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Teri Leigh 💜's avatar

My home practice has evolved significantly over the years. It started when I was just a child playing with yoga from a book called "The Children's Garden of Yoga"...I find myself now with a similar energy to that 10-year-old girl, just playing with how different movements and positions feel in my body each day. Somedays my practice is 5 minutes, somedays it is well over an hour. I never know what poses or sequences I'll do as it depends entirely on what I'm feeling in the moment. I've been practicing for well over two decades, and rolling out of bed onto my mat every day is as automatic a habit now as brushing my teeth. When I taught yoga, I had two priorities I wanted all my students to walk away from my class with. #1 BREATHE. #2 HOME PRACTICE.

No teacher can tell you how you feel in your body, or what your body craves and loves and needs. That's for you to figure out, on your own, to the rhythm of your own breath.

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Nancy Fisher's avatar

My home practice this morning probably looked wackadoo from the outside, but luckily, I was all by myself and able to drop the self-consciousness that often comes along with that invisible observer/critic who sticks around to keep me in line. You said there's no correct answer, but I still always feel like I'm cheating when I do things that feel good to me, that are maybe exactly what I need. And this time, I think I actually began by cheating because my home practice started with Jason's Glo class as it typically does Wednesday mornings. But in savasana after he ended class, it turned into floor dancing. Dancing has been a really therapeutic thing for me. Today I just didn't have the energy to get up and do it, but still felt called, so I just laid there and danced while lying down. Lots of flowy arms and some twitching. How's that for letting go of any prescriptions? I wasn't even holding on to sanity! Lol There was some cathartic release, processing the loss of a friend's husband yesterday. We were not close but this friend has been the definition of grace through their goodbye and I've been so moved to witness it. I'm always surprised by Jason's classes and your offerings in how they seem exactly perfect to what I specifically need. Like you two are also there standing next to the critic, more benevolent invisible observers checking in to see what you should send me next. Maybe it's just that all of us could always use more of this yoga thing no matter what's going on. It's more fun to think that we're psychically connected! Both and, I suppose.

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