Show up. Do the best you can

When we start to have a consistent practice, it’s easy to slip into a habit of comparing one practice to another.

Some days we feel strong and capable. Other days we feel stagnant and can make through it.

Last week you were totally crushing Bakasana and have your record hold. This week you can barely get your knees up your arms.

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙’𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮’𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙨 “𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙” 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠?

How we sleep, what we eat, our stress level, the weather, our daily drama in life. All these variables affects how we feel during our practice.

Maybe you didn’t sleep enough or had a stressful work day and your capacity is lower. That is ok. Maybe you can’t get your Bakasana today because your arms and legs are TIRED AND SORE from your last week’s hard work!

What matters is you show up and be on your mat. It may mean you are taking a more gentle practice today (Reclining Crow anyone?) and that’s ok. If that is your FULL effort for today, let’s be it.

And that is not only yoga. Our relationships, work, passions go through different phases. On days that things feel a bit stagnant or stale, it doesn’t mean there is something wrong. It’s pointless to spend time nick-picking on what’s going wrong or comparing one day from another.

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮’𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮’𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠.

What matters is you aim for your 100% 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔.

That you are not making excuses of not showing up.

And you are doing the best you can for the day.

My last suggestions is to reconnect to the the heart

of our practice, which is to acknowledge our feelings when things are hard, and to make peace that there are ebbs and flows in life, and continue to show up to do the work with compassion.

𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽. 𝗗𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻. 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦.