WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Beginners or people who have physical limitations need to start with an easy practice to avoid injury while still benefitting from a yoga practice. And that is common sense.

However, as a non-beginner or someone with no particular limitations, do you feel that the more you strengthen or stretch your body, the more beneficial your practice is? And if so, is it really true? How much stretching and strengthening do you actually need to live your daily life?

Have you ever considered that the best way to practice any style of yoga may be when every pose you do is good for every part of your body at all times?  Would that feel like the yogis in the drawing below? Probably not!:)

How would that feel like then?

You may have been instructed in a way that makes the suggestions below challenging. Yet, can you go beyond what you have been told to find out what agrees with your whole-body intelligence? Don’t even take my word for it. Play with these suggestions and see what develops! You may discover what it feels like to handle a challenging practice with ease, even in plank pose, chair pose or a vinyasa flow!

If you were to practice in a way that is good for every part of you, in every pose, maybe you would not compress the back of your neck so you could open your chest to a max? Maybe you would not overstretch your back just to touch your toes? Or maybe, you would not put yourself off balance just to challenge your quads in chair pose because you would know that keeping your weight evenly distributed on your feet is a way to cooperate with your whole-body intelligence?

What if you could still feel good and challenge yourself without such habits?

If you resonate with this way of thinking and you want to learn how to challenge yourself without flirting with injury promoting moves just because it feels good in the moment, you may enjoy attending my webinar on Sunday, October 29, 2017.

https://offthematyoga.lpages.co/free-live-interactive-webinar-04/

Cecile Raynor has been teaching the Alexander Technique for over 25 years out of which came her B.I.A. Process to assist yogis in enhancing their practice bypassing the intellect. She is also a Thai Yoga Massage Therapist and a Reiki Practitioner. Faculty at Akasha Yoga Teacher Training, she runs a 12 months Mastermind for Yoga Teachers with a Vision, and a 90 Day Virtual Program for trainees, new teachers and committed yoga practitioners interested in using their body more efficiently on and off the mat in a way not taught in regular training courses. She is currently writing a book on her personal and professional experience to be published this year