Peacedog wrote:I've long maintained that classical barbell training is in fact the Western version of yoga. It involves breath retention and moving the body through its full range of motion. And from a yogic perspective it radically enhances the various energies of the body.
I liked the video and am checking out more of his stuff on Youtube. Again, thank you. As I often say, "I don't know what I don't know."
The Indian Hatha yoga traditions are my weak point in yogic/meditative practice. That said, Tao Semko has a vault of several thousand hours of material on this available online. However, the membership fee is substantial.
And I have no doubt Ken has a lot to offer. Hopefully, one day I can take advantage of that.
Weight training does have things to offer in this area. The "virtual belt" idea from Paul Chek is vital for pressurizing the torso and utilizing the weight training belt is similar in many ways to the methods used by some cultivators to push the breath upward.
Thanks for mentioning Tao Semko. Looking at his and Simon Borg-Oliver's stuf, they both seem to have the 5 elements/chakras as a base although it's hard to tell how much the breathings and openings are incorporated into Simon's stuff. The previews of his videos show lots of postures but he's also got quite a bit of detail so it might be there. Tao's stuff seems like seminar material recorded 15 years ago and at a high price. I'm also put off by the whole "application" process and providing 3 references. But his nauli video looks good and I appreciate the detailed desriptions of what he's offering. I'll keep him in mind.
Regarding price, Dr. Fish told me several times to get seriously into Pilates because of what it had to offer in way of body development methods and i have found that to be cheap and useful. Udemy has several in-depth courses on it from this lady that are often only $10 when they are on sale.
https://www.udemy.com/course/pilates-a- ... -sessions/Having paid a high price for some of this stuff in the past, I've found that even when the high price stuff is useful it usually disapoints me in the long run.
Another place to look for breathing holding/movement work is systema breathing which seems to be based on the Buteyko method. They do a lot of movement training including pushups, etc. while holding the breath but it's on the EXHALE for the most part which causes it to feel totally different to me.
I'm also weak in the hatha yoga but I appreciate the fact that because it's so popular, there are a lot of people talking about the techniques. This makes it harder to get ripped off or stuck since you can compare what you've been told to others. That's something that makes me a bit wary of trul khor and other practices.