Quite often people say: “I am not flexible enough. I am not strong enough. I am too old to do yoga or exercise. I am not healthy enough to exercise or do yoga.”
But if you have a body and you are breathing – you are already doing yoga. Just by regulating your breath and moving gently with the rhythm of your body, you can have a profound experience at your very first yoga class. Yoga meets you where you are. If you are anxious, if you are feeling emotional or physical tension, this could be a really wonderful way of releasing that tension, quieting your mind and calming your nervous system.
Several minutes that you spent nourishing yourself means that you are becoming calmer, more centered, being able to live your life from the peaceful state of awareness. When you go back to your everyday life, you have more energy and have something new to offer.
We may move through some really challenging times in our lives. The focus of the practice is to find the part of ourselves that is always stable and steady.
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