5 Things That Can Kill Your Yoga Home Practice

I start and stop my yoga home practice every week (okay, sometimes it becomes more than a week too); something that sounds silly, isn't it? Every time when I begin my home practice it doesn't last for more than a few days. Either my busy schedule comes into the path of my home practice routine or a slippery slope comes into the way and before I realize that it becomes more than a week long without my home practice. But instead of feeling guilty I try to find out the things that hold me back from a regular daily practice. And I'm proud of the fact that since last few weeks I've been more regular in my home practice than ever.

Here are the 5 biggest home practice killers that I found so far.

1. Distractions. Don't ever place your smartphone or tablet in front of your yoga mat so you can see it lighting up during your practice. These devices tempt you to stop and start looking at that important thing because checking it will take "only a second." If you interrupt your practice once for replying to an email then you're going to do it again in a few minutes. And before you come to know you'll be at your work desk and in the bed at night, just vowing to do that pose on the next day. And does that next day ever come? I don't think so.


2. Looking for Spirit. If you rely only on your spirit and willpower for unrolling the yoga mat then good luck with your waiting period. You're going to wait for an insanely long time by choosing this path, especially if you've got a busy schedule. I love to follow my intuition once I start the practice, but I don't rely solely on my willpower for doing it. I just schedule it in and get started the next morning. I don't wait until I start feeling stressed out.


3. Procrastination. You know that you should practice at a fixed and designated time but at the same time you've to complete an urgent project. Or your stomach starts asking for a snack, or you swear to do it after that last episode of Mad Men.


4. Slippery Slope. This thing enters your life when you've skipped one or two home practices. You start thinking, "I skipped it yesterday so what's wrong if I skip it for today too?" And here begins a cycle that can continue for several weeks, or even months in some cases.


5. Looking into wrong places for inspiration. Reading about someone else's yoga practice in an article isn't the same as practicing yourself. We often spend an average of 10-30 minutes per day in reading someone else's yoga experiences under the guise of inspiring ourselves. However, I've found through my personal experience that when we sit on the yoga mat we find our own inspiration that's suitable to us.

This article was written by John Drewry for increasing awareness in people about the importance of Yoga.

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