Yoga Tip/Challenge # 16: Prepare Your Body For Movement

Avoid strain and injury by always ensuring that you perform appropriate warm-ups and preparations before engaging in Asana practice. Simple things like stretching your muscles and hydrating effectively before starting your third limb should never be neglected since these things … Read MoreRead More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 13: Modify Accordingly

Remember to honor any preexisting injuries or conditions that you have to safely perform your Asanas, Pranayamas, and all other limbs of your Yoga practice effectively. You can adjust most poses and techniques to suit your individual needs. … Read More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 12: Do Not Overdo Or Overuse Any Pose Or Flow

Although consistent progressive action will build strength and resilience in your Yoga practice, excessive repetitive poses and movements can be damaging to your body’s ligaments, tendons, muscles, nerves, and bones over time. … Read More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 8: Trust That Your Body Will Not Break If You Stretch It Further

Trust your body. It has gotten you this far! … Read More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 7: Breathe Through, And Then Breathe Out, Physical And Mental Tension

Do something every day to maintain good health and to care for your body, mind, and spirit by breathing and stretching into the parts of you that are stuck, stagnant, and tense, and are, therefore, not fully alive and vibrant. … Read More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 5: Customize Poses To Your Unique Body

Please remember that you are not stretching to become a circus contortionist (in most cases). Everyone’s body is unique, so stretch your muscles in your poses without engaging your ego by comparing your body to anyone else’s or trying to … Read MoreRead More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 4: Practice Where You Are With What You Have

Remember that all you need to get started in Yoga is yourself. Mats are suggested for Asanas, but not even a mat is required for practice. … Read More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 3: Apply Foundational Self-Generated Tools

Incorporate slow, deliberate, movements, deep, intentional, breaths, and gentle, purposeful, physical touch into your Yoga routine each day. … Read More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 2: Be Kind To Yourself

In order to practice effectively, and challenge yourself to do better than you did before without breaking your commitment to ahimsa (non-violence), you must be able to distinguish between injury-inducing pain and growth/transformation-inducing discomfort. … Read More

Yoga Tip/Challenge # 1: Strive For Improvement

Always aim to hold your pose, your breath, your concentration, your compassion, your kindness, and so forth, a little bit longer than you think you can each time that you practice. … Read More