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Each week, the editors at Yoga Journal compile moments—sometimes mind-bending, sometimes easy—that remind us yoga is, the truth is, all over the place.
LEARN
In essentially the most recent episode of the insightful Yogaland Podcast, Jason Crandell notes several ways students and teachers alike may also help prevent injury consequently of practice. Although occasional aches are a part of being human, as Crandell notes, these not-so-obvious tactics can keep things from escalating and even happening in any respect. His approach synthesizes a long time of experience teaching students and training teachers and delivers information in an approachable and actionable style. So when he calls for a change in the best way we’ve been practicing, we listen. As must you.
OBSERVE
Practicing yoga poses isn’t what makes you a greater person. Working example: “The Eco-Yogi Slumlords of Brooklyn,” a recent article in The Cut reporting on the owners of a yoga studio and their alleged not-so-yogic acts. Although there may be much to be learned from the physical aspect of yoga, the purpose of the practice is to bring your awareness to the way you show as much as life. That practice begins on the mat. It never ends.
OVERHEARD
Toward the top of a difficult practice, the yoga teacher, Alicia, cued students into Wild Thing and I heard the lady next to me say something I couldn’t quite make out. Her young daughter, who she sometimes brings to class, then shouted, “Alicia! My mom said a foul word!”
Photo: Andrew Clark
STREEEEETCH
As with most things in life, it’s easy to measure ourselves against external markers of “success.” With yoga, it’s actually quite the alternative. It’s less about what a pose looks like from the surface than the way it feels for us inside. So while it’s easy to equate drama in a pose with its profit, that’s not the case. We asked teachers for the subtle poses they feel are underrated with regards to hip openers. These are the seven stretches they need you to learn about—and practice.
(Photo: Andrew Clark; Clothing: Calia)
FEEL
Whenever you’re in your feels after yoga class and, as you make your way home during rush-hour traffic, you let someone pull out in front of you and so they offer you five waves and a smile via their rearview mirror. And in that moment, you’re reminded of the kindness of (most) humans.
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