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Each week, the editors at Yoga Journal compile moments—sometimes mind-bending, sometimes easy—that remind us yoga is, in truth, in all places.
MOVE
We recently happened upon a hack for Chair Pose that we’d never experienced and that we’ve been including in our practice. It doesn’t make the posture any easier, although we discover it makes it eminently more tolerable. (For those recent to yoga, Chair Pose is something of the common denominator of yoga, bringing intensity to students in addition to the teachers who hearken to them complain about it.)
(Photo: Thomas Barwick | Getty )
LISTEN
Can’t stop replaying the track “Practice Makes Progress” in our heads and our devices. The song, from the recently released album Sound Patterns by MC YOGI and composer John Pattern, functions as a mantra of sort, bringing meaning and mindfulness to the early a part of your practice or class playlist.
ALIGN
CONSIDER
In an article published in The Atlantic early this week, author Yasmin Tayag experiences something of an identity crisis as she struggles to decide on amongst too some ways to exercise, yoga amongst them. Her overwhelm pertains to a priority about stereotypes and that what you do influences who you turn out to be. She describes it as a “life imitating exercise” sort of thing.
Although with yoga, isn’t that entirely the purpose? Perhaps one takeaway from the situation might be appreciating the privilege inherent in selecting who you’re while also learning to tune out the noise of what anyone else might think you’re.
Quote: Leon Brown