What is yoga?
1-25 of 101 ideas about what yoga is
(and it's not all about your body on the mat)
1-25 of 101 ideas about what yoga is
(and it's not all about your body on the mat)
25. Asking more questions than the number of stories you tell
24. Taking the path of least resistance when it serves you best
23. Noticing what you are thinking about right now
22. Noticing what you are feeling in your body, right now
21. Noticing your intentions – the conscious and unconscious intentions
20. Being aware of the unintended consequences of all of your actions – and taking them into consideration
19. Choosing silence over disingenuousness
18. Staying in child’s pose (balasana) for ten minutes in the middle of a power yoga class
17. Centering yourself in a posture that is comfortable for you at the beginning of a yoga class
16. Noticing when you are stressed – noticing how your body behaves when you are stressed (clenched jaw, hunched shoulders, pursed lips)
15. Not needing to correct other people every time the misspeak
14. Recognizing that you don’t have the answers to everything, but someone does. Seek out people with answers to interesting questions
13. Realizing when you are being self absorbed
12. Allowing others to express their own beliefs without needing to interject your own
11. Practicing postures that feel good
10. Practicing postures that strengthen your body
9. Practicing postures that improve your balance
8. Becoming aware of what you experience in your body mind and breath with each yoga
posture
7. Being aware your motivations each time you act and talk
6. Realizing that you your world revolves around you and that everyone else’s revolves around someone else’s….theirs
5. Being aware that whatever you are experiencing at this moment is nothing more or less than what you are experiencing at this moment
4. Knowing that this too, shall pass
3. Asana without any mats, blocks, blankets or other props
2. Talking 10 deep breaths a day….so deep that they move your belly
1. Substituting, “I do yoga” with “I live yoga”
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