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

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Yoga is not about going to hundreds of yoga

classes or doing asanas just for the sake of

getting knowledge. Yoga is a genuine

connection to ourselves.

 

5. FOCUS on STRENGTHS

Designing the core of the personal practice,

focus on your strengths. Don’t punish yourself

working predominantly on challenging areas,

no matter how beneficial it may seem from a

rational point of view.

Think of your ordinary life. What is likely to

give you more success: building on your

strengths or rectifying your weaknesses?

We usually spend more time building on our

strengths. And we deal with our weaknesses

once that bring us discomfort. When we

encounter an obstacle that doesn’t let us

progress, we put some effort into overcoming

it.

For example, you might be very creative, but

lack some video editing skills to bring your

creativity to the world. So, you go and spend

some time learning basic video editing. You