Allow Your Practice To Evolve With You.

The yoga community some times lives in such extremes. We have the group of yogis who just want to get in and out of class, one hour, sweat, work hard, no relaxation and definitely no wisdom talk!
Then there is the other extreme, the yogis that just want to float in the clouds, feel good, be blissed out and high (on life) .. God forbid they work too hard or attempt to be grounded.

Isn't the idea of yoga to create balance in our lives. To work every aspect of the mind so that we can open up to new possibilities and potential? There is a beauty in every practice from power yoga, to yin and Kundalini. Some times we need to go fast, work hard and give the body a chance to sweat and the mind a break from thought, releasing through a flow of movement. Other days we need to go deep, slow, being gentle and kind to ourselves, creating a space for deep silence and meditation.

If we find ourselves getting too comfortable in one way of practicing, to the point that we get bent out of shape when the circumstance changes, we need to take a look at our practice. The idea of yoga is not to get high every time or to have a great physical body it is to train the mind to be able to go with the flow, move through life as smooth as possible despite the bumps.

So don't be afraid to switch it up, try a new class or teacher. The point is, life is not always consistent so the more you expose yourself, the greater your tool shed will be. When you reach in to it for help there will be a vastness rather then just one way. It is like the way professional athletes cross train. Yes they have their main sport but they use other elements to strengthen themselves. Let us use different elements to prepare our minds, bodies and souls for our journey through life, saving our practice from dogma or ritual, allowing it to evolve as we grow. Deepening and expanding with time and space.