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Yoga Practice For Patience

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Now that I have relocated from Montreal to Jersey City, I am seeing just how fast-paced everything is!! Even Yoga.

All I know is that when impatience shows up on your mat, injury can prevail, and mindfulness can flounder.  There is something to be said, and this is why I love a Yapana® Yoga practice, to practicing skills to improve the way your body navigates the postures, from warm ups (vinyasa) to static/strength building and restorative/flexibility inducing ones.

Practicing patience is hard! We want outcomes. For my top 3 tips click HERE and let us today just add a slight pause here and there between breaths, during poses, activities ~ and affirm to yourself that all will be revealed
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An affirmation to keep in mind on your Yoga Mat

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This is an affirmation to keep in mind when you are on your yoga mat.

Sometimes as a yoga teacher we give adjustments and it is important to remember that these are meant in the spirit that you are perfect as you are; perhaps you might use them as you would a GPS – to navigate a path that needs a little direction so as to keep you safe in your range of motion and reach, or to help light up the path so your body can find its way.

Comparison robs us of joy and peace of mind. It is far better to just be the most excellent variation of our own self that we can. So today in your practice, tune into the rhythm of your breath, focus on your inner self – the light body – and repeat: I am perfect the way I am

You do not need to compare and or contrast yourself to anyone or any notion of what practice is

I am perfect as I am

word of the day maitreya

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word of the day maitreya – or Loving Kindness

The name Maitreya (Metteyya in Pāli) is derived from the Sanskrit word maitrī (Pāli: mettā) meaning “loving-kindness”, which is in turn derived from the noun mitra (Pāli: mitta) in the sense of “friend” ( Source )

word of the day maitreya

word of the day maitreya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You know, a little goes a long way;

On your yoga mat, a well-placed prop can be kind because it encourages, rather than forces, your body to open

Off your yoga mat, try being kind as opposed to being right…

As B.K.S. Iyengar says in Light on Yoga, “To overcome the obstacles and to win unalloyed happiness, Patanjali offered several remedies. The best of these is the fourfold remedy of Maitri (friendliness), Karuna (compassion), Mudita (delight), and Upeksa (disregard).  Maitri is not merely friendliness, but also a feeling of oneness with the object of friendliness (atmiyata). A mother feels intense happiness at the success of her children because of atmiyata, a feeling of oneness. Patanjali recommends maitri for sukha (happiness or virtue). the yogi cultivates maitri and atmiyata for the good and turns enemies into friends, bearing malice towards none.