Consistency in the sport requires maintenance like yoga lifting and supplements which really keeps me in check regarding my health. In the most healthy way I’ve learned more about my body without the pressure of counting calories & protein intake. Growth is slow & steady but very tangible which I respect the most. When the general public thinks of martial arts everyone tends to stereotype the sport as a sort of Karate or Taekwando. This used to drive me up the wall but recently I’ve adapted the mentality of the girls that get it, get it! (Lol) I’m definitely a part of the minority within the sport as a brown woman but I view it as a safe space to navigate my confidence, my ability to ask questions & learn amongst a multitude of other things that are directly applicable to my outside of gym life. Everyone is both friendly and competitive in the same breath which I found very refreshing.
May 21, 2024
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approaching yoga as a self care necessity instead of how society views ”exercise“ as an obligation or way to achieve body image standards has changed my life. Not in drastic ways, but in a meaningful way that I think has spilled over into other spaces like journaling, drawing and being more aware of how I spend my time. I do it at home so it’s free. Taking 75-90 minutes on a weekend just for myself, with no texts to answer or things to do always feels so good. But even a 10 minute stretch session makes me more way aware of my body, releases tension in my neck, back, shoulders, hips, and gives me space to take care of myself. Moving the body how it wants to move
Mar 11, 2024
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I absolutely love the community on this subreddit. I have mixed feelings about Reddit in general - but I do like the subreddits where most of the posts are text posts and this is true for r/yoga.
People will present an unhinged scenario (which is probably an exercise in creative writing and/or narcissism like most things on Reddit) where they are in a yoga class and the person next to them is wearing bells on their belt and they smell awful and are sweating so much there are puddle and doing jumping jacks and not following the instruction and loudly saying mantras. the op will then ask “what do I do?? Talk to the studio owner??” And ALL of the commenters just go “in the spirit of yoga, you have to drown it out and focus on your breath ✌🏻🍃” or literally post an old proverb. And then the op just agrees and goes on their way.
It’s reminds me of old forum posting and I love the energy.
Jan 30, 2024
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learning how to breathe in yoga has seriously carried over in my every day life (have you read the articles on email apnea?)! it is sooo good for you bc it stretches and works muscles that other workouts don’t do for you.
that “keep your eyes on your own yoga mat” shit is real too like you are on your own journey!! comparison will kill you!! also I am trying to be mobile when I’m an old person…
May 23, 2024
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May 26, 2024
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Am I a big fat lesbian? Am I a straight board you can iron your clothes on? Am I somewhere in between? What if my boyfriend knew I ask myself these questions daily? I have the feeling I won’t keep him around long enough to grow suspicious. Who cares anyway?
Maybe I do.
May 21, 2024