In our yoga practice, we are constantly striving to deepen poses and to enhance flexbility, and the secret key to accomplishing this does not come easily. In fact, even after I tell you the key, you will have to figure it out on your own. The key is relaxed intensity.
Yoga teachers often remind students not [...]
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Relaxed Intensity
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Preconceived Motions
Posted in fitness, practice, yoga on May 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve been practicing yoga for a while, you understand that yogis tend to get into patterns. For instance, perhaps your first instructor always did Warrier I with her hands together overhead, so regardless of how your current teacher does it, you still do it the “old” way–partially in honor of your first instructor and [...]