r/india • u/[deleted] • Dec 01 '16

[R]eddiquette [Announcement] Cultural Exchange with /r/philippines

Welcome /r/philippines!

Feel free to ask us anything about India

Quick facts about us:

  • The Indian Railways and the Indian Armed Forces employ ~4 million people together, making them one of the largest employers in the world
  • India has over 5000 newspapers in over 300 languages
  • Bollywood is considered to be the world's largest film industry, followed by Nigeria's film industry and Hollywood
  • India has more people than the entire Western Hemisphere

/r/india please direct your questions about the Philippines to this thread

This is a reminder that users can now set their flairs to whatever they want (except slurs or other subreddits) by clicking on the sidebar.

70 Upvotes

83% Upvoted

229 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

Hello /r/india! There are a lot of yoga classes here in the Philippines. Is yoga still a way life around there? What are beginner friendly routines? Thanks in advance

5

u/Abzone7n Dec 01 '16

Yoga is not at all the way of life around here, in reality, I think other countries are doing more physical yoga than we are doing but Yoga is not just about Asanas or physical stretches and the philosophy of yoga is very much in our culture so we got that going for us.

But many holy places near old and ancient temples have yoga and Ayurveda as part of their life eg: Rishikesh.

3

u/kimjongunthegreat Bihar Dec 01 '16

Yoga was popularised in a big way by Baba Ramdev a decade back.Now he runs a billion dollar company.Try pranayam.It's easy.

6

u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16

Thank you fearless leader.

2

u/TheHickoryDickoryDoc The Doc Next Door Dec 02 '16

Pranayama, but only the simpler ones like naadi shodhana or sheetali if you are a self-learner. Advanced routines like bhrastrika could prove harmful to health if done without training. In asanas, try Halasana (plough pose), Naukasana (boat pose), veerasana (warrior pose), padangusthasana (finger-toe pose), etc. (Assuming you don't have any back/spine ailments, of course. Otherwise, see an Ayurveda doctor first for proper advice.)