's are great place to start into yoga. It is very basic yoga and if you are not likely to injure yourself. Its not like Geri Halliwell teaching you power yoga or anything. Once you get a bit more advanced it is worth searching out an instructor until then I would highly recommend these DVD's

Static M.e.

Not meaning To hijack thread,

Genuine question,
but can yoga make you fit at all ? or is it just for suppleness

Transform

Static M.e. wrote:

Not meaning To hijack thread,

Genuine question,
but can yoga make you fit at all ? or is it just for suppleness

Yes it can. If you do asthanga yoga regularly it most certainly will as the heart rate through the asanas (poses) as they are done in a flowing sequence. Also when you are more flexible your muscles can move through their full range of motion without excessive tension. Finally, there is less chance of injury when more flexible.

p.s. flexibility has little or nothing to do with yoga. Yoga is the union of body and mind and a chance to let your active mind relax and focus inwardly on what you are doing while practicing yoga. God knows this has taken me ages to develop as originally it was for flexibility reasons and now it offers me the chance to move through asanas much like moving meditation.