Skip to main content

How to know when yoga is working for you

You know yoga is working for you when:
  • You don't have tantrum when your usual teacher can't teach your class and you don't know the cover/substitute teacher.
  • Your usual spot in class has been taken and you don't give the unsuspecting person in it the hairy eyeball.
  • You no longer clock watch when doing your 5th Sun Salutation.
  • You don't notice your toenails need painting in Pashimottanasana.
  • You no longer try to keep pace with "Mr / Ms Go-Fast" practising next to you.
  • You can miss your yoga practice without berating yourself or sticking pins in your eyes.
  • You no longer flick the V sign when someone cuts you up on the way to class (or - at least - not on the way home).
  • You don't leg it to the toilet when your most feared pose is coming up (pose runner).
  • You no longer think about what you're cooking for dinner in Savasana
  • Your body no longer aches when you practice yoga; it aches when you don't.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

All comments are moderated. If you would like to leave a comment, you can do so below.

Popular posts from this blog

Neti pot

When I was training to be a yoga teacher, one of the 6 purification techniques taught to us was Jala Neti ( also called Neti or Jaaneti). Purification techniques are sometimes performed as a way of preparing the body for a yoga practice. Whenever the neti pots came out, I disappeared, always needing to be somewhere else at that moment in time… I had many techniques to avoid it: the bathroom, the water fountain, the shop, anything but the Net. Pouring a saline solution up my hooter was really not for me and I have avoided it right up to today. I have got a steaming cold and, as a result, I now have sinus pain, so I have decided to give it another go. Talk about waiting until your back is against the wall! I rushed to the Sivanada yoga studio nearby and bought myself a ceramic neti pot and salt. I had to follow the one photographic image as the instructions were in German!!! Although I did not find it as unpleasant as some people describe, it was not as bad as I remembered. So I will us
1 comment
Read more

Sharath Jois in London 2013

Sharath Jois will be in London teaching a week of primary and intermediate ashtanga yoga From 25th-30th of August- in a central London location. Booking for this will open mid May. Through  http://www.astangayogalondon.com/index2.cfm A rare and wonderful treat to have Sharath in my home town-A big thank you to  Hamish Hendry  and ashtanga yoga London for organising this. Going to have to set an alarm on my phone- as there will be a lot of takers for this....
Post a Comment
Read more

All about the balance

A snap from inside my fridge this week. The mix of wine, beer and Vita Coca sort of sums up my family really. The ones that drink wine and beer don't go in for the coco water, and the coco water drinker doesn't go in for wine or beer. In summary, none of us need worry about the other nicking all the drinks. :-)
Post a Comment
Read more