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

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don’t make video editing your profession if it’s

too technical for you.

The same way, if you realize that tight hips

cause pain during your cycle, you add some

Hip Openers to your practice, but you don’t

make them the core of your workout.

Or, if your sink is backed up, you clean it or

call the plumber, but you don’t become a

plumber yourself.

Likewise, if one day you feel a muscular

tension somewhere in your body, you find

ways to stretch, you work on it for a day or for

a few days. You make sure you’ve pushed the

blockage out, or you go for a massage session.

You don’t start building your practice around

this area unless it’s a chronicle issue. You

focus on your strengths and deal with the

obstacles as they arise.

Select some 5 to 7 asanas as a core. They’ll

give you a feeling of stability. They’ll keep you

grounded, support you, and center you.

When we feel the center, we can go sideways.

We can do all the daily duties we need to do

and know that there’s something we can come

back to, something that is reliable and gives