2008 Yoga Asana NYC Championship
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The second place winner of the 2008 Asana New York regional championship, Courtney Mace.
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November 10th, 2009 at 12:09 am
very nice athletic performace, great flexibility…but has a little to do with the real meaning of yoga…
She might have used asanas, but really, can you call a performance YOGA?? I think that s misleading explanation for people who don t know yoga yet, and kind of offensive for yogis….
November 10th, 2009 at 12:11 am
you said “attack the CHampion” not the competition. and if u feel the need to explain a joke, its not a good one. ; ]
i understood it well enough, its just that it wasnt very funny. but still, yoga comps, are still just an oxymoron.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:55 am
I was employing heavy irony and sarcasm to mock the Championship. No need to apologize except now you’ve made me explain my own joke– you can apologize for that if you’d like
November 10th, 2009 at 1:24 am
yes, every time i put on that one peice them damn thighs look like cottage cheese. . .lol.
sorry if i came across too critical, i forgot i even wrote that comment. its been so long. I appoloqize for ever attacking a person who is cleary a dedicated athlete, if you will.
But the only sourece of inspiration and improvement on for MY yoga is MYself, and finding out that there are these yoga “championships” just thakes away from the sacredness of it.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:32 am
fqpunk– why you always need to attack the Champion? Is it because SHE mastered yoga and you did NOT? Is it because SHE can wear the sexy bathing sujit with no ass wrinkling around thigh?
November 10th, 2009 at 1:41 am
They must always do that in any type of competition to make sure there are no artificial pads stuffed in the bathing suits. It’s like in a dog championship they have to bounce the scrotum lightly to see if there are BOTH testicles or if they are fake. Get over it.
November 10th, 2009 at 2:37 am
conducting this yoga asana concept is i think 1 way of promoting bikrham.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:08 am
How come Bikram people win competitions by rounding their backs in forward bends. I guess its all about touching your toes in this style. Too bad for the heart an lungs.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:00 am
Court is beautiful in a sensuous sense. What we see and what it makes us feel. But that’s a performance. There is no integrity. She has little or no alignment, and therefore the mind is also ’sloppy’.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:26 am
I was sitting right next to the videographer during this routine. The whole thing literally brought a tear to my eye… was so inspirational! You can actually hear me and the end of the video when she’s finished yell “yeaaah!”.
Now, a year later, she’s the reining World Champion!
November 10th, 2009 at 4:31 am
Beautiful Response.
November 10th, 2009 at 4:51 am
You’ll understand when you are ready to compete, however, based on the mind set you are currently in, competition is clearly not on your mind so, in the mean time, what gives you the right to judge us?
November 10th, 2009 at 4:57 am
it’s a way of celebrating yoga. it’s not only about flexibility. It’s about strenght, control, grace. It’s also a way for students to inspire eachother and set goals for themselves. Of course it’s not about who’s better . Yoga is a like a never ending dance with your body and the universe. Wether you are doing it for a couple of months or eighty years you are never done learning
November 10th, 2009 at 5:38 am
i don’t even understand why there’s a need to have YOGA competition ! U mean u want to judge how flexible these pple can be? Or u think u can judge the knowledge of a yogini just by that few sec on the stage? Any yoga master can do those poses, so on what basis do u judge the champion of such a competition?
November 10th, 2009 at 5:45 am
y que tiene que ver esto con el yoga?
November 10th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Nice bod.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:41 am
exactly…
im new to yoga and even I can see the error in many of these comments.
if some of these people were more, commited to thier own yoga then videos like this would not bother them, it would inspire them to improve.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Sjajno!
November 10th, 2009 at 8:10 am
there must be a whole bunch of dudes there going: yayeeeeeeeee
November 10th, 2009 at 8:20 am
I have to agree with donmjuan. Stick figure? Nobody would honestly argue that she is in incredible shape. Of course yoga does not need to be exhibited, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with these incredibly talented people sharing their passion. It is not about ego at all. If anything, this woman is an inspiration to those of us practicing.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:20 am
I can only surmise that some people have an aversion to the concept of ‘competition’ in a healthy and supporting way. If you knew these people and the love and devotion they put into their art/discipline, and how supportive and instructive they are to each other during the ‘competition’ you wouldn’t adhere to misinformed and skewed concepts. Competition against ones own self, is both healthy and helps hone ones skills, spirit and sense of self. Get lives, all you naysayers.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:38 am
To fqpund. You don’t see the hypocrisy of your post. Your comment shows a lack of enlightenment in itself. Why would YOUR ego feel the need to personally attack, by making disparaging observations, someone whose soul and motivations you don’t have a clue about?
November 10th, 2009 at 8:47 am
As a practioner of yoga, as I have been for the last 10 years, it’s disapointing to me how commercialized yoga has become. Very disappointing. Its a mockery against the very union in which yoga stands for.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am
I was just thinking- championship, tournament, competition…hummm- is this not the very opposite of what yoga stands for?? Thumbs up for your comment.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:53 am
yoga is not for all these fake ego driven competitive people.
yoga is just being where your at, and accepting it. not competing to try and look like this stick figure above.