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24 Nov 2015, 10:17 am

Interesting paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF YOGA THERAPY — No. 12 (2002) 71

http://www.peacefulpathwaysyoga.com/pdf ... herapy.pdf

and here's another: http://www.autismafter16.com/article/12 ... and-autism


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24 Nov 2015, 10:32 am

BeaArthur wrote:
Interesting paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF YOGA THERAPY — No. 12 (2002) 71

http://www.peacefulpathwaysyoga.com/pdf ... herapy.pdf

and here's another: http://www.autismafter16.com/article/12 ... and-autism


Yoga is great for autistics and anyone else. Also, cats do many yoga poses.



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24 Nov 2015, 1:39 pm

ylevental wrote:

Yoga is great for autistics and anyone else. Also, cats do many yoga poses.


Agreed, and cats do yoga so much, they've named a pose after them. Which is only fitting.


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24 Nov 2015, 1:56 pm

Downward facing cat??

Yoga is good for the mind, body and sense of humor.


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24 Nov 2015, 3:40 pm

"cat" and "cat cow"


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25 Nov 2015, 7:54 am

ylevental wrote:
BeaArthur wrote:
Interesting paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF YOGA THERAPY — No. 12 (2002) 71

http://www.peacefulpathwaysyoga.com/pdf ... herapy.pdf

and here's another: http://www.autismafter16.com/article/12 ... and-autism


Yoga is great for autistics and anyone else. Also, cats do many yoga poses.


They're also instinctive martial artists. In karate, our senseis keep on trying to teach us taisabaki - being relaxed and then suddenly tensing just as we strike. Cats do this without being taught. It's one of the big reasons they can attack so quickly, because muscle tension slows down movement.



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25 Nov 2015, 8:10 am

Strawberry yoga is yummy. Actually doing yoga in my experience is very therapeutic for autism.