Your time is precious and often limited. When you have the chance to make it to a
yoga class you sure want to get all out of it that you can! A yoga class offers you 75
minutes of time entirely just for you. This time is for your own self care so you can
recharge and be able to serve the rest of your life to its full potential. Here are three
ways you can get the most out of your practice starting today!
Walking into the studio and coming onto your mat is
the beginning of a very powerful time as you tap into spirituality and physical
development. If your goal is to receive all that you can from your practice, then
leave as much as you can at the door. If your mind is busy before class. Breathe
in “my mind is still”, breathe out “my mind is still” and repeat. If your mind is so
busy that you are not able to let go of those thoughts with breath, write those
thoughts down. Leave them on that piece of paper and you can return to them
after class.
Your mat is your place of retreat for 75 minutes, soak it up! I
don’t mean literally stay on your mat, I mean mentally stay with your practice.
This will require mindfulness. It can be as simple as focusing on breathing in and
breathing out. Literally saying this to yourself as you breathe will encourage a
focus of awareness of the present moment.
As your practice comes to a close and you are ready to head
back out to your life, carrying the feeling of accomplishing a class with you as
long as possible. This will require you to really acknowledge how you feel as the
class is coming to a close. Use your time in savasana to feel from top to bottom
this state of conscious bliss. Feel it in your heart, feel it in your tummy, feel in in
1
August 14, 2017
your breath……and then away you go taking on the rest of your day with mental
and physical strength to draw on.