We all need to find the time to take of our health and welfare. Self-care must be a priority.
Yoga Myths and Excuses: #10 I Don’t Have Enough Time (or energy) for Yoga
Yoga Myths and Excuses: #9 Yoga and Pilates are for Women (and I’m a Man)
The fact of the matter is, both yoga and Pilates were developed by and for men.
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Yoga myths, excuses and questions: #8 Is Yoga an Example of Cultural Appropriation?
Yoga continued to grow in popularity because of a receptive audience to Indian teachers, who specifically taught yoga with the goal of spreading the practice. I teach with a deep love and respect for the practice and for the culture, the country and the people who gave us such a beautiful and eternal gift.
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Yoga Myths: #7 Yoga is Just Another Type of Exercise
While when you practice some styles of yoga you may reap immense physical benefits, many forms of exercise would achieve similar results. However, yoga is different. Yoga offers more.
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Yoga Myths (and excuses) #6: I am Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Atheist, Agnostic, etc., so I Can’t Practice Yoga
At the end of the day, you will put in and get out of yoga what you want. You can follow a more spiritual path or not. You can make yoga a part of your religious or spiritual practice or not. You can simply do the asanas and nothing more, or take yoga off the mat and integrate the elements of the practice into your daily life. The choice is yours and yours alone, which is the beauty of yoga! No one, least of all you, should judge you for how you practice yoga.
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Yoga Myths (and excuses): #4 “Yoga isn’t enough of a workout for me” & #5 “I don’t like to exercise, so yoga isn’t for me”
Even if you never learn to love yoga, yoga will love you, and I think you will see the benefits and the point!
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Yoga Myths (and excuses) #3: “I don’t like yoga”
When trying to convince someone to TRY my class, I want to face palm when I am confronted with "I just don't like yoga."
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Yoga myths (and excuses) #1 & #2: “I’m not flexible enough to do yoga” and “I am not good at yoga”
I am going to try to encourage you by debunking some of the reasons why people think they can't do yoga (based on what they have told me) and try to give you some tools and encouragement for overcoming some of the reasons you give.
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Over the Hill…what hill?!?!?
Over the hill? Fuck the hill. I will run to the top of it and whoop for joy! Then I will sit and meditate as I watch the sun set and get ready for another day. Maybe I will jump on my bike and zoom down the other side because 40 is just a number, and I have 40 years and then some left with too much to do and see to spend it sick and tired. Who’s with me?
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Turn Me Upside Down
Getting your head lower than your heart and getting your legs up is a really good thing to do for a couple of minutes a day. There are a number of benefits to getting inverted:
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