Grace Yoga


Saturday, October 6, 2007

What a yoga practice can do

My daughter and I took a quick day trip to Northern VA today, just to get a little taste of a faster-paced life (the NY'er in me needs that once in awhile). While dining at the fantastic Whole Foods Market in Reston, I perused a free publication aimed toward women. One ad for a psychotherapy group mentioned the following:
This group would help-

Let go of self-defeating thoughts, feelings and behaviors

Take responsibility for your health and well-being

Find your own voice in becoming more self-confident

Assert yourself at the risk of disapproval

Confront social anxiety and build self-esteem


We do ALL of these through a yoga practice as well. To each point, respectively:

We learn that we can practice without judging ourselves and others by bringing harmony to our words, thoughts, and deeds

We can mend the disconnect between body, mind, and spirit

Our practice helps us to see we are more than conquerors in all we do

We listen to our bodies and rest if we need to, regardless of the ego's cues

We learn to love who we are, where we are today

It begins on a mat, a little mat.
Arlene Bjork
mygraceyoga.com
abjork@mygraceyoga.com

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