True Yoga is Simple: 13 Steps to Deepen Your Home Practice by Olga Yumasheva - HTML preview

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Summer turns into fall and winter, spring and

summer again. From a positive swing, we fall

into a negative one, then to come back to the

positive swing again. We can’t force the cycle

to stop.

There’s a myth that those who do yoga are

always balanced and positive. But doing yoga

can’t guarantee that you have a good mood all

the time. No. Our bodies accumulate lots of

negative emotions, and it takes time to release

them.

Sometimes we do the practice and feel great

the whole day, sometimes we do the very same

things and feel down. And it’s normal. But

what’s important is not to intensify the

negative emotions. And we do it often when

we pay too much attention to our mood

swings.

Remember, where the attention goes, the

energy follows. So, when we let ourselves dive

deep into something unpleasant, we empower

the painful experience, we prolong it, and we

risk to slip into a depressive state for days,

weeks, and months.