Tuesday 17 May 2016

Evolution Of A Yogi

When you first start out, you gravitate to what comes naturally. Maybe arm balances for men. Hip and hammies for women.

After a bit (a 'bit' in yoga is years and years), you've got your go-to thing coming along nicely.

Then you notice that you're weak in something. It's your nemesis yoga body part or family of asana. Say backbends.

Well, you're pretty good at your go-to body part, so you devote some lovin' to your nemesis yoga.

Pretty soon ('soon' in yoga is years and years), your nemesis yoga is looking pretty decent.

Encouraged by your success, with your nemesis yoga, you move onto the next thing that you are most weak at.

In the meantime you are keeping up your practice with your go-to and nemesis yoga.

You keep working through things, until everything is the same.

et voila! Balance. The circle is complete. You are complete.

Now, you can start the real practice, J

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