Hurricane Power Outages and Yoga

During the 2005 Atlantic tropical hurricane season many people who failed to listen to authorities and a evacuate as required to do so by law found themselves stuck for three to four weeks without power or water. Many of those people who live in the hurricane area know this can happen and they stock up on food and water. Nevertheless without any television, telephones or power there is not a lot you can do.

However, if you are into yoga you could simply sit there like a pretzel for weeks on the end and be perfectly happy; isn't that special? Perhaps if you are considering waiting out a huge hurricane rather than getting into traffic jams leading out of town only to find yourself 1000 miles away but no hotel rooms available, then it might behoove you to learn yoga.

Some people do not like Yoga but that's only because they've never done it before or perhaps they are in fear of bending themselves at all those weird angles. It kind of looks like it hurts doesn't it? But rest assured yoga does not hurt if you do it correctly and you should not knock it until you try it. As long as you are to be bored off your butt with no power or water you may as well learn yoga and sit there and enjoy it. Please consider this in 2006.

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What is Yoga?

Yoga comes from a Hindu philosophy used to attain spiritual insight and harmony, but generally refers in common use to a system of exercises that is practiced as part of this discipline. The word itself is derived from the Sanskrit "yeung", meaning to join. A yoke as used on oxen is closely related, but also the same root gives us "join", "junction", "junta", "adjust", "joust", and "juxapose" to name a few. The Mueller Center offers classes for both beginners and those more advanced. ...
Meaning union with the divine, yoga is a philosophy and discipline applied to the development of mind, body, and spirit. There are many disciplines of yoga emphasizing different aspects or combination of mind body spirit. Through practices of holding a variety of body positions or asanas, and the centering of the mind and breath in a meditative way, the practitioner increases body awareness, posture, flexibility of body and mind and calmness of spirit.
An ancient system of practices originating in India. It is aimed at integrating mind, body and spirit to enhance health and well-being. There are many different forms of yoga. Hatha yoga — the most widely practised form of yoga in the Western world — uses specific postures and breathing exercises.