29/05/2021
To live your yoga is to make sure you’re serving what your body needs so it can be a journey that your human form carries, not occasionally dips into and forces. Going too deep in a pose, especially repeatedly over time, can do more harm than good. Yogis with strong practices that loved splits and load-bearing poses are uncovering hip and shoulder issues. To be already amped up and continue with a hyper-energetic practice might be dishonoring your body and what you need. It isn’t always about the win. Especially with age – why force a pose or 90 minutes of stress and pain onto yourself?
While yoga is an incredible practice to help release trauma from COVID and just life as we know it, I encourage you to seek out classes like restorative, foundational, or more yin in nature right now. The reduction, the soothing, the calm focus on love and self-care is an important part of yoga. Langhana, pranayama, slow and long holds, and a little slower self-love can be a great workout in its own right.
When you’re ready to ramp things up, the power yoga, the gym, the exercise is always there. Take time to think about what you need before diving into what you think you should be doing or what you see offered in studios. Be selfish and take care of your wellbeing, that is still living your yoga!
Words: Catherine Sprague
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