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A few tips by senior Sri Sri Yoga teachers on learning the ‘art’ of doing yoga asanas or postures.
Remember the first time you started practicing your favorite hobby – photography, music, dance, anything. At first, there was a struggle, an effort to get things right. You were anxious to click the best picture, play the right melody, and have the perfect steps. Then with each practice, it just went on getting better, and as you mastered the art, the act became effortless and graceful! This is exactly what happens when we do yoga postures. Do them gently, give yourself time to get comfortable with the posture – you’ll see the act flowing gracefully and the experience getting pleasurable.
Go easy with your yoga asanas
There is a secret knack to doing your yoga posture right: relax and be comfortable with your body. A yoga sutra of Patanjali ‘Sthirasukhamasanam’ echoes this thought, where sthira means steady and sukham implies comfort. When you do any yoga asana, ensure that your body is stable (not shaky) and you do not feel any sort of pain or discomfort in that posture. It is fine even if you don’t get the asana perfectly right in the beginning. For example, while doing the Standing Forward Bend pose, you don’t need to fret if your hands can’t go all the way down to touch your feet and you barely manage to reach your ankles. Remember, practice makes perfect? The whole idea is to keep the body steady and be at ease at the same time.
Click on the link below to read more..........
http://www.artofliving.org/yoga/way-of-life/art-of-yoga-postures
Remember the first time you started practicing your favorite hobby – photography, music, dance, anything. At first, there was a struggle, an effort to get things right. You were anxious to click the best picture, play the right melody, and have the perfect steps. Then with each practice, it just went on getting better, and as you mastered the art, the act became effortless and graceful! This is exactly what happens when we do yoga postures. Do them gently, give yourself time to get comfortable with the posture – you’ll see the act flowing gracefully and the experience getting pleasurable.
Go easy with your yoga asanas
There is a secret knack to doing your yoga posture right: relax and be comfortable with your body. A yoga sutra of Patanjali ‘Sthirasukhamasanam’ echoes this thought, where sthira means steady and sukham implies comfort. When you do any yoga asana, ensure that your body is stable (not shaky) and you do not feel any sort of pain or discomfort in that posture. It is fine even if you don’t get the asana perfectly right in the beginning. For example, while doing the Standing Forward Bend pose, you don’t need to fret if your hands can’t go all the way down to touch your feet and you barely manage to reach your ankles. Remember, practice makes perfect? The whole idea is to keep the body steady and be at ease at the same time.
Click on the link below to read more..........
http://www.artofliving.org/yoga/way-of-life/art-of-yoga-postures
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