Journal de Kppgreen, 04 juin 16

Agree100% with Louv 😊 

Yoga can be tricky - there are pro and con dynamics to it. 

http://drlwilson.com/articles/YOGA.HTM http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?_r=0 

It's hard to put links on the comment section but tomorrow I can break it down better. But you can just google "the problems with Yoga" or google physical damage caused by yoga. It's the internet so there will be all manner of agendas pro and con. Basically, stretching in general can be dangerous. Simple warming up the body works best leading to a lite or heavy workout. 

Here is a cut and paste summary from one fellow; YOGA AND ITS DANGERS by Dr. Lawrence Wilson © January 2016, The Center For Development SUMMARY Yoga, which means union, is a traditional Oriental system of development. It began thousands of years ago as a way to achieve superior health and mental development. However, modern-day yoga is hurting people more than it is helping them. As a result, I cannot recommend yoga at all for those seeking to develop themselves, except perhaps the most gentle restorative exercises or postures. Many people ask why I would make such a harsh and blanket statement. The answer is that yoga causes subtle changes in the body that stop development. They are: 1. Hatha yoga moves subtle energy or etheric energy upwards and to the sides. This always interferes with development, in particular, but also with one’s health. 2. Yoga reverses the direction of spin of the third energy center. This tends to make a person more rigid and more stubborn. These qualities are not desirable, especially for development. 3. Yoga with inversion of the body can damage the neck. This occurs more often than one might imagine. Please, if you must do yoga, do not do any inverted posture, including the shoulder stand. 4. Yoga can cause soft tissue damage. If one stretches too much or bounces during yoga, there is often some soft tissue injury. This occurs, in part, because few Western bodies are strong enough to handle the stress that yoga can put on the ligaments, tendons and joints. Please be extra careful with this if you must do a little yoga. 5. Yoga philosophy, often taught along with the postures, can emphasize vegetarian diets and the wrong meditation. Other aspects of yoga philosophy that were formerly good, but are not today, include recommending the use of a lot of herbs, essential oils, homeopathy and some other natural products. The meditation problem is serious because we find that only the pushing down exercise causes development. All other meditative exercises may be relaxing, or may develop other aspects of the body, but they do not cause development. The result is that those who do yoga are hardened by it and weakened by it, even though one may feel a lot better. One also becomes a little more angry and rigid in a way that harms later spiritual development. You may not notice these problems, but they occur in all cases of people who do yoga on a regular basis, even just once a week. This is why I discourage yoga in all cases, along with most pilates and other yoga spin-offs. The spinoffs are less harmful, however, especially if they do not resemble yoga very much. The only yoga I can recommend is extremely gentle restorative yoga, as this does not seem to cause damage.  

For every ten "con" articles, I can find ten "pro" articles. People will do what they want to do most times. I just saw kp mention that she feels sore. Like when My friend complained of sustained shoulder soreness. I suggested it was the heavy shoulder bags she caries on one side all the time, every day. I recommended she get a back pack - or pay 6000 for surgery and a chiropractor.