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Practice tips
Some days you may be up for a very vigorous asana
practice, but at other times that might be counter-
productive. Here are some ways one can "soften" a
yoga practice:
• Breathe more deeply and evenly. Complete each
exalation and inhalation. Do not push further into the
asana (pose) if the movement begins to constrain or
stifle the breath.
 
• When doing a forward bend, you can step the feet a bit
apart and bend the knees.
If the classical form of any
asana would be uncomfortable,
just take your time—
perhaps years— to ease
your way patiently towards it,
if at all.
 
• If lowering into chaturanga dandasana is too intense,
try a "knees-chest-chin" approach. That is, you can
always touch the knees to the ground first, when
lowering from a plank position.
 
• Then, you can always substitute a cobra pose for an
upward-facing
 dog, keeping the pelvis on, and pressing
into,
 the ground.
 
• As a substitution for downward-facing dog, try balasana ("child’s pose") or try what I like to call “downward
puppy,” simply by bringing the
 knees gently to the floor
from downward-facing dog, while still reaching up and
back
through the sitting bones.
 
 
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— Henry David Thoreau



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        In yoga, we are going for perception,
        not perfection.
 
        — Michael Gilbert




 

 
        Whatever you do, have a good breathe.
 
        — Mark Whitwell
 





 

When our mind is not turbulent for a little while, we tend to think we’re in a slump and start groping about for something that can stir it up again: a thrilling movie, a stiff drink, a spirited quarrel, anything to “get the juices flowing.”...

When we fix our eyes on a higher goal, we begin to see beyond the immediate appeal of short-term satisfactions. Confident that a far greater joy is ours, we can hold out against the voices from all sides that cajole, “Eat this; drink that; watch this; buy that.” True joy is found when the mind is still, not when it is excited.
 
— Eknath Easwaran
 

 

 



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