Vance on Nostr: Too much of anything can be bad. For eg many yogis have back problems. Too much ...

Too much of anything can be bad. For eg many yogis have back problems. Too much stretching and not enough muscle work in areas like glutes and ham strings for eg.

Yoga also in a western sense leaves out most of the things which are needed to balance just the physical positions aka Asanas. You qould also need a concept of balance or moderation and diet for eg. "Power yoga" is a good eg of Yoga done in a western context without the above. Yoga and power are not emphasized in original yoga texts although they are present in more modern forms from 18th/ 19th centrury like Vinyasa. Vibyasa was developed for some royal classes of India who were more concerned with world power than claming the mind as original yoga was more geared to.