Gentle Hatha Yoga for Hamstrings - Bolster, Blanket, Strap, 2 Blocks

Yoga teaches us to find balance and harmony in opposite qualities. In the postures we move between effort and ease (stirha and sukha). In our breath we move between expansion and contraction, inhale and exhale. In our lives we move between times of growth and times of challenges. As we move into 2019, or any new phase of life, it’s important to remember that there will be growth and there will be challenges. It can be exciting and fun and engaging to have a goal to move towards, but it can be demoralizing and defeating to work hard on that goal and not see progress. Yoga reminds us that showing up, and being present is far more valuable and important than ending up at any destination. If you had to sacrifice mental, physical and emotional health — your own internal alignment with your true self — to get to that goal, was it really worth it? If you moved towards a goal and realized it was out of alignment, was it best to keep going, or time to change course? Without practices, life will pull us in a million different directions of instant gratification and distractions. With practices, we can have a time to get back in alignment, to remember how good it feels to be ourselves, and have a reference point to know if we are moving in the right direction; day to day to day.  ***** Deepen your yoga practice at http://www.quietmind.yoga/