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Why do I keep practicing yoga?
The physical benefits are wonderful - gaining strength, flexibility, and healing pain in the body. But the real reasons I have stuck with it for 15+ years are under the surface
- I formed a better relationship with self-image
- my sleep became deeper and easier
- I rewrote addictive patterns with substances and food
- I had methods to heal my nervous system after traumatic events
- I was able to better navigate the waves of anxiety, grief, and anger
- I found a space where I can detach from my mind and observe myself, instead of being ruled by my thoughts
Patañjali’s definition of yoga as in the Yoga Sutras is: “yogaś-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ”
Yoga reduces the fluctuations of the mind through absorption in the practice.
Our mental patterns are rewritable. Yoga empowers us to change the way we think.
The physical benefits are wonderful - gaining strength, flexibility, and healing pain in the body. But the real reasons I have stuck with it for 15+ years are under the surface
- I formed a better relationship with self-image
- my sleep became deeper and easier
- I rewrote addictive patterns with substances and food
- I had methods to heal my nervous system after traumatic events
- I was able to better navigate the waves of anxiety, grief, and anger
- I found a space where I can detach from my mind and observe myself, instead of being ruled by my thoughts
Patañjali’s definition of yoga as in the Yoga Sutras is: “yogaś-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ”
Yoga reduces the fluctuations of the mind through absorption in the practice.
Our mental patterns are rewritable. Yoga empowers us to change the way we think.