Today, I want to give you 7 ways to instantly transform your yoga practice. How many are you already doing?
🤸🏻♂️ CONSISTENT PRACTICE
I do hope that this one is a no-brainer (don’t worry…we’ll get into the brainers!), but the only way you improve at anything in life is with dedicated, focused, consistent practice. How consistent? I would say a minimum of three times a week, a minimum of an hour each practice. (Personally, I practice 2 – 3 hours, 6 or 7 days a week…usually 7).
🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️ QUALITY INSTRUCTION
Not all teachers are created equal. Not all instructors with 1000 hours of training are better than those with 200 hours. Not all teachers with years and years of experience are better than those who are new. And not all instructors who can do can teach. Find an instructor who can both do and teach and cares about your success.
🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️ RELEASE YOUR EGO
The advanced mind in yoga is called the Beginner’s Mind. It is a mind that is open and receptive to critically look at yourself and find the ways that you can improve. The Beginner’s Mind isn’t attached to results. It doesn’t judge, get frustrated, or even experience pride, it just enjoys the process and always experiences each moment (and pose) as if it has never been in that moment before. Because it hasn’t.
🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️ PLAY WITH YOUR EDGES
Never become complacent in your practice. Always push on your edges. It’s the onlyway to progress. BUT, respect your edges at the same time. No pose is worth injuring yourself over!
🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️ LEARN TO ADJUST YOURSELF
Think that in-person instruction is better than Zoom because you need to be adjusted? Think again. My Zoom students accelerate at the same pace as my in-person students! Here’s the thing, when I first started teaching, I had my hands on my students adjusting them every minute of the class. It was only after I matured as a teacher that I could be 100% effective without ever touching my students. Why? The mark of a truly skilled instructor is that s/he knows yoga well enough to clearly articulate it and allow the student to adjust him or herself. (Bonus: you learn a lot more when your body does the work instead of your teacher).
🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️ VIDEO YOURSELF
If you practice on your own, one of the best ways to refine your yoga is to video yourself and critically analyze your poses and transitions. When you actually see where your imbalances, weaknesses, and flexibility challenges are, you can target and improve them.
🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️🤸🏻♂️ DEVELOP YOUR SKILLSET AND YOUR MINDSET
If you want to become an honest-to-goodness badass rockstar on your mat, you have to develop more than just your body. So much of your success actually rides on your mental power, your mindset. My Handstand Breakthrough Revolution was specifically created to help anyone who is seriously serious about reaching all their goals and dreams (on and off the mat) to develop an invincible mental attitude that only has one setting: constant growth.
So, how many of these strategies are you already using? How can you implement the rest? And how can I help? Contact me today. Let’s talk. And let’s transform your yoga practice into something totally magical.
YOGAthletica 