if only...

this morning I came across this - please read first and then continue here!

this is exactly what it is and means to draw within, to FEEL and not so much to see and look around.

as much as I love the yoga-circus - more and more challenging poses, your flexibility letting you go all crazy - it seems to have taken over in some yoga places around the world.

now, as I myself haven't started this career as the most flexible person and still have a long way to go, or not (there are limits we all need to accept!), I always had and still love to focus on simple postures and how and what we FEEL, how our body and mind changes with the repetition of the simple. I guess that's why I found my "home" in the Sivananda practice - 12 basic postures that keep you healthy and make you feel good :-)

but how to get people who are not so flexible, to start with, to come to class more than once? Yes, that's the challenge, and so far I can only remember one person who had his very first yoga class with me, was unbelievable inflexible, but kept coming and became one of the BR students who gained maximum strength and flexibility through a regular practice.

I've had way more people who came once, saw all the others and were never seen again...

most of the not so flexible ones also ask for private classes to start with. and as much as I love one-on-ones, I do prefer them in cases of yoga-therapie and not so much as personal fitness/flexibility training. although I do understand how hard it can be to step into a yoga class for your first time. the room full of people who seem to know what they're doing, maybe even extremely flexible and good looking - no fun for the one who is just starting this journey.

I was lucky enough to start my yoga journey not only with a wonderful teacher, but with just a few great friends in class. still very grateful for that wonderful group of women.

so, if you're one of the one who always wanted to get started, or even tried a class already, but went out with the feeling of not-fitting-in (for whatever reason). maybe you have a few more friends who'd like to give it a try? get together and maybe you can find a yoga teacher close to you who'd like to get you started! I certainly would :-)