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

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confidence, and finally feel good about

yourself.

The other reason why a long practice isn’t

recommended is that we lack concentration

power. We’re so distracted by technology,

social media, by choices and opportunities

that we just can’t keep concentration for long

hours like the yogis of ancient times.

The recent study shows that an average person

can stay focused for about 18 minutes. And we

want to exercise for 1,5 hours? Is it really

worth it? Will we be able to concentrate on

your bodily sensations? Or, are we going to

perform the asanas mechanically while our

mind wanders and thinks about all sorts of

things but not the inner energy flows?

I believe that 15 minutes on the mat entirely

focused works much better than 2 hours of

practice in the absence of concentration.

Give yourself time to train your concentration

skills. It won’t be fast, but don’t rush, don’t

jump over your head. Your practice time may

gradually increase. But let it happen slowly and

make sure that the time to spend on the mat is