What if there’s no progress?

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲

This is how an end pose may look like: 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.

When we set an image of what a yoga practice should look like, we unconsciously give in to the notion of perfection, thinking that there should be a way to do the posture flawlessly, bringing out the “full expression.”

𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦?

The goal of practicing yoga is to enhance our mastery in: • Identifying and accepting our abilities. • Developing our wisdom more to adapt the essence of the practice.

Learning to observe our body for what it is and working on with what we have, in that particular moment, is the right way to do the practice.

One of my friends posted on Instagram, and her caption struck me hard…

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴?” What do we do?

Well, we do it anyway! Because the benefit of yoga practice is not about the poses.

It is to build a consistent practice that will help us tune ourselves, develop a calmer mind, and cultivate the ability to overcome the fluctuation of the mind.

It is through practice that we can navigate through generations and overcome obstacles in life.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.