Yoga reading notes | Yoga training notes | Yoga practice insights | Yoga people’s stories | Yoga and life I have a small yoga WeChat group.
Although I usually punch in more and share articles I think are interesting, occasionally the feedback from netizens will also give me some new inspiration.
One day, a netizen said, “Compared with the courses of Iyengar College, she prefers the courses of Yoji Yoga.” This remark immediately aroused my curiosity.
In fact, I have taken classes in these two yoga training institutions, and I have gained a lot.
They teach different yoga schools, but they all share genuine knowledge.
So I asked the netizen how he felt.
It turned out that this netizen felt very tired every time she finished following Iyengar’s yoga course, while the Youji yoga course would be relatively soft, and she would remind in the explanation of asanas how to adjust when she couldn’t do it, and where her body needs to relax, which is similar to the physiotherapy yoga she usually practices.
She also mentioned that there was no relaxation part in Iyengar’s course.
Although she practices yoga, she still wants to feel comfortable.
Now, I fully understand her meaning.
Ayengar Yoga is really tiring, because the teacher will take the students to find physical awareness.
How can we find awareness? Only when the body has a strong reaction can the feeling of awareness be more obvious.
Although Iyengar Yoga is a static exercise, the feeling of muscle activation is stronger than Hatha Yoga.
I heard from the members of Iyengar Yoga that every time they finish the class, their legs are very sour.
Even so, everyone seems to enjoy the sour.
I rarely take the online class of Iyengar Yoga, but no matter what kind of yoga class I take, relaxation after asana is very important.
If I have time, I can lie down for 10-15 minutes.
If time is tight, even if I just lie down for 5 minutes, I will get something.
If we feel that our body is very tired during asana practice and we are likely to fall asleep when we relax, congratulations.
You will sleep soundly.
When you wake up, you will feel that you have slept for a long time and the whole person will be refreshed, because relaxation is actually a process of energy return.
The word “comfortable” mentioned by the netizen friend attracted me.
I have heard many people say that it is very comfortable after practicing yoga, which is a good feeling.
But in the process of practice, should we also pursue comfort? Why do I think yoga poses are never comfortable? In our daily work and life, we always unconsciously make our bodies appear in an unconventional state.
For example, when we open the chest consciously to regulate breathing, we can obviously feel that the front side of the spine is longer than the back side.
But you can think about it.
Usually, in the office, several people sit upright, open the chest, and most of them are nestled in the chair, pursuing the so-called comfort, right? At that time, you may feel comfortable, but it is not the proper state of your body.
After a long time, our body will react, that is, problems will occur at the bone level.
Our muscles are generally weak, because we lack exercise at ordinary times and cannot effectively activate the muscles in the back and waist, then they cannot support our spine very effectively.
But the body is very smart, and will think of other ways, such as growing fat on the belly, so that we can better protect our lumbar spine.
You see, we are comfortable for a while, but our bodies will be out of shape.
Here, I solemnly remind you that once we enter the yoga classroom, we should clearly tell ourselves that it is not comfortable to practice postures, and that tiredness is a normal phenomenon.
Now that we are here, let’s really make our bodies tired.
However, we should also pay attention to whether the joints will be painful.
If the joints are painful, it means that the body has been compensated.
We need to ask the teacher to help us look at the lower body posture and make adjustments in time.
At the same time, you can also observe that when you practice yoga poses, once you feel tired, your consciousness must be with your body, and our body is always in the present.
Therefore, your consciousness and body will be in the same moment, so you are living in the present state.
At this time, you are actually controlling the fluctuation of consciousness, and you are gradually approaching the essence of yoga.
I may prefer to abuse myself, and I don’t want to be too comfortable in my practice, because I have really experienced that I seem to be doing asanas.
In fact, I realize that I don’t know where I am flying.
It’s really a lonely practice.
That’s not good.
I found that if I could do the asana more deeply, the pain would be more obvious and not very comfortable.
But as long as the pain is not bad and will not cause harm, I need to learn to accept the pain, and then there will be other gains, because the practice on the mat will reflect the state of our life.
As for the discomfort, it usually disappears after relaxation.
Even if it lasts a little longer, it will not be so tired after sleeping for one night or several nights, because sleep is actually repairing our bodies.
Please believe me, yoga is not so comfortable in practice, which is much more gentle than other sports.
Please try to accept the discomfort and make friends with it.
You will receive many surprises.
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