--Don’t neglect the breath. You don’t need to control your breathing or doctor your breath to meet an expectation. Just remember to breathe and rest in the incredibly comforting thought that your breath is life; life energy is flowing through you!
--Read lots! The research is out there in growing, inspiring numbers! Universities routinely recognize the benefits and more and more studies are out there. Many yoga teachers, including the Iyengars, offer reliable sequencing to help us understand how to conduct our asana practice. Gather around the bookshelf and collect the newest research and the most ancient texts. We are supported and the study of yoga is a lifelong pleasure.
Teaching the class, snow or not, has made me very hopeful. Not only do I carry the reassurance that I can aid myself in times of stress (and share the practice with others) but I also see that the wide-world outside of the yoga circle recognizes the therapeutic benefits of yoga for the stressed among us (all of us!). The outlook is hopeful, healing and promising for all us and more and more individuals welcome yoga in their life, even if they take the stressed route to come to yoga
(Of course, there are people that experience severe anxiety or even depression, and in those cases a doctor’s help is advised. This article e is not designed to, and should not be construed to, provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion or treatment to you or any other individual, and is not intended as a substitute for medical or professional care and treatment.)
Resources:
Yoga Journal: Have Anxiety? Practice Asana http://www.yogajournal.com/article/practice-section/free-from-worry/
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