Filed under: Yoga Musings
In Part 1 of this Fear Factor series, I addressed the issue of fear with respect to falling down and cracking one’s head open. In Part 2, I’d like to talk about a different kind of fear: the fear of wimping out.
I think just about everyone who has done yoga finds themselves being competitive at times during their practice. But even seasoned yogis need to be reminded that yoga is not about competition, nor is it about being “good” at poses, “getting” poses right, or being “better” than the next guy. In the end, you do yoga according to your level of experience and according to where you body is at on that particular day. Even if you always do a certain pose in a certain way, because it’s your pose, maybe today you need to take a modification. (more…)
