Today I searched The Google for “yoga blogs” and came up pretty much empty handed. There are lots that were started back in 2009, 2010, but that have become abandoned real estate at this point.
Back in 2009, it’s this type of search that led me to start a Skydiving Blog – there just weren’t any out there. Of course, now if you search for skydiving blogs you’ll come up with more than a handful of pretty great sites to visit – rock on fellow skydiving bloggers!
That said, from what I know about yogis vs. skydivers, I get the sense that, generally, we extreme sports enthusiasts like to talk about and share our experiences in the sport moreso than those in the world of yoga. Granted, skydiving is a much more public sport, it’s much more visual, but in my experience, there are so many layers to yoga that can easily be explored in writing.
As I’ve mentioned in the past, skydiving and yoga have so much in common. Yoga is an amazing method of training for your time in the sky because it keeps you flexible, elongates your muscles and strengthens your mind/body awareness that is essential to skydiving. When I’m not in the sky, I practice a lot of yoga to keep myself limber and strong. Of course, I also practice meditation that encourages visualization – which is one more way to train your mind to replay the perfect skydive technique when you can’t be in the sky.
All that said, I want to start filling a bit of a void in the online universe and start posting more about yoga. No, I’m not going to abandon my skydiving discussions, but I do think it will be valuable to readers out there to hear a bit from the mind of a yogi every now and again.
If you have opinions or feedback as I post about yoga (and subsequently how these learnings relate to life and skydiving) please don’t hesitate to let me know in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter. And if there’s anything you want me to cover, give me a shout.
Love and blue skies!
Ashley
I found your blog a few days before doing my first tandem and I remember thinking about yoga during free fall. In fact, I think it distracted me from the experience a bit. I’m pretty flexible in the spine and went into a super backbend and my TI kind of had to straighten me out. Now the only problem is I’ve spent the last two weeks unable to focus on anything but getting licensed during yoga…
E – so exciting to hear of another yogi in the sport. It’s amazing how much yoga and skydiving have in common. If you do go for your A-license, you’ll find that you’re ahead of the curve due to having a regular yoga practice. It promotes body awareness, something that’s critical in the sky – especially when your adrenaline is flooding your system. If you need any advice along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out. Great thing about skydiving is, we all started in the same place, from jump #1. Blue skies
This is a really great post. I started an excellerated freefall class and I have been thinking that once I get more of my wits about me I want to try more things mid air. I have to be able to get stabalized to pull my rip cord though. I really think being so flexible is a benefit though. There was a guy that got all wrapped up in his chute because he wasn’t fully arched when he pulled the cord. I felt like the backward bending you have to do was easier for me.
Hey Ashley,
Great post about Yoga Blogging. I will agree with you on the point that back couple of years things were pretty different if we talk about Search Engines. Only handful of people know about making good website with good content and in a good niche.
I started my own YOGA BLOG few years ago and I am Vinyasa Flow Teacher in Bali, Indonesia. As you said, you searched Yoga blogs and I am damn sure you must have met my blog in search too
Arnold
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