Men: Yoga poll

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

This poll for men is for me to understand where everyone is regarding your yoga practice, to help me decide priority levels for posts to write.

Please select honestly. This is anonymous, and not a competition.

 

[Acolyte Of Pan 666]

Is yoga necessary for spiritual advancement?

I usually do Hatha but haven’t done any in a month.

I prefer vibrations and meditation in general.

 

[Ĥl·lĥæ]

I used to practice Hatha yoga for an hour or more each day, following the exercises that Pythia recommended. However, I no longer practice because I don’t have enough space. I have a copy of Yoga by Niguma and plan to practice the exercises, but for now, I’m sticking with meditation yoga-dhyana.

 

[SparkingPowerUP]

Can't do this poll, i sometimes skip yoga and generally do 1 hour (in total) of hata yoga and kundalini yoga. I skip it and this is because i feel like it's to much and need rest like when doing camping, i feel like a pause is necesary.

 

[SparkingPowerUP]

Is yoga necessary for spiritual advancement?

I usually do Hatha but haven’t done any in a month.

I prefer vibrations and meditation in general.

Yes, Basically Yoga is the most advanced spiritual practice for spiritual advancement. If you can't do yoga you cand do surya namaskar (sun salutation)

 

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

Is yoga necessary for spiritual advancement?

Check my signature to find my link with all my yoga posts, I have written many times about how it is necessary for advancement, so many times that I wish there were a facepalm reaction to react to your question with. Lady Pythia also wrote this in the ToZ.

Very few people can get by with other practices, but the vast majority of us need yoga.

I used to practice Hatha yoga for an hour or more each day, following the exercises that Pythia recommended. However, I no longer practice because I don’t have enough space. I have a copy of Yoga by Niguma and plan to practice the exercises, but for now, I’m sticking with meditation yoga-dhyana.

Do you not have a bed? I wrote a routine that can be done in bed. Other asanas can be done with a space of 3x1 feet, literally. Where there's a will, there's a way.

 

[SparkingPowerUP]

Can't do this poll, i sometimes skip yoga and generally do 1 hour (in total) of hata yoga and kundalini yoga. I skip it and this is because i feel like it's to much and need rest like when doing camping, i feel like a pause is necesary.

1 hour and 10 min*

 

[OuroborphicMystery]

Very few people can get by with other practices, but the vast majority of us need yoga.

Dear High Priestess,

I love yoga and cannot dream of a life without it. Even though I had multiple long periods where I neglected it, I was never under the impression that it was optional. So, my question is purely for the sake of more knowledge.

Could you elaborate on what you mean here? Does it take a special kind of person, constitution or something else? Secondly, are there any particular "yoga-substitute" (and I am using this term very liberally, I know it does not really apply and probably is in no way ideal) practices that would take precedence in someone who does not do yoga?

Again, I would like to know purely as reference, and not to work myself up into a delusion or anything - I know I particularly get a ton out of yoga and I suffer immensely when I neglect it. My questions are just to develop more theoretical knowledge, expertise, etc. in order to be equipped to help and inform even one more person in the long term.

Thank you in advance for your wisdom.

 

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

Could you elaborate on what you mean here? Does it take a special kind of person, constitution or something else?

Good question, thanks for asking so I can clarify.

Ancient yogis said certain types of people don't need yoga, these are the types who are more mundane, newer souls (for now). At some point they may require yoga to advance the body more, to prepare for more spiritual power.

Additionally, we have some members who told me they prefer Qigong over yoga.

Secondly, are there any particular "yoga-substitute" (and I am using this term very liberally, I know it does not really apply and probably is in no way ideal) practices that would take precedence in someone who does not do yoga?

Pilates, as it helps to rejuvenate and strengthen the body and is more appealing to less spiritual people. Qigong, Tai Chi, etc.

 

[Carnifex Law]

Is yoga necessary for spiritual advancement?

I usually do Hatha but haven’t done any in a month.

I prefer vibrations and meditation in general.

Even if you dont do yoga, you need to get acquainted with it, because when you go through kundalini awakening you need to release energy many times from your solar plexus area, or you wont be able to function, basic things like sleeping wont be as well experienced and you might experience insanity. I found that by doing the basic timed breathing exercise standing up and with the spine completely stretched straight and slightly backwards will induce immense relief from energy stuck on the solar plexus area, and I actually fainted 3 times over the years from overdoing it.

But I will be completely honest with you before kundalini awakening I practicaly didnt do yoga. I found it does nothing if you dont have the serpent breath premeate your entire body.

 

[OuroborphicMystery]

Good question, thanks for asking so I can clarify.

Ancient yogis said certain types of people don't need yoga, these are the types who are more mundane, newer souls (for now). At some point they may require yoga to advance the body more, to prepare for more spiritual power.

Additionally, we have some members who told me they prefer Qigong over yoga.


Pilates, as it helps to rejuvenate and strengthen the body and is more appealing to less spiritual people. Qigong, Tai Chi, etc.

Thank you for your quick response, High Priestess.

I will ask a few more things springing from your answers, sorry to impose on your time. These are less foundational and urgent, so please feel free to set them aside if there are more important things occupying your time.

Based on your answers, I do suppose that newer souls are also not as drawn to yoga as an older soul would be, yes? We are also told to listen to our intuition in terms of spiritual practice, so would these people still benefit from going against their "desires" and just gritting their teeth and doing yoga anyway - or would they benefit more from the other practices you are mentioning? I am sure that at some point, their souls would burgeon and blossom and they would start to perceive the effects of yoga more readily though.

Also, since you are counting Qigong, Tai Chi and what not as sort of yoga substitutes, does that mean they are categorically inferior to yoga, or do they also have aspects of the soul they serve better? I am asking as someone who has never done Qigong (unless we count some basic Microcosmic Orbit exercises from Mantak Chia's books that I incorporated into my practice) or Tai Chi.

Thank you in advance again, whenever you decide to answer.

 

[Acolyte Of Pan 666]

I’ve been planning to do the yoga positions that you listed out on your series for each chakra, according to the chakra’s day. Would that be a good routine?

 

[Lucius Invictus [NG]]

I can't not do Hatha yoga. Like, I feel very bad if I do too little. For example, health problems arise, mood swings, headaches, etc.

I do about 60 minutes a day, and I only do this because I must get other things done, like rituals, workings, and meditations

 

[Lucius Invictus [NG]]

I can't not do Hatha yoga. Like, I feel very bad if I do too little. For example, health problems arise, mood swings, headaches, etc.

I do about 60 minutes a day, and I only do this because I must get other things done, like rituals, workings, and meditations

I should also mention that this is divided into 3 - 4 sessions.

A typical day will look like this:

Morning - Heart Chakra Yoga
Lunch - Throat Chakra Yoga
Late afternoon- Solar or Sacral Chakra Yoga
Evening - Standard PDF Yoga

On gym days, I sometimes have to take one of those out for time, but still.

 

[OuroborphicMystery]

I should also mention that this is divided into 3 - 4 sessions.

A typical day will look like this:

Morning - Heart Chakra Yoga
Lunch - Throat Chakra Yoga
Late afternoon- Solar or Sacral Chakra Yoga
Evening - Standard PDF Yoga

On gym days, I sometimes have to take one of those out for time, but still.

Unfathomably based. I envy you, NG. May I catch up.

 

[SSwarrior]

Hi
Can't select an answer on the poll for some reason but about 10 mins daily.

Thank you.

 

[CBTS]

I'm not able to answer the poll. I do about 30 minutes of yoga daily. At the moment I'm focusing on whats called intelligent movement to loosen my hips so I'll be able to sit in Siddhasana for longer while meditating and also hold other asanas correctly.

 

[Hierothronos]

I need to start doing it again...

 

[Dragonheart666]

I used to take yoga classes from the Bikram Yoga studios for over 10 years. And I LOVED it!

 

[Son Of Europa]

Check my signature to find my link with all my yoga posts, I have written many times about how it is necessary for advancement, so many times that I wish there were a facepalm reaction to react to your question with. Lady Pythia also wrote this in the ToZ.

Very few people can get by with other practices, but the vast majority of us need yoga.


Do you not have a bed? I wrote a routine that can be done in bed. Other asanas can be done with a space of 3x1 feet, literally. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Thank you for this High Priestess. I have some physical limitations right now and this bed routine is perfect.

 

[SovereignPrince]

I like Yoga with Adriene or Yoga for BJJ as my main sources. If I slack off for too long ... it does not go well. Yoga helps with every area of life, for me personally at least.

 

[Kouros Aionios]

Yoga is essential for the health of all bodies. I'm seeing in the poll that too many men here are not doing Yoga; start as soon as possible, for maximum advancement.

Once you start doing it every day and build a solid routine, you will see how necessary Yoga is for you; it becomes like food and water, you cannot live without it.

 

[Orobasileus]

This poll for men is for me to understand where everyone is regarding your yoga practice, to help me decide priority levels for posts to write.

Please select honestly. This is anonymous, and not a competition.

There is a 1 percent for over 2 hours a day…. Jsyk..

 

[ModernMage]

As a Kundalini Yogi, bare minimum do sat kriya. Peoples sexual energies are so imbalanced this is an absolute game changer. 5 minutes a day and requires hardly any space.

 

[QuestShun]

I've never done Yoga, but I do a full body stretch routine regularly. I'm pursuing Wing Chun, so I do the basic form Sil Lim Tau, & I used to mix a long form Yang style Tai Chi video in there, but I'd stop from knee pain periodically. The Wing Chun form is a slow one like Tai Chi. The only other related thing, is when I work out at the gym, I make sure to do the full motion of the rep & return very slowly. I've never been interested in Yoga & would have to learn about it & how it connects to spirituality. I would guess it's related to meditation like the martial art forms are.

 

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

Based on your answers, I do suppose that newer souls are also not as drawn to yoga as an older soul would be, yes? We are also told to listen to our intuition in terms of spiritual practice, so would these people still benefit from going against their "desires" and just gritting their teeth and doing yoga anyway - or would they benefit more from the other practices you are mentioning?

Not necessarily, there are lots of newer souls who do yoga, although mainly because it's trendy among women. And they do benefit from it. I'm not sure about going against their desires, since nearly everyone feels better from physical activity, so after a while they do come to love it, especially if they go with friends to a class. Social aspects help many people, I usually do yoga on my own and in a more spiritual way but for the masses, group classes are usually beneficial.

Also, since you are counting Qigong, Tai Chi and what not as sort of yoga substitutes, does that mean they are categorically inferior to yoga, or do they also have aspects of the soul they serve better? I am asking as someone who has never done Qigong (unless we count some basic Microcosmic Orbit exercises from Mantak Chia's books that I incorporated into my practice) or Tai Chi.

They are not inferior, I have made a lot of progress from those that I did not gain from yoga But overall, it just depends on the individual, some practices are better than other practices, not because one method is inferior to another. We just need different methods.

I’ve been planning to do the yoga positions that you listed out on your series for each chakra, according to the chakra’s day. Would that be a good routine?

Yes, and you can add any asanas you enjoy to do daily. I have a few that I do nearly every day because I love them and feel great after practicing them.

I can't not do Hatha yoga. Like, I feel very bad if I do too little. For example, health problems arise, mood swings, headaches, etc.

I do about 60 minutes a day, and I only do this because I must get other things done, like rituals, workings, and meditations

I'm the same. Any time I'm "off", it's because I have not been doing enough yoga.

Hi
Can't select an answer on the poll for some reason but about 10 mins daily.

Thank you.

Thank you

I'm not able to answer the poll. I do about 30 minutes of yoga daily. At the moment I'm focusing on whats called intelligent movement to loosen my hips so I'll be able to sit in Siddhasana for longer while meditating and also hold other asanas correctly.

Thank you For intelligent movement, have you looked into Somatic yoga? I am working on a post about it.

Thank you for this High Priestess. I have some physical limitations right now and this bed routine is perfect.

You can find more on youtube, if you need some variety. Just type in keywords like "easy yoga for in bed".

If I slack off for too long ... it does not go well. Yoga helps with every area of life, for me personally at least.

Yes, same for me.

There is a 1 percent for over 2 hours a day…. Jsyk..

Yes, I occasionally do over 2 hours, but that still counts as over 1 hour, which answers the questions I needed from this poll

Yoga is essential for the health of all bodies. I'm seeing in the poll that too many men here are not doing Yoga; start as soon as possible, for maximum advancement.

Once you start doing it every day and build a solid routine, you will see how necessary Yoga is for you; it becomes like food and water, you cannot live without it.

I am working on a post specifically for men

 

[Inquisitor⥀Veritas]

High Priestess Lydia Coventina, i was doing yoga before, the basics anyways in the 40 day meditation program from our High Priest Zevios Metathronos. I ended up getting lazy and allowing my routine to fall apart mediation structure and yoga. I am in the midst of getting a structured routine down with the opening of the soul meditations, on day 4 so far and going strong. I believe and have this feeling and pull that yoga will be NECESSARY for me, even though when doing the basics there would be pain. This is my fault on not stretching before though which i take accountabilty on, working and before doing the yoga positions, i mean i had a dream i was doing yoga, before i even started it back up. The fact that this happened when i have never had a dream of doing yoga in my entire life is the evidence that i MUST do it clearly. The only thing i can think of is it being the guidance from the Gods and my Guardian Daemon.

 

[Acolyte Of Pan 666]

Yes, and you can add any asanas you enjoy to do daily. I have a few that I do nearly every day because I love them and feel great after practicing them.

Can yoga for root chakra pierce the granthis blocking it, and same for other chakras and their granthis?

 

[Heimdall]

I started out just doing Hatha and I'm now doing a customised version of yoga, weights/benchwork and calisthenics.
I got a cold last year and really noticed not doing anything for about a week. I think most people have their own personal workout routine. But I always welcome any advice here about these things.
There's always something new to learn here

 

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

Can yoga for root chakra pierce the granthis blocking it, and same for other chakras and their granthis?

Gradually yes, but the meditations will be useful to do as well. Yoga overall does raise the consciousness and allow one to see beyond the mundane (Muladhara granthi).

 

[Draconis]

I admit I never do it, but I know it's important to one's flexibility, circulation of energy through body and soul and many other things

 

[CBTS]

Thank you For intelligent movement, have you looked into Somatic yoga? I am working on a post about it.

Yes I'm doing exactly that - specifically a set of slow movements in seated poses that rotate the hips, loading them with some body weight, etc. I look forward to your post about it; it will be really interesting.

The reason I started looking for something lighter to do is that basically holding seated positions turned what should've been a yoga session into a workout, due to the tightness in the hips and the difficulty remaining straight with a natural spine position.

I'm also exploring yin yoga for "emotional release" and I intend to pair it with the SHRIM mantra working that you posted about on Healing the Emotional Body to achieve the full emotional body purification. I thought that pairing these would help the body process any trapped emotion more smoothly and faster. Do you think this is an optimal strategy or should do something different? I wonder why I was guided to do this even though I haven't experienced any serious trauma in my life.

 

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

Yes I'm doing exactly that - specifically a set of slow movements in seated poses that rotate the hips, loading them with some body weight, etc. I look forward to your post about it; it will be really interesting.

The reason I started looking for something lighter to do is that basically holding seated positions turned what should've been a yoga session into a workout, due to the tightness in the hips and the difficulty remaining straight with a natural spine position.

I'm also exploring yin yoga for "emotional release" and I intend to pair it with the SHRIM mantra working that you posted about on Healing the Emotional Body to achieve the full emotional body purification. I thought that pairing these would help the body process any trapped emotion more smoothly and faster. Do you think this is an optimal strategy or should do something different? I wonder why I was guided to do this even though I haven't experienced any serious trauma in my life.

For difficulty sitting straight with natural spine, have you tried sitting on a cushion or folded blanket?

Yes that routine sounds great. We often have trauma from past lives stored in our soul. For example if you're a man, you likely had to go to war, endless marching with no basic comforts, sleeping on the ground, watching your friends get killed, being away from your family for possibly years on end, and possible prolonged suffering from injury and illness.

 

[CBTS]

For difficulty sitting straight with natural spine, have you tried sitting on a cushion or folded blanket?

Yes that routine sounds great. We often have trauma from past lives stored in our soul. For example if you're a man, you likely had to go to war, endless marching with no basic comforts, sleeping on the ground, watching your friends get killed, being away from your family for possibly years on end, and possible prolonged suffering from injury and illness.

Yes I'm currently using a cushion for sitting in Siddhasana otherwise without it when in easy pose.

Thank you for bringing this to my awareness I'll be more careful to perceive/spot possible past life traumas.

 

[PeacockJera]

I don't do yoga just occasional stretches and qi-gong, although i do have a yoga mat i got a while back in preparation for whenever i did intend to practice it, I just haven't found a routine that would good for beginners, i get overwhelmed by many of the poses and purposes that different yoga's give like on the KY yoga page has all the different bodily systems its good for i don't know what to choose and then i will opt to find a qi-gong video to follow along with instead.

 

[Wotanwarrior]

If I do Hatha for less than 50 or 60 minutes, I'm left with the feeling that I haven't done enough.

 

[Ĥl·lĥæ]

I think I’ve solved my problem with yoga. I reflected on why I had stopped practicing yoga to focus on dyana. I realized that what bothered me most was the disruption in concentration when switching asanas, as well as how sore and stagnant my body felt. So, I decided to practice Dyana in just one asana so that I wouldn't lose my focus.

 

[Heimdall]

We know that we're all going to eventually get old. I was thinking of a yoga that could be devised for the young and elderly.
I was recently looking this up online and I came across Lyengar Yoga, and was surprised how popular it actually is. It's a form of Hatha yoga thst focuses on proper alignment and precise technique. This is something practised by beginner, experienced, young and old.

Lyengar Yoga: What Is It, Health Benefits & How To Practice

While Iyengar might not be as common a name as vinyasa or yin, it's actually the most widely practiced (and arguably the most accessible) style of yoga in the world.

www.proathletestreet.com

 

[High Priestess Lydia Coventina]

We know that we're all going to eventually get old. I was thinking of a yoga that could be devised for the young and elderly.
I was recently looking this up online and I came across Lyengar Yoga, and was surprised how popular it actually is. It's a form of Hatha yoga thst focuses on proper alignment and precise technique. This is something practised by beginner, experienced, young and old.

Lyengar Yoga: What Is It, Health Benefits & How To Practice

While Iyengar might not be as common a name as vinyasa or yin, it's actually the most widely practiced (and arguably the most accessible) style of yoga in the world.

www.proathletestreet.com

Iyengar, not Lyengar. Capital i. This font is limiting, capital i should have a line on top and bottom to differentiate it from lower case L.

The problem with so-called "proper alignment", it neglects the individual anatomy. Yoga poses need to be modified for the individual. I have books by Iyengar, I've quoted him a lot and recommended his books quite a few times. His books have greatly helped me, but learning more about anatomy and yoga further deepened my practice and my teaching.

 

[Kuka]

Thanks HPS Lydia Coventina

I haven't done yoga for a while, yesterday after Lord Ningishzida's ritual i had the feeling and thought to begin hatha yoga. Did the HPS Pythia routine except for inverted asanas, and it was wonderful, i have now seen your post for the Bed yoga and I'm eager to try that too.