Testimonials

  • Mountain and Mindfulness

    Yesterday in my yoga lesson, I just couldn’t get into Mountain pose, Tadasana.

    I’ve been practicing yoga for about three years now. The first year, I spent most of my time asking, “is this right?” or “which way is the right way to do this?” That language still creeps in sometimes when I forget to leave my perfectionism outside the studio with my shoes. So, I’ve done Mountain plenty of times. I know how to do Mountain. Generally, I love Mountain. It just didn’t work yesterday.

    My feet were planted firmly on the ground. I lifted my toes, placed them down gently, keeping the arch in my feet. My legs were activated, building from the ground up, just enough tension in my legs to feel energetic, and there it stopped.

    I shifted my focus to my upper body. Neutral spine, drop the shoulder blades, chin parallel to the floor – but my upper body was just . . .there. No matter how much I focused, I couldn’t feel any energy. I couldn’t feel much of anything. My body was where it needed to be, but from the legs up, the asana was just a bit numb.

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