Everyone I know who does at least a couple of classes a week (5-6 friends) is in very good shape while retaining their individual traits/ body types. Long muscle bodies with lean shape is the general result. I have yet to see any freaky bodies, as can happen with weight training done improperly. Get a good instructor if you can to protect your lower back especially. Poor form can lead to injury over time. I haven't hurt myself following a book, but I don't do it a lot and I hear self-instruction is improper practice, especially considering the internal/ spiritual development that is crucial to real yoga. Oh yeah- I have gotten good tone despite my half-hearted use of a great system. I use it also as an adjuct to my sitting practice. As JohnnyRock points out, only so many hours per day. Priorities..My mind needs more attention than my body, although yoga is great mindfullness meditation. I read Yoga is entymologically linked to our word yoke (as in oxen pulling a plow;mind as driver, body as oxen, working as one)
Last edited by skinbag; 08-18-2003 at 11:50 AM..
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