HPS Lydia
High Priestess
Yoga: Growing Your Home Practice
Practicing yoga at home is generally the most preferred option, as you really don’t want to be doing yoga with a group of non-SS people, including jews and psychic energy drainers. However, practicing from home can easily lead to stagnation, boredom, and not being able to break through plateaus.
If possible, hiring a few one-on-one sessions with a yoga teacher can be immensely helpful, as they are trained to spot misalignment and your weaknesses, and can offer useful tips and guide you through new asanas you might not be aware of.
If hiring a yoga teacher is not an option for you, look into videos online. There are thousands upon thousands available online for free, and there are also more available for a small membership fee (doyouyoga.com has a monthly membership for about $10, as one example). Following along to a video can give you the much-needed audio and visual cues needed to correct your alignment, and encouragement to stay in a pose longer or deeper than you normally would. As well, doing a yoga sequence different from your usual order of set asanas can be immensely beneficial, opening the body and nadis in new ways, and make the practice more enjoyable. I find that after a few days of following along to yoga videos, I get even more out of my regular set routine the next time I do it. More of the yoga buzz.
Now, if you do decide to try a yoga group class, use your intuition! I have read posts (not here, but relating to yoga specifically) where the person has a bad feeling about entering the yoga studio they heard great things about. The reason could be anything from the instructor is a jew, or the instructor simply has bad synastry with you, or perhaps the other student on the mat next to yours is a psychic energy drainer, or is too distracting in some way for you to focus on your positions properly. Some people develop a bad taste towards yoga just based on their negative experiences in a class they attended.
Learning new asanas can bring breakthroughs, in physical fitness but also in regards to your mentality and expanding your consciousness. The same goes for mastering an asana. I sucked at Warrior II pose for years, and only held it for 5 seconds maximum (literally not even one full breath) as it simply didn’t feel good. When I read through detailed instructions and learned to align my hips slightly differently, I was able to hold the asana in bliss for much longer and I experienced a breakthrough in my growing mentality.
Doing yoga from the comfort of your home means you get to do it whenever works best for you in your daily schedule. Don’t be reluctant to try yoga at a different time of day to perhaps reap more benefits. While having a steady routine is great, there are times when shaking things up will help you achieve breakthroughs. I used to do Hatha yoga first thing at dawn, and felt that was best for me. Then, after some reflection, I changed it up to doing my Kundalini practice early instead, and Hatha before going to bed, as the body is more flexible in the evenings, so I knew I would be able to go deeper in each asana. However, for a lot of people, you might simply be too tired to do a proper hatha practice before bed, and therefore be more likely to do a short and sloppy practice, or even skip it altogether. It all depends on your daily schedule, with work and other responsibilities, etc.
When practicing a new and difficult asana, you can also do it whenever you have time during the day/night outside of your yoga practice. For example, when learning scorpion forearm stand, I did it 2 or 3 times daily, randomly. This ensured that my shoulders were not too tired from the rest of my practice to do it properly.
Finally, there are some great books with detailed instructions for asanas. Even just skimming through and looking at the asanas you like will be helpful. I’ve linked these books before as they are great. You can ignore the intros and skip straight to the descriptions of the asanas.
BKS Iyengar, The Path To Holistic Health. This one shows a lot of asanas in a full 360 degree view, it really helped me.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-path-to-holistic-health-e33410299.html
BKS Iyengar, Light On Yoga. A classic. Iyengar has natal Mercury retrograde in Capricorn, so he really details things thoroughly.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/iyengar-bks-e55583404.html
Kino MacGregor, The Power Of Ashtanga Yoga. While this one is of Ashtanga yoga, the asanas are still Hatha yoga asanas, so you can skip the first part where she talks about Ashtanga and go straight to the descriptions of the asanas. She has a Virgo stellium with Mercury retrograde in Virgo, so she excels at describing asanas.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-power-of-ashtanga-yoga-developing-a-practice-that-will-bring-you-strength-flexibility-and-inner-peace-includes-the-complete-primary-series-e195005567.html
Ann Swanson, Science Of Yoga. This one is for those who want to know about muscle anatomy in poses, and more. Really informative book, written by a self-proclaimed "science and anatomy nerd".
https://www.pdfdrive.com/science-of-yoga-understand-the-anatomy-and-physiology-to-perfect-your-practice-e158422083.html
Hail Satan!
Practicing yoga at home is generally the most preferred option, as you really don’t want to be doing yoga with a group of non-SS people, including jews and psychic energy drainers. However, practicing from home can easily lead to stagnation, boredom, and not being able to break through plateaus.
If possible, hiring a few one-on-one sessions with a yoga teacher can be immensely helpful, as they are trained to spot misalignment and your weaknesses, and can offer useful tips and guide you through new asanas you might not be aware of.
If hiring a yoga teacher is not an option for you, look into videos online. There are thousands upon thousands available online for free, and there are also more available for a small membership fee (doyouyoga.com has a monthly membership for about $10, as one example). Following along to a video can give you the much-needed audio and visual cues needed to correct your alignment, and encouragement to stay in a pose longer or deeper than you normally would. As well, doing a yoga sequence different from your usual order of set asanas can be immensely beneficial, opening the body and nadis in new ways, and make the practice more enjoyable. I find that after a few days of following along to yoga videos, I get even more out of my regular set routine the next time I do it. More of the yoga buzz.
Now, if you do decide to try a yoga group class, use your intuition! I have read posts (not here, but relating to yoga specifically) where the person has a bad feeling about entering the yoga studio they heard great things about. The reason could be anything from the instructor is a jew, or the instructor simply has bad synastry with you, or perhaps the other student on the mat next to yours is a psychic energy drainer, or is too distracting in some way for you to focus on your positions properly. Some people develop a bad taste towards yoga just based on their negative experiences in a class they attended.
Learning new asanas can bring breakthroughs, in physical fitness but also in regards to your mentality and expanding your consciousness. The same goes for mastering an asana. I sucked at Warrior II pose for years, and only held it for 5 seconds maximum (literally not even one full breath) as it simply didn’t feel good. When I read through detailed instructions and learned to align my hips slightly differently, I was able to hold the asana in bliss for much longer and I experienced a breakthrough in my growing mentality.
Doing yoga from the comfort of your home means you get to do it whenever works best for you in your daily schedule. Don’t be reluctant to try yoga at a different time of day to perhaps reap more benefits. While having a steady routine is great, there are times when shaking things up will help you achieve breakthroughs. I used to do Hatha yoga first thing at dawn, and felt that was best for me. Then, after some reflection, I changed it up to doing my Kundalini practice early instead, and Hatha before going to bed, as the body is more flexible in the evenings, so I knew I would be able to go deeper in each asana. However, for a lot of people, you might simply be too tired to do a proper hatha practice before bed, and therefore be more likely to do a short and sloppy practice, or even skip it altogether. It all depends on your daily schedule, with work and other responsibilities, etc.
When practicing a new and difficult asana, you can also do it whenever you have time during the day/night outside of your yoga practice. For example, when learning scorpion forearm stand, I did it 2 or 3 times daily, randomly. This ensured that my shoulders were not too tired from the rest of my practice to do it properly.
Finally, there are some great books with detailed instructions for asanas. Even just skimming through and looking at the asanas you like will be helpful. I’ve linked these books before as they are great. You can ignore the intros and skip straight to the descriptions of the asanas.
BKS Iyengar, The Path To Holistic Health. This one shows a lot of asanas in a full 360 degree view, it really helped me.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-path-to-holistic-health-e33410299.html
BKS Iyengar, Light On Yoga. A classic. Iyengar has natal Mercury retrograde in Capricorn, so he really details things thoroughly.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/iyengar-bks-e55583404.html
Kino MacGregor, The Power Of Ashtanga Yoga. While this one is of Ashtanga yoga, the asanas are still Hatha yoga asanas, so you can skip the first part where she talks about Ashtanga and go straight to the descriptions of the asanas. She has a Virgo stellium with Mercury retrograde in Virgo, so she excels at describing asanas.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-power-of-ashtanga-yoga-developing-a-practice-that-will-bring-you-strength-flexibility-and-inner-peace-includes-the-complete-primary-series-e195005567.html
Ann Swanson, Science Of Yoga. This one is for those who want to know about muscle anatomy in poses, and more. Really informative book, written by a self-proclaimed "science and anatomy nerd".
https://www.pdfdrive.com/science-of-yoga-understand-the-anatomy-and-physiology-to-perfect-your-practice-e158422083.html
Hail Satan!