Although I like practicing yoga a lot, still sometimes I feel that I'm not in the mood of practice. Last time I just didn't practice yoga for a long time just because I wasn't in the mood. At one hand it seems to be perfectly acceptable-after all, yoga tells us to be kind and gentle with ourselves, right? However, there's one problem with this approach - once you allow an excuse to kill your yoga practice once, you're more likely to do the same again and again. Even worst, you don't even realize that you're following this habit in a pattern and before you come to know that it's extremely hard to get back to your yoga mat. Because as the saying goes, excess of anything is bad.
I learnt it the hard way that when I'm about to kill my yoga practice for a long time by excuses, I must do it at that moment. And till now I didn't ever regret for it. Now you may be wondering that how I push myself to the practice even when I'm not in the mood, right? Alright, so here I go with a few tactics that I use:
- Just do it. It's absolutely right. Just tap into your willpower and start practicing - even if you don't want to do. Once I start my yoga practice and feeling great due to it, I ask myself that why was I hesitating to do it sometime ago.
- Start Slowly. When you're not in the mood of practice, starting slowly with some stretches is the best way to get yourself in the mood of practice. I usually start with a soft neck release, then moving towards the side body and Cat-Cow, which is one of my personal favorites. And it doesn't take too long when I start moving into Sun Salutations and standing poses happily.
- Look for the aversions. I always like to start my practice with meditation. Sometimes I meditate for long, sometimes I love to keep it short and sweet. But when I'm not practicing any asana, I just sit, take a few deep breathes, and try to find out the location of aversions in my body. I try to find them in my jaw, hips, neck and so on. I start practicing yoga by giving a little bit more attention to those particular parts of my body.
- Remind yourself the reason behind your practice. Are you practicing yoga for getting rid of stress? Or is that a way to connect with something bigger - something that you feel more valuable than yourself? Or do you practice it just for feeling better? Whatever the reason is, I just want to tell you that sometimes it's better to remember it for bringing back your motivations of practice that pull you back to the yoga mat.
This article was written by John Drewry for increasing awareness in people about the importance of Yoga.
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