At my PYS Advanced Studies Program this week, our instructor, Tony, asked us, "How many of you are giving 100% to your yoga practice?" and no one raised their hand.
Ya'll thought I was just kidding with that Yoga Mat Sectrez on Monday, but it is sort of true.
This question came after Tony spent 10 minutes lecturing us about our behavior so far in the program. Regular people may come to public yoga classes late or leave early, but you're "advanced studies people" you should be more serious than the public... come on time! pay attention! don't leave early! do your home practice!!
So last night, home alone, as my husband was on call at the hospital, I returned to "the bible of modern yoga," to help give me some comfort and encouragement.
It worked. This morning I read through the appendix of the book (thank God my Sanskrit has improved and I actually know the name of the poses!) where Iyengar gives you a work out schedule for the next 180 weeks. Using this as a rough draft, I am going to create a practice schedule for myself. I've picked some key poses that I want to work on and then I'll build in some creative time to do poses that I feel like doing but aren't on the list.
Ok! Here we go... ready... set... YOGA!
1 comment:
It sounds like advanced yoga requires quite a bit of dedication! I'm curious, and I know you've covered this throughout your posts in various ways, but why yoga? It's obviously not just an enjoyable activity with health benefits, but a lifestyle to which you desire to adhere. I'd just like to hear more thoughts on that, when you have time.
Hope you and Grant are enjoying preparations for Christmas - we just put up our tree today so I'll post photos soon!
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