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...should have included at least one picture of an Indian yogi instead of scantily clad women doing yoga just to get a yoga butt." ANIL KUMAR Stillwater, Okla...
...took up Ashtanga (power yoga) a couple of years ago to try to repair the effects of 30 years of stupid guy tricks [HEALTH, April 23]. To my great surprise, I found that my neck, which had been chronically stiff from two whiplash accidents, loosened up, and a weak ankle that constantly popped out from several sprains tightened up nicely. Today I come home from work ready to collapse on the couch, but instead I dutifully do my yoga routine and find myself feeling energized and relaxed. That yoga is some great stuff! MACK PAUL Norman, Okla...
...While yoga postures, breathing and meditation do relax and rejuvenate both body and mind, these are simply the means to the end that is yoga's ultimate purpose and most precious benefit: the realization of our transcendent divine nature. By stilling the mind and moving us deep into the body, yoga creates the space for us to feel and follow the promptings of our heart and soul. In such moments of clear being, we remember that the body, with its companion mind, is at last nothing but a temple for the mysterious spirit that we all are. SUZANNE SELBY GRENAGER...
...yoga student is often a person over the age of 40 who never had a supermodel's body and who comes to class for help in coping with chronic back problems, poor health conditions and the stresses of everyday life. Many senior-citizen centers offer yoga classes. While seniors are enthusiastic about the benefits of yoga, none of them can do the demanding poses of the crow, the side crow and the bound lotus that you pictured, nor would these poses be included in their classes. You would have done better to tell your readers about the reduced blood pressure...
...yoga teacher and registered nurse, I was very disappointed in your yoga story. The photos of the advanced asanas (poses) probably confirmed the misconceptions about yoga that keep people from trying it. Instead of wasting space naming the celebrities who practice yoga, you could have given more coverage to the numerous health benefits and curative powers of yoga for such problems as migraine headaches, panic attacks, menstrual disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome and back pain. DIANE M. PAVESIC Huntington Beach, Calif...