As with any exercise routine, your yoga practice can sometimes get to be, well routine. How do you shake off the doldrums and rekindle the passion of why you started practicing yoga in the first place? One way to do that is to try a different class or try a different teacher. Getting a new perspective on your practice and hearing it presented in a different way, is sometimes all you need to jumpstart your practice to the next level.
As a teacher, I face the same challenges. I'll practice on my own at home, but I get caught up in the teaching so much that I lose focus for a bit. It's at that point that I need to take a class and be a student again. It's amazing the new things I learn that fuels not only my personal practice, but my teaching as well. It's all a big circle, and I'm fortunate to pass on the teachings of the great masters that have come before me.
So, if you are feeling in a rut with your yoga practice, check out some local yoga studios and try a different style or try another teacher. It just may be what you've been needing to shake things up a bit.
I'm going to take my own advice and practice with a master yoga teacher this weekend, Rod Stryker. If you are interested, please check out the Yogahome website and see if there are spots still available. It's worth it to study with one of the great Western yoga masters, especially in our own hometown. This doesn't happen often, folks.
http://www.yogahome.net/
Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you on the mat.
Blessings,
Susan
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Yes, it's important to keep anything you do on a regular basis fresh - yoga, marriage, work. This increases overall satisfaction with the experience.
A good rule of thumb is to go back to what you did at first when it was exciting and new. (You naturally went to this answer when you decided to become a student again.)
You have some great tips in there on how to keep it dynamic.
Thanks for posting,
George Lichter
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