“I bend therefore I don’t break.”
Yeah yeah yeah, it’s such a common quote that you’ll see in many many #instagramyoga posts. Usually you’ll see this quote next to a major #backbend photo. Many likes are clicked. Everyone applauds to that mind boggling #asana. And comments like 😱👍🏼👏🏼👍🏼 are left.
But is this yoga? It is very easy to take the face value of a quote and stick it next to a picture and have some quasi philosophical moment or sharing. I mean, how often have you seen a well choreographed picture or selfie, with a caption of some totally unrelated nature? It’s easy to talk the talk. But as yoga teachers, we at least need to understand the true meaning of the talk before talking about it.
Pictured here is a #vrksasana #treepose with a backbend variation. A tree that can bend can withstand strong winds. But the tree can still break if it bends too much - so does our body. To train to be more flexible is not because we don’t want to break. Being flexible is more about the mindset - the ability to change in any 👎🏼💩🤒👺🤬 circumstances.
What are some of the most misused quotes you have seen? Let me know in comments below.
asana meaning 在 Victor Chau Yoga Facebook 的最讚貼文
Close your eyes, trust your instincts and let your breath guide you.
I had to hold this pose #urdhvadhanurasana #wheelpose variation for well over 3 minutes for @rjnekhar_yoga to 📸 the best angle. Normally I wouldn’t be able to hold it for this long. But did you know that if you elevate your feet higher than your hands than the wheel pose will become so much more bearable. But my focus breathing and also the desire to get the perfect 🤳🏼 keep me up there a little longer too 😆
Speaking of holding the poses for an extended period of time, do you know why we should hold them a little longer but not just flowing through? Let me know you know the true meaning of #asana in comments below.
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asana meaning 在 Yoga with Wen Facebook 的精選貼文
🏙🏙#practiceandalliscoming | hanumanasana was not part of my regular practice in the first six years since I began to practice yoga. I've always avoided it because I knew I had really tight hamstrings and hip flexors, and if I forcefully attempted the pose, I would either pull something or be disappointed at how high my hips were off the ground. Instead, I practiced other asanas that would help stretch those areas and tah-dah~ one day, with the right guidance, my teacher led me into the pose with just a few instructions :) This pose taught me the true meaning of "practice and all is coming" (the asana side at least :P )
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