oh I just remembered she has some kind of weird machine that pulls her muscles and stuff...

although the papers keep implying about her hatha yoga thing giving her the defined arms.

from what i've heard from people who do yoga, yoga dont do much for muscle tone.

Actually, what I mean is u build ur muscle by Bodybuilding. U do Yoga to have more beautiful muscle line. ( translate In Chinese). Isn't it??

Is that call "muscle tone", not sure...

Yes yes, I agree DOING YOGA ALONE won't give u much muscle?? So, I m asking whetner "bodybuilder" use yoga to tone up their body to have more beautiful muscle line...

I know model always do that, but my friends is female model one. Don't know about guys??

This post has been edited by Irresistible: Aug 26 2006, 09:34 AM

Yoga is against some religion rite?? It teahces you to le=t go ur spirit or someting...Is that true??

juz treat is as a exercise.....dun think too much of those religious stufff

yoga is based on religion, so basicly to practice yoga would be considered idolatry by most religions.

it would be the same thing as asking a muslim to go to church and participate in the service.

It's based on religion? I was under the impression it was a cultural activity, like kungfu. You should be able to do it without concentrating on the religious element?

Sumo is also similar i think, at the highest level you're essentially a Shinto acolyte. However most people don't even bother with that part.

alot of people refrain from many forms of martial arts for religious purposes, its not uncommon.

whether or not you can do it without concentrating on the religious element is moot, you cant ask someone to say sing a worhsip song from another religion and tell them dont think about the religious part and it'll be fine.

anyway, to avoid turning this into a religious flamefest we will stop this here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga <-- if you want to know more about yoga and how its interelated with buddhism, hinduism, blablabla.

This post has been edited by malaysianPotato: Aug 30 2006, 12:25 PM

No bowling?so sad..bowling is good for r hand and leg...

used to jog last time but now lazy....

Well, do you consider meditation religious? Barring the fact it's a central component to quite a number of different religions and purposes. Or even things like energy and faith healing.

And would it be wrong to appreciate religious music from the musical aspect? Quite a bit of classical music is religious by origin. Bach wrote most of his music for the church. I don't see anybody complaining about listening to Bach though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_music

IMO, it's all part of a multicultural experience. Unless any religion explicitly forbids all contact with elements of other religions of course.

This post has been edited by snorlax: Sep 3 2006, 04:51 PM

Swimming and Football.

Badminton sometimes.

to observe an act and to participate in it are two completely different things, to interact with someone outside of one's own religion is not the same as practicing something from another religion.

meditation by definition is simple to think deeply. in essense there is no religiousity to the act of meditation, it is what you meditate on with which the definition of religious meditation comes into play.

my view on the subject is simple, watching/listening to religious worship or music isnt exactly wrong as alot of the time it is unavoidable(mosques and their loudspeakers...) but to actively take part in a religious act by singing along or in this case practice yoga in my view would be considered idolatry.

to each his own, my views are based on a simplistic mindset on what religion is and what are the boundaries of such. your views may differ, which is what freedom is all about.

now, we've run this thread off topic far enough.

to get back on topic, i like basketball though i dont play much anymore after my knee injuries, i like running and run every morning on the weekdays.

This post has been edited by malaysianPotato: Sep 3 2006, 06:01 PM

huh??indoor pools at california fitnes MV?? i tot that is place where ppl workout n dance n work on machines?



what is Capoeira btw?


i personaly luv badminton...what i gain...fun, sweat n appeite tts one of d biggest pleasur of mylife..joining dancing class ocasionally too....n sum bodycombat kickboxing lesson:)

Kayz, i'll leave this thread back on topic too, but just wondering how many yogis actually practice yoga completely with the religious aspects... (thinking of those at CF/FF/TF)

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