2008 Yoga Asana NYC Championship
June 8, 2010 by admin
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The second place winner of the 2008 Asana New York regional championship, Courtney Mace.
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Your Every Day Yoga Guide
June 8, 2010 by admin
Filed under Online Yoga Videos
The second place winner of the 2008 Asana New York regional championship, Courtney Mace.
@fallenmorningstar99 actually competitions between yogis happened all the time since yoga was founded, however officially as yoga sport it was announced more than 10 years ago
koorga well done for embracing the art of yoga…just dont competitive or give credence to anyone who makes it competitive..ultimately yoga is about withdrawing the senses to control the mind in order to focus on God starting with asana practice..i wish i could go to mysore and kerala..youre lucky..just dont get caught on this whole we must achieve this and compete in that in yoga
yeah, whatever. i learned yoga in kerala and mysore, so beat it, you hippie. and fyi: i read the feuerstein book.
lol kooorga you’re obviously not to be taken seriously..if you know anything about indian philiosophy or scripture…the whole idea of having a yoga competetion is contrary to the ethics of the art…but then again krishna did predict such things would go on in kalyuga..so kooorga do me a favour and dont comment on subjects you dont know..you’re probably someone who thinks yoga is just about ddoing postures like 90% of westerners
@fallenmorningstar99
yoga competitions are highly popular in india. i know plenty of people who did it there, when they were young. so spare us the “blame the west” please.
I love yoga competition videos!!! Inspires my own practice and gives me a proper example of the asana. And Courtney – nice work girl.
Great flexibility, marvelous skills, but I do not see any yoga here.
lol….stop texting me suckers..we’re in the age of kalyuga..that means physical pratice takes precedent over the true meaning of yoga as predicted by krishna during the mahabharata…..undoubtedly this is a western phenonomen…hence whY Ashtanga is proposed by celebrities such as russel brand….yoga has indeed become a gymastic form..shame on the ancient teahers of India..you bought this to the west without thinking of the spiritual conesequences..they make everything a competition…
@fallenmorningstar99 actually yoga competitions have been going on for hundreds of years in India, which is obviously in the East. Check your information before you assume that yoga competitions were started in the West.
@fallenmorningstar99, @plazindrt – word.
It’s still beautiful though… but a name like “body-art championship” or something would be more appropriate.
why would you ever make something as spiritual as yoga a competition?
WOW!!!
the competitiive side of yoga asanas came from Bikram Choudhury, atleast that is what I had heard.
competition doesn’t have to be something aggressive or negative. Competition can be healthy and increase support and respect. It’s like when we would have a piano competition in the piano class I attented. It was a funny thing, we all laughed and completed each other and we were proud of each one, it was a game that had the potential to increase our self-confidence and our relationship as students.
This looks like gymnastics, with more pretense but without choreography. I’d rather watch a gymnastics event.
just what i thought.
All of you folks who are commenting negatively — you are competing. If you are doing so on the grounds that yoga is not about competition, think: this humble event is about yoga asana — a minor offshoot of Yoga. You on the other hand compete on much higher ground. Do you really want to throw stones from within your temple?
how ridiculous…..making a sacred art like yoga competitive-against all teachings..shame on the west..they have a great way of spoiling eastern traditions.ignorant to the extreme..but anything goes in kaliyuga.
Yes, these are only exercises, but… they demand the big knowledge of own body and to have strong will. This girl – true master, knowing secrets of breath.
And the true yoga – the spiritual philosophy, very deep subject, it have been understood by very few people even in India.
very nice athletic performace, great flexibility…but has a little to do with the real meaning of yoga…
She might have used asanas, but really, can you call a performance YOGA?? I think that s misleading explanation for people who don t know yoga yet, and kind of offensive for yogis….
you said “attack the CHampion” not the competition. and if u feel the need to explain a joke, its not a good one. ; ]
i understood it well enough, its just that it wasnt very funny. but still, yoga comps, are still just an oxymoron.
I was employing heavy irony and sarcasm to mock the Championship. No need to apologize except now you’ve made me explain my own joke– you can apologize for that if you’d like
yes, every time i put on that one peice them damn thighs look like cottage cheese. . .lol.
sorry if i came across too critical, i forgot i even wrote that comment. its been so long. I appoloqize for ever attacking a person who is cleary a dedicated athlete, if you will.
But the only sourece of inspiration and improvement on for MY yoga is MYself, and finding out that there are these yoga “championships” just thakes away from the sacredness of it.
fqpunk– why you always need to attack the Champion? Is it because SHE mastered yoga and you did NOT? Is it because SHE can wear the sexy bathing sujit with no ass wrinkling around thigh?
They must always do that in any type of competition to make sure there are no artificial pads stuffed in the bathing suits. It’s like in a dog championship they have to bounce the scrotum lightly to see if there are BOTH testicles or if they are fake. Get over it.