Inside the Yoga Circle: These 'Yoga Gods' – Do You Really Practice?
Yoga postures of stretching and flexing, a fierce pull, the body remains firm!
To lose weight, a flurry of activity, the body becomes stronger!
To find peace of mind, forcing yourself to close your eyes, the inner anxiety increases!
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Yoga practice requires multi-faceted learning and consideration, not simply focusing on one direction, otherwise it will lead to more tension in the body and mind.
Today we discuss: In which 'bull's horn' are you trapped in yoga practice?
One: When stretching and flexing, you bite your teeth, forcibly pull, wishing to quickly release,
Bull's horn: Focusing solely on achieving the desired effect, becoming frustrated when it doesn't,
Please note: the relativity of the body, the continuity of the practice.
Yoga postures include many poses that are stretching and flexing, but from a different perspective, in fact, through the stretching of flexible muscles, it is to improve the body's excessive stiffness,
The body is so stiff because we humans stand and walk, can't walk side by side, right? It must have strong double leg muscle strength to control the body's balance. So you short-term open hip, open shoulder, open back, will certainly suffer, you must have a process,
But why still stretch?
Because our standing and working habits are unhealthy!
Such as hunching shoulders, pelvic tilting, legs changing shape... It means that the muscles between the body are out of balance, some places are too tight, some places are too empty, you must through targeted poses to stretch the tight muscles, and strengthen the weak muscles!
For example, the inner side of the leg lacks strength, can you stand steadily? Can't walk like a swan! But the body's change is relative. If the double leg inner abduction muscle is relatively more tense than the outer abduction muscle, it will cause pelvic anterior tilt, X-leg type and a series of problems. Then you must stretch the inner side of the leg, strengthen the outer side of the leg, right?
So we need to understand that the stretching of the inner side of the legs is to balance the inner side muscles relative to the outer side muscles are too tight, thus re-establish the balance of muscle strength in the body, let the pelvis be upright and stable.
In addition, through flexible stretching, the body's too tight places will gradually open. How rigid and stiff your body is, the more you need a long-term practice to gradually improve. So yoga practice has continuity, not instant effect! So don't self-judge, if you feel that your body's certain position is tense, many poses can't do it, this is not suitable for yoga, or insist on forcibly pulling, this is a wrong cognition and practice of yoga.
How to correctly stretch and flex?
1. Gradual progress, let the body stay within stable, stretching and safe range, step by step stretching, practice a little every day, and maintain for a long time, the body will definitely have changes,
2. Every time, be aware of your breathing within your body's limit, breathing is the change and continuity, follow your breathing, inhale to stretch the spine, exhale to relax the body, one breath at a time, adjust the body's posture,
3. Treat the body's posture rigorously, let the body be upright,
Maintain joint stability, if necessary, use auxiliary tools to follow the body's condition, do the exercises that are suitable for you,
Two: Don't like intense body postures, too tired; don't like flexible stretching postures, too painful. You can say whatever you want!
Bull's horn: Laziness can easily become a habit, and it's hard to break once it's formed, you'll find many excuses to forgive yourself!
Please note: don't argue, that won't be fun, yoga is about combining movement and stillness,
Many so-called 'verbal yoga practitioners' are too easy to find excuses for not wanting to move, afraid of being tired, afraid of sweating, afraid of hard work, don't want to put physical effort into the body,
If you ask him to practice flow yoga, he says: Too tired, I don't like it, I don't want to force the body,
If you ask him to strengthen the core muscles, he says: Can't persevere, the teacher says don't force the body,
If you ask him to practice Yin yoga, he says: Pain, can't stand it, the teacher says yoga practice must follow the body,
You said you're following the body? You're just indulging the body. Simply put, it's just 'making noise' for fun, idle chatting, digging into the crowd to 'exist', murmuring and complaining, and sticking to it,
Yoga is about combining movement and stillness, it must have the physical action and conscious progress. The body moves, even if you are running, swimming, but you can always see and feel the rhythm and sensation of the body, this is the inner stillness. Even if you're sitting and lying down, you're always feeling the sensations of the body, this is the movement of the body. Don't impose rigid ideas on yoga, yoga is a broad concept, even if you do housework, you can combine your body's movements, this is also a yoga training method,
It's bad to write here, those 'verbal yoga practitioners' will start to 'mouth off' again: I don't want to practice postures, I just want to do housework, why torture my body?
Yoga and sports are different: Yoga is about perceiving and focusing on the movement itself; sports don't necessarily have awareness and continuous observation,
Whether you are moving, meditating, or breathing, you can see and observe the sensations in your body and your inner feelings.
Don't think that meditation means you have to sit there motionless,
My God, how exhausting that would be, what do you want to think?
Don't be too serious, you're not a statue, you're not a stone, you can't sit there and not think!
The more you insist on not thinking about anything, the more latent restlessness you have, the more the anxiety is hidden. Because once you are stimulated by a thought, the hidden and suppressed things will be uncomfortable, the more intense the feeling, the more you don't want to face it, you will just want to suppress,
For example, you have a quarrel with your wife, you have been criticized by your leader. Habitual reactive responses may suddenly lose control and angrily scold, or suddenly be depressed and doubting yourself. This is not a good way! We are easily to follow this inertia, let things get worse,
So you don't want to deal with the troublesome things, you'll instinctively try to avoid it,
You'll be more and more anxious, you feel that it's because the event has caused you anxiety, actually you've always wanted to avoid it, but you haven't wanted to think about it, so you'll feel headaches, insomnia, chest tightness and neck and shoulder pain, so you'll simply go to a place to quietly sit and relax, when the moment is relaxed, the inner feeling is much better,
So you think that meditation can make you quiet, but this is a misunderstanding of meditation!
You think that meditation is to make you sit there motionless and silent,
The more you are focused on getting quiet, the more you're trapped in a form, and you don't know what you're doing,
The more you are focused on stillness, the more restless you are, and the more anxiety is hidden, because once you are stimulated by a thought, the hidden and suppressed things will be uncomfortable, the more intense the feeling, the more you don't want to face it, you will just want to suppress,
For example, you are feeling frustrated and upset due to a quarrel with a spouse or criticism from a supervisor. Habitual reactive responses might lead to sudden outbursts of anger or feelings of depression and self-doubt. This isn't a good approach! We're easily to follow this inertia, letting things get worse,
So you don't want to deal with the troublesome things, you'll instinctively try to avoid it,
You'll be more and more anxious, you feel that it's because the event has caused you anxiety, actually you've always wanted to avoid it, but you haven't wanted to think about it, so you'll feel headaches, insomnia, chest tightness, neck and shoulder pain, so you'll simply go to a place to quietly sit and relax, when the moment is relaxed, the inner feeling is much better,
So you think that meditation can make you quiet, but this is a misunderstanding of meditation!
Yoga learning requires body training, knowledge accumulation, to achieve rich inner enrichment, not just blindly arguing and demanding, it's not good to do it!
