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...term yoga comes from Sanskrit--it means, 'to yoke.' Raja yoga, which is what Bunker teaches every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), is in literal and physical terms, a discipline of the body and the mind...
...During Bunker's yoga classes in this same room, however, pressure is not the name of the game. In fact, the approximately 25 people enrolled in the 12 noon class are there specifically to avoid the cut-throat competition of the University. They simply want to relax...
...Bunker says her class at first found it "laughable" to share a room with such blatant reminders of competition and aggression. Now, however, students "see [the wrestling room] as a room of transformation," she says...
...people in the Western world are in that pre-stress syndrome of 'fight or flight' all the time, and they think that's what it means to be alive." But putting the body under so much stress is inefficient, says Bunker. "What you're looking for is to find a way of breathing that is very relaxing." Once an individual gets used to the breathing techniques of yoga, Bunker says, the stress starts to dissipate...
Breathing is the first and most important technique that Bunker introduces to her classes. In fact, the instructor says she does not allow new students to join the class after it has been in session for a week, because by that time she has already covered important breathing techniques. "Yoga's sort of like geometry," she explains. "Each thing builds on the next...