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• kellen

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• karmic yoga karmic yoga

  • From: joyousfool
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    About five years ago, I began to intuit and discern that asana may hold a key to each of our core challenges in this life. I recall that this thought first entered my mind because of Paravritta Trikosana; oh, my goodness, how my mind and body resisted and battled that posture! At the time during which my awareness of possible correlation between the physical and the karmic, at least with regard to asana, reached its apex, I had been struggling deeply with how to reconcile teaching for money with my need for yoga to be wholly a spiritual pursuit.

         Revolved triangle continued to be my nemesis while I finally closed my studio, set off for massage school, opened a practice, and then suddenly, became one of the primary caregivers of my father during his nine-month decline and eventual passing. Also during Dad's grueling path, I entered graduate school. When Dad was at his worst, with about one month left to live this life, I finally put my massage practice on hold, retaining only a few home-based clients, so that I could focus on him and my academic studies.

         Two months after Dad died, my leg collapsed; literally, I had no leg to stand on. (Because of a significant weight loss that left me, shall we say, "fragile," and due to lugging a heavy massage table to and fro, my entire inner-thigh muscle bed had torn wide open--yuck and ouch!) At the age of 43, I was hobbling along with a cane, if that.

         Almost immediately, however, I delved into a new type of yoga practice, one that consisted of pranayama, visualization of well muscle tissue, and finding whatever prone or seated positions on the mat would allow me access to some semblance of asana. I incorporated tentative balance poses, and soon had established a rehabilitative and restorative practice that reframed my outlook toward yoga, patience, discernment and compassion.

           When I began to feel unencumbered by physical fear and up to the idea of challenging myself with Utthita and Paravritta Trikonasan, I inwardly sang as I saw how my body was ready to move away from its year of difficulty. It was only after another year that I recognized that Revolved Triangle no longer was an issue for me: Had the injury and subsequent restoration corrected an underlying physical misalignment; had a matured appreciation for taking things slowly welcomed the posture into easy manifestation; or had I somehow moved on from a karmic issue that had needed to be addressed?

          Probably each of the aforementioned possiblities holds some merit. I do, however, feel a keen sense that karma finds each one of us through different portals; once I had simplified the overly complex and confusing professional and personal situations in my life, the ability to balance and rotate with strenght re-entered my world. Now, in a different phase and quality of life--starting over in many areas--I recognize that I am avoiding arm balances. Perhaps ancient unresolved foes of power, freedom and courage have risen to the fore; this makes sense, given the current transitional period of my life.

         Yet, I have learned and wiil try to uphold the lesson that I learned from Revolved Triangle and injury: Forcing does not work; start with what's in front of me, rough as it may be; and work with the blessings and guidance of what is available all around me. I have a feeling that karma, in its most divine essence, asks this of us, in order to help usher each of us toward the next step; if we listen and move with grace and steadiness and perserverance, we'll find ourselves where we need to be.

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• hooping stretching at 10,000 f hooping stretching at 10,000 feet

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• 3000 Calories 3000 Calories

  • From: Resophonic
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    I received some questions about the 3000 C comments in my previous blog post. I am a noob at this, but here is the theory as best as I understand it. The bottom line is when I only eat 1800-2200 calories, my body is in starvation mode (even though I feel full) and either won't burn fat, or worse, will burn muscle with the level of activity that I am doing so I need to eat more.

    It is all based around BMI (Body Mass Index?). So first, there are two ways around figuring out your BMI: look at a chart, or calculate it using a BMI analyzer (my gym does the latter for free). The BMI is trying to figure out the fat versus the Lean Body Mass for your body. When people say "losing weight" they really want to lose Fat and not Lean Body Mass.

    I am a really big guy. 6"4", wear a 52 shoulder sports coat, currently 280 pounds, you get the picture. The BMI charts (which are based on averages) say I should be something ridiculous like 210 pounds. I weighed that in Jr High and was a skinny beanpole. There is no way in hell that 210 is a healthy weight for me. Every source I read said the charts are next to worthless for most people.

    The BMI analysis calculates the real amount of Lean Body Mass (LBM) that I have and the amount of desired fat and excess fat and then has a chart that tells you how to fuel the LBM while supporting the workout and burning fat.

    For me, it says that the "Ideal Me" would be somewhere around 255 pounds with roughly 15% fat and 85% Lean Body Mass.

    Here are my numbers:

    Base Metabolic Rate (what is needed to fuel the LBM): 2571

    Calories burned to process food:   257

    Resting energy (the sum of the above): 2828

    So what that means is it takes 2828 C to keep weight even if I do absolutely nothing all day.

    Daily activity (approx number of calories doing normal activity:    565

    Calories burned by Excercise               650

    (I vary between 650 and 1400 depending on the workouts)

    Total Caloric Requirements (the two activities added to the Resting Energy)   4043

    This is what it takes to fuel me and keep weight even with the activity I am doing.

    Safe weight loss per week (2 pounds on average)    -1043

    Recommended Calorie intake:    3000

    So now we get to weight loss.

    When I only eat 1800-2200 calories a day,  I am getting half of what I need to fuel my body and my body doesn't work well, doesn't burn fat, and I generally feel tired all the time. If I lose weight, it is likely to be Lean Body Mass which is the exact wrong thing to do. I am sure not getting the maximum out of my yoga/cardio/weight workouts because I am out of fuel. The trick to losing fat is to decrease the calories while not taking them so low that you go into starvation mode. That is why I needed so badly to increase my caloric intake.

    I finally really experienced this on my vacation. When I ate enough to support the workout my body said "hey I have enough fuel to really go wild" and I started getting the fat burn/muscle growth that I have been targeting. I lost way more than the 2 pounds predicted and have been keeping it off for a week now. I literally went from a 40 waist to 38 waist in 3 days.

    For me, the meat was causing me to "fill up" while not be able to eat enough over the day. Meat takes longer to digest so I couldn't eat as often during the day. With the vegetarian diet, I have to eat every 2-3 hours, but my energy levels are really constant through the day and I am getting the results I want. I feel wonderful! (though the high fiber/lentil/vegetarian diet really is causing a lot of farting--hopefully a short term effect).

    UPDATE: Oi! should have added this... Eat first thing in the morning. Eat every couple of hours. Previously I would not really eat anything until 11:00ish. When you do that your body says "ohh, starvation. I get it. Don't burn fat, conserve energy." Eating first thing in the morning tells your body "it is ok to go into high gear because I am going to keep you fueled." For me, I noticed the difference in just a couple of days. It is really noticeable when you listen to your body.

    Namaste!

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