True Yoga is Simple: 13 Steps to Deepen Your Home Practice by Olga Yumasheva - HTML preview

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Once you come across an asana that gives you

pleasure, try to bring it into your self-practice.

Pick 5 to 10 asanas that serve your needs and

do them regularly. This way you’ll be able to

truly experience the poses.

The execution becomes automatic. You don’t

have to think about instructions. When you

don’t use your mind actively to get in a pose,

the mind becomes more still. Less thoughts

arise to disturb your bodily experience. Now

you can move to a more subtle level in your

practice where you observe the energy flows

within your body and maximize the benefits

you get out of every asana you perform.

 

INDIGESTION of INFORMATION

Unfortunately, enthusiastic beginners become

greedy for knowledge. They go to six group

classes every week and stuff themselves with

information.

If we eat too much, the food won’t be properly

digested. If we don’t stop here and take even

more food, at some point, we might feel that

we want to throw up. It goes the same way

with information. If we take it in small