Samantha Cristoforetti also plans to follow a 20-minute routine in microgravity in the near future:
English-speaking yoga teachers often evoke space in their pose names, with examples including "crescent moon" and "star" positions.
Now an astronaut is getting these moves on during microgravity exercise on the International Space Station.
Expedition 67 astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti recently shared a picture of herself on Twitter doing "triangle pose" in the Japanese Kibo laboratory, a popular spot for astronauts to pose for pictures and press conferences.
"You know what? I love doing yoga here on Earth, and I'm wondering, would it work up there in space?" Cristoforetti asked in a May 23 video posted on the Cosmic Kids YouTube channel.
In response, certified yoga teacher Jaime Amor played out a possible space routine for Cristoforetti in the 20-minute video, adding a Yoga in Space activity pack for youngsters looking to stretch and do resistance training along with the astronaut.
[...] Other astronauts have successfully done yoga in orbit before Cristoforetti. For example, NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson showed off some balancing poses in 2017, although Fischer joked on Twitter that these are a lot easier to hold "without gravity."
[...] Yoga has numerous health benefits including improving strength, balance and flexibility, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine ; yoga is also associated with more energy and better stress management, among other health outcomes.
Any Soylental yoga enthusiasts? Any starting tips for someone who wants to relieve anxiety, but whose hamstrings are no longer very flexible and who is more likely to want to stay on the floor once they get down there? [asking for a friend --hubie]
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Opportunist on Sunday June 26 2022, @08:00PM (3 children)
The only position I manged to do halfway well was "standing old geezer".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 26 2022, @09:19PM (1 child)
Heh, sure but don't sell yourself short or give in to despair. Yoga isn't about perfection, it is about improvement. Don't worry if you can't do a pose to perfection, just do it the best you can. A good starter routine is The Five Tibetans, 15-20 mins for all 5, very easy poses that focus on spinal mobility. If you want to get serious about it then Light On Yoga is the textbook source https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56301.Light_on_Yoga [goodreads.com]
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday June 26 2022, @09:35PM
A joke isn't getting any better if you have to explain it...
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday June 27 2022, @04:09AM
I hear “couch potato” is a pretty popular position.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 4, Informative) by bart on Sunday June 26 2022, @08:23PM
Seriously good teacher that works very well even for beginners.
She was very important for me and my wife to get through the Covid lockdowns.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 26 2022, @08:29PM (2 children)
We all know that the earth is flat (just look) and gravity isn't real (water doesn't stick to a spinning ball). This is more fake virtual reality propaganda brought to you by NASA.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2022, @12:28AM
Whoever modded that post insightful was engaged in some high class reverse trolling.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday June 27 2022, @04:15AM
At least where I live, the earth isn't flat. Lots of hills everywhere, and mountains not too far away.
Really? I'm pretty sure a wet ball stays wet if you spin it a bit.
SCNR
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Sunday June 26 2022, @08:43PM (4 children)
What everybody wants to know is which Kama Sutra positions work in space.
And I'm not even joking: just about everything related to the human body has been studied in space apart from sex. How sad! That is a big part of what it is to be human, and there's a good chance hanky panky will happen on long missions. Surely it's worth studying.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 26 2022, @08:57PM
Film at 11?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 26 2022, @09:07PM (1 child)
It's been studied, just not reported. Why do you think they started allowing female astronauts?
(Score: 2) by bart9h on Tuesday June 28 2022, @05:17PM
> Why do you think they started allowing female astronauts?
To bring more variety to the sex they already had there.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 26 2022, @09:23PM
Make sure they record the very first attempts, the humor of figuring things out is an important part that people gloss over and it would help some people's anxieties to see astronauts laughing as they spin around and bonk their heads.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 26 2022, @09:23PM
Best tip I ever got... Lay on the floor in front of a couch or chair and put your legs up on the couch, as in a sitting position but on your back. It relieves back stress tremendously.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by RamiK on Sunday June 26 2022, @09:25PM (1 child)
( https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-74608-6 [nature.com] )
vs:
( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5843960/ [nih.gov] )
So, resistance training is roughly 50% more time efficient for relieving anxiety than yoga.
p.s. On the muscle development side, static stretching like yoga is pretty much a waste of time: An aggressive 1hr daily / 6 times a week mobility work intervention nets you less muscle adaptation than 3sets X 5reps X 2-3 times a week (~45min weekly) of an equivalent single joint strength training movement. Throw in a comparison to a compound movements based beginner routines and you'll be looking at 24 times worse.
( https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.878955/ [frontiersin.org] )
compiling...
(Score: 4, Funny) by Mykl on Monday June 27 2022, @12:34AM
Yeah, but if you do resistance and strength training you might get your exercise gear sweaty. Ew.