I recently read an article titled 10 Things Your Yoga Instructor Won’t Tell You from Smart Money Mag, and naturally have a thing or two to say. (Let’s forget for a moment the blind cowboy “buy now” advice, and that not everyone heeds their words, but I digress big time.)
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My boyfriend sometimes asks me why I go to yoga class when I’m a yoga teacher myself. The easy answer is that I’m a student first, and there is *always* something more to learn in yoga, it’s a lifetime’s work. Another reason is I cannot see myself when I practice, and the brain sometimes has a [...]
Perhaps the one single biggest myth about yoga is that it’s for Cirque du Soleil retirees. “But I’m not flexible”, is usually the first thing I hear when people explain why they don’t do yoga.
True, with time and dedication, yoga can and will help you become more flexible. It will also help you gain more [...]