Yoga Isn't

**Nichole** · 08-23-2008, 12:47 AM

Yoga is not about stretching.
Stretching is about stretching.
If you want to be stretchy, go stretch.

Hubert · 08-23-2008, 05:48 AM

I wannabe both strechy and yogy ! Is there any way to get them both ?

mikesbytes · 08-23-2008, 06:09 AM

I'm no expert, so I went and looked at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga interesting reading and no mention of stretching, however when I went to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asana it quoted one of the benefits as "muscle flexibility".

What's on your mind Nichole?

justwannabe · 08-23-2008, 10:33 AM

yoga is about expanding and stretching does expand, we expand our awareness
but then yoga is also about contraction, we go within to find our truth
maybe yoga is about everything, who knows
Justwannabe

**Nichole** · 08-23-2008, 07:32 PM

I overheard this while eating at a cafe recently and it made me giggle. As simplistic as it is, it does get you thinking...

Pandara · 08-23-2008, 11:25 PM

Well, as is said in my favourite movie, Shirley Valentine: "Boat is boat and f....." for those who don't know the movie, I'll leave it to your imagination to go and watch the movie. Simple, straight forward. Practical truths, i like them.

08-23-2008, 05:48 AM	#2
Hubert saptashata Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Romania Posts: 756	I wannabe both strechy and yogy ! Is there any way to get them both ? __________________ "My God is love and sweetly suffers all."/ Sri Aurobindo

08-23-2008, 10:33 AM	#4
justwannabe pañcashata Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 539	yoga is about expanding and stretching does expand, we expand our awareness but then yoga is also about contraction, we go within to find our truth maybe yoga is about everything, who knows Justwannabe __________________ I am light, I am love, I am peace, I am kindness, I am happiness, I am here, it is now. I am, and so are you

08-23-2008, 11:25 PM	#6
Pandara sátshata Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Posts: 605	Well, as is said in my favourite movie, Shirley Valentine: "Boat is boat and f....." for those who don't know the movie, I'll leave it to your imagination to go and watch the movie. Simple, straight forward. Practical truths, i like them. __________________ Blessings & Om's Pandara _____________________________________________ Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realise. - Swami Sivanada

08-23-2008, 12:47 AM	#1
Nichole SYT Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 797	Yoga is not about stretching. Stretching is about stretching. If you want to be stretchy, go stretch.

08-23-2008, 06:09 AM	#3
mikesbytes catvaarimshát Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 45	I'm no expert, so I went and looked at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga interesting reading and no mention of stretching, however when I went to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asana it quoted one of the benefits as "muscle flexibility". What's on your mind Nichole?

08-23-2008, 07:32 PM	#5
Nichole SYT Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 797	I overheard this while eating at a cafe recently and it made me giggle. As simplistic as it is, it does get you thinking...