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Before coming into this class, I never really knew the affect yoga could have on someone and the way it affects the body. After learning about the history of it and how each culture looks at yoga differently it has broadened my eyes that yoga actually has a positive affect on people. Some people have think let me just do it because I see famous people doing it. They try to jump on the bandwagon of the newest trend as we saw in certain movies that we watched in class over the semester.   Like many beginner yoga students, it took at least a couple weeks of classes before I stopped looking around to see if I looked like everyone else while doing the poses. I wondered how ridiculous I looked in various poses, thinking for sure that when the instructor suggested a modification, it was meant for me alone. Following the breathing cues felt like trying to write with my left hand, and after five minutes in “Savasana,” I was convinced we were left in the dark to fend for ourselves. it wasn...
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blog #10

 In think in the west when they say cultural appropriation  they show it is a cultural thing and each  culture sees it differently.  Yoga  stems from the Vedas - the Indian holy texts that were composed from around 1900 BC. Besides  yoga , three major  religions  came from those texts - Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. I think it is depending on different cultures it could be considered a religion.  As a spiritual and physical practice, yoga is a positive and comprehensive approach to holistic health through the integration of body, mind, and spirit; as such, it is a valuable instrument to promote one’s spiritual well-being. Yoga aids all who practice religion, regardless of their persuasion, by balancing the nervous system and stilling the mind through its various exercises . I think it is considered a religion in some cultures and they way they see yoga and how they complete it. 
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blog #9

I feel like breathing is the most important part of yoga. If you do not focus on breathing then there you will not be able to feel connected with the whole experience of doing yoga. Yoga is all about relaxing yourself and the body and that all starts with the breathing. The way you breath can help with the process and the way you feel the yoga working inside the body.  Breathing  deeply in  yoga  can actually  help  you avoid injury. Deep  breathing  can also allow us to experience our true essence. The flow that the steady in and out action of  breathing  creates stimulates a transformation in the body and mind, purifying and cleansing them so that our true mind and body. Yoga is all about breathing and how you should inhale and exhale at specific times when doing a pose in pranyama. It is taught by the instructor on when do take a deep breath in and when to really exhale and feel the air leave your body. Taking breathes while d...
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Blog #8

In doing yoga throughout the semester, I was able to see that meditation is key when doing yoga. It is one of the key aspects in how we breathe and how it helps the body when we are in a relaxed state of mind. When we do yoga we usually begin when we work on breathing and becoming one with ourselves. It is an important aspect to think of when doing yoga. In yoga it presents a key important role when doing yoga. I find it to be one of the most important aspects in yoga because if you are not relaxed and in a meditative mindset you will not be able to fully do the yoga correctly. My impression of meditation is that it is important to see how it helps you and relaxes the mind and help it becomes a calming state of mind. I feel like keeping yourself calm during yoga is key and the way you feel after meditating and doing yoga is when you feel like your real self. 
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Blog #7

I think that yoga has been defined as a word or action but in reality it has turned into so much more in the united states. Every culture has a different way of seeing yoga and what it accounts for and how it helps the body. Going to practices I am able to see in the united states that each instructor and teacher sees how yoga affects them and the way it has helped their life in some shape or form. American yoga I feel is more modernized then the yoga in India. It is interesting to see that going to yoga with different instructors and how each practice has a different way of looking at a culture. Going to practices have changed the way I see yoga and i’m seeing that each culture has a different definition of it. Everyone sees it differently but i think if you have the right head space when doing yoga it will give everyone hopefully the same results.
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Video Yoga

When I completed yoga with the video that was shown during class time, I felt like it was a good way for someone who does not do yoga often will help them learn the poses and the way someone should move while doing yoga. I felt like it was easy to understand to what the instructor wanted and the way he was speaking was calming and he did not rush anything or poses. He was able to explain why we do the poses and how it will help the body. He gave each pose a specific way it will help the body which was helpful to know how it affected each body part. It was easy to follow the video since he went slow, sometimes it was a little to slow since it was easy to predict what the next movement would have been. I felt like it was a chill vibe in the class since it was a video but still helpful to learn new poses about the hips and other body parts.
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Sivananda Yoga

Yoga has become extremely  popular in the culture. First it started in traditional cultures to counter culture and now pop culture. We see so many celebrities doing yoga and trying to stay fit. It has turned into this phenom that everyone is seeing that yoga can help with the mind and body. Each culture sees yoga differently, the west could see it one way while we would see it a different way. In Sivananda yoga we see that everyone has their own way of teaching it and way they do yoga. I feel like pop culture has put a different view on yoga and the way it can affect the body. Celebrity's go to all these classes and have changed the way we see yoga. They have starred in movies trying to promote the way yoga feels. In today's society we have seen that yoga has changed. In this yoga there is more breaks after the poses which could get boring after a while. I like it when we move non stop and don't have so much of a rest time. Everyone sees yoga differently in today's soci...
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