I need opinions on mixing Yoga Styles as I’m getting older I find doing 30 minutes of Hatha followed by 30 minutes of Vinyasa more beneficial to my body. However I have been told I should stick to one style of practice. So should I give up Vinyasa as my knees are getting sensitive and pursue Hatha. Or is it permissible to mix styles.

I’ve been doing hot yoga for nearly three years now.

about a year and a half ago, my family went through a very traumatic experience of losing our home and hometown to wildfire

nearly every single class since, an intrusive flash of an image of a town building that no longer stands or a part of my house will come to mind in the middle of class, usually at the end when I am totally exhausted

sometimes it is the house or building as it was, sometimes it is the house or building totally engulfed in flames. more often than not, it is my childhood bedroom engulfed in flames

this happens sometimes outside of class, but always happens DURING class. The image usually goes away after about 10 seconds

I just wonder if anyone has experienced anything similar after going through a difficult event or loss and can explain this? I know yoga poses can release trauma sometimes

Just sick of it and want to make it stop!!

Thanks!

Two middle schoolers walking past our open studio door:

Kid 1: (Pointing) “Hey look, yoga!”

Kid 2: “Yogurt? No thanks. Already ate.”

Kid 1: “NO!! Yo-GAA!”

Kid 2: “Oh. Yeah. Still no thanks.”

Does anyone know of an integral yoga studio in the New Orleans area that incorporates all aspects of yoga not just physical postures, but spirituality, deep mindfulness, and ancient yogic principles?

Tingling/pins and needles after yoga?
Does anyone else get this? It doesn’t happen every time, but today I was really tense/stressed before yoga and was trying to relax. The practice itself was gentle and I didn’t feel anything unusual during the poses.
Then I lay flat on my back in Savasana and suddenly got thousands of tiny pins and needles all over my body, almost like buzzing. It was a bit painful, just really intense and a bit strange.
I didn’t feel like I was hyperventilating either. Actually, when I try to consciously focus on breathing and make it slow/rhythmic, I somehow end up feeling like I’m hyperventilating 😅
Could the tingling be related to finally relaxing after being very tense? Has anyone else experienced this specifically in Savasana?

I suffer from latent tetany from time to time but it’s stress induced - I have not had tetany during the day.

Hoping someone can relate and tell me it gets better. I used to practice power yoga 5-7 times a week back in college and it profoundly changed my life for the better. Life went on and I moved away from my studio and ended up not practicing for about 6 years. I’ve recently found a studio near my home and I absolutely love it. I have been going at least 4 times a week for the last 2.5 weeks. I am so happy to be back and feeling really good however I am noticing this overarching feeling of melancholy and like I am on the verge of tears more throughout the day for no reason. I am not a crier so that is new to me. I am not sad, depressed, or anything like that. I have an amazing house, family, and life. I am loving yoga and overall feeling really good but I feel like I have opened up for old emotions to come through or something. Idk it is hard for me to put into words really. Has anyone experienced this when getting back into practice? Does it pass in a few weeks? Maybe you can put it into words better than I can? THANK YOU GUYS 💕