Try these five tips to instigate real
and lasting change within yourself.
1.
Practice
There is no absolute in what constitutes a
regular yoga practice and what a regular yoga practice is. Practice whatever
you can, whenever and however you can. Go to classes; practice online; practice
in your lounge room. You can practice walking down the street. Most
importantly, you decide what your practice is going to be.
Practice
whatever you can, whenever and however you can.
2.
Yoga texts
Read widely from the classical texts:
Patanjali to Vivekananda, the Bhagavad- gita and the Ramayana. Many current
teachers have also written uplifting books.
3.
Teachers
Yoga teachers are there to inspire you and
cultivate the individual expression of yourself through yoga. If you don't feel
validated by a particular class, it's time to move on. In your yoga journey
there will be many times the call to change will be heard. Listen.
In
your yoga journey there will be many times the call to change will be heard
4.
Meditation
Yoga today has adopted many different types
of meditation: mantra meditation, Buddhist mindfulness and New Age
wish-fulfilling practices. Experiment until you find something you enjoy and
keep experimenting.
Yoga
teachers are there to inspire you and cultivate the individual expression of
yourself through yoga.
5.
You
It's all about you: it's your practice,
your journey and your life. At present yoga is at the peak of its current
renaissance. Be a Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian polymath-be knowledgeable
about the practices of yoga, embrace diversity and be yourself.
