Around 7 years ago, I read something that flipped my yoga practice on its head. While it didn't have anything to do with headstands, it reshaped how I approached yoga entirely.
Read MoreAre your days a combination of bright spots and breakdowns like mine? A friend just told me that she bounces back and forth between being okay and feeling like she cannot bear another minute of this current pandemic reality. I'm sure you can relate.
I can't help but liken our current situation to what B.K.S. Iyengar says about holding a yoga posture–that the posture begins the very moment we want to leave it.
We were all born with flexibility. It is life experience and stress that tightens up our bodies, rounds our shoulders, and gives us neck and back pain. Imagine if you would have learned yoga postures and deep breathing techniques when you were a kid. How might your body and mind be different today? While we cannot go back in time to change our own lives, we can offer the opportunity of learning yoga to our children.
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