Anyone do any Yoga to help keep yourself flexible and in good shape?

If so what sort of things you doing? how often etc?

Does it help? Have you noticed any benefit?

I keep getting a niggle in my knee and think some Yoga would help.

dont know if it would help you're knee, helps flexibility tho. I do it cos I enjoy it

Check out Iliotibial band syndrome and maybe get a referral to a physio'

The physio told me some great stretches for my rotator cuff tendonitis, I only went to the first appointment, the stretches sorted me good and proper

Been to a physio, self massage and stretching sorts it out – but thinking something regular might help keep me supple.

I used to do yoga once a week at the gym I was a member off & really enjoyed it. Helped my flexibility no end.

Not sure what type of yoga it was – the class was called 'dynamic stretch' as the instructor thought it would make blokes more likely to attend.

Some exceptionally cute eye-candy at the few yoga classes I've been to!

Must get back there someday…

The MRs and I have been doing Pilates 2-3 times a week since Christmas and I really notice the benefits, better core strength = easier getting up and down from the floor, better posture, helps on the bike with flexibility and getting over/around stuff and generally feel better. I can even see my abs!

We started with a simple DVD and have moved on to the more advanced ones.

Check out stottpilates.co.uk (google stott pilates if that is wrong)

I'd been inclined to do Pilates rather than yoga (than again, I've been doing it for about 9 years or so) – more focus on core strength whilst maintaining flexibility and muscle balance. In fact, the only time I've ever overstrained anything was actually in a yoga taster class…
Pilates started of as a rehabilitation technique, and still is, so you'll probably find a lot of people in the class have got there through an injury of some sort.

It'd be worth doing at least one or two courses of matwork sessions with an instructor first – they may well be able to advise in your case (tho' I'd probably try the physio first), plus getting breathing/posture/body awareness from the start is important, they'll spot if you're doing something wrong that you might miss yourself (eg engaging your back when you shouldn't etc)

I'd go for the birds.

Hora,are you on short rations again?
ian

I'd go for the comedy involuntary farting…

Surf-Mat, are you on beans rations?

No – the nuclear reactor fitted to my pelvis has a service life of 1,000,000,000 years 😯

I used to go to Ashtanga yoga and I agree with surf mat. Some of the positions meant a thunderous fart escaped without it's slippers on. I always found it weird that the intructor, from Lesbania, and some of the fit totty ddin't find it as funny.

I stopped going.

😆

Yoga convert here, couldn't get on with Pilates. Better core stability, better flexibility, no more back pain – yay! Do a mix of Ashtanga and some hatha – highly recommended. 😀 No farting in my glass – at least not on my side of the room!!!! 😉

i think out of the 7 core movements, these were the culprits for me. I mean, even if you've got the volume down you can hear..