{"id":77301,"date":"2012-08-11T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=77301"},"modified":"2012-08-09T21:31:19","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T02:31:19","slug":"saturday-morning-drill-practice-ordinary-yoga-poses-in-extraordinary-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/saturday-morning-drill-practice-ordinary-yoga-poses-in-extraordinary-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Morning Drill: Practice Ordinary Yoga Poses in Extraordinary Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga studios are sanctuaries for relieving stress and tension. The sweet smell of incense, the soothing sound of a classical Indian flute, or the stately figures of Shiva or <strong><a title=\"Buddhist Diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/buddhist-diet\/\">Buddha<\/a><\/strong> can bring us to a state of calm just as soon as we walk in the door. However lovely the stage is set for the backdrop of a<strong> <a title=\"beginner yoga class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/a-beginner%E2%80%99s-first-yoga-class-experience\/\">yoga class<\/a><\/strong>, sometimes getting to the studio is not an option.<a title=\"crow pose jill lawson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/ordinary-yoga-poses-in-extraordinary-places\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-77323\" title=\"crow pose\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crow-pose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crow-pose.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crow-pose-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just the other day, my small town suffered a loss. Two of our historic buildings went up in flames, and the aftermath of the disaster caused many street closures, including the road to my yoga studio. Perplexed and disjointed, I stood at the end of the block with a group of students eager to do their yoga. Thankfully, the weather was perfect, so we walked down to the river and did yoga along its scenic banks.<\/p>\n<p>While yoga studios offer peaceful ambiance, nature can\u2019t be beat when it comes to appeasing the senses and enhancing many aspects of the practice.<\/p>\n<p>The following are a few examples of how your natural environment can take your practice to a new level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/ordinary-yoga-poses-in-extraordinary-places\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/ordinary-yoga-poses-in-extraordinary-places\/extraordinary-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"View Ordinary Yoga Poses in Extraordinary Places Slideshow\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Branch out of your routine and if you can, try practicing yoga in the park, by a nearby lake, or along a mountain stream. Use what nature has to offer and let it take your practice to an entirely new level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Practice Yoga Off the Mat\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/how-to-practice-yoga-off-the-mat\/\">How to Practice Yoga Off the Mat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Exercise Outdoors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/exercise-in-the-great-outdoors\/\">Exercise in the Great Outdoors<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Practice Yoga Without Doing a Single Pose\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/practice-yoga-without-doing-a-single-yoga-pose\/\">Practice Yoga Without Doing a Single Yoga Pose<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoga studios are sanctuaries for relieving stress and tension. The sweet smell of incense, the soothing sound of a classical Indian flute, or the stately figures of Shiva or Buddha can bring us to a state of calm just as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/saturday-morning-drill-practice-ordinary-yoga-poses-in-extraordinary-places\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[8440,30],"class_list":["post-77301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-homepage","tag-yoga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77301"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77322,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77301\/revisions\/77322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}