Resilience: Whole body yoga practice

Many years ago I used to have a remarkable student who came to my classes twice a week. He was a blind man who taught ballroom dancing. He was a firm believer in conscious, mindful movement. One of the expressions he used has stuck with me for all those years. He said: “Speed hides many sins.”

This is true for yoga as well. When we rush through the practice, we skip important details, lose connection to breath, and perpetuate this “go, go, go!” pace that already plagues our lives. Instead, in the practice below, we take time: time to breathe, time to move with the breath, time to feel the pose, time to acknowledge where we are and who we are. This 65-minute practice takes time to “oil up” the entire body, to slow down the breath and to look within. It is a balanced whole-body practice that helps you cultivate and maintain physical, energetic and emotional resilience. Give it a try and see how it feels!

The yogis have developed a sophisticated system for understanding the movement of nourishment throughout our bodies.

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