little-yogi: “I can’t do yoga, I can’t even touch my toes.” I… li
little-yogi:“I can’t do yoga, I can’t even touch my toes.” I… little-yogi:“I can’t do yoga, I can’t even touch my toes.” I hear this all of the time. So many times when I tell people about yoga or about how it will benefit them, I hear it. So often, people think that they are not enough to do yoga–not strong enough, not flexible enough, not thin enough. But right now you have everything you need inside of you, you are already more than enough. I know because I’ve been there. When you see my pictures, you see where I am now, but not where I started (I don’t even have any pictures from then to show a transformation because I didn’t think anything I did was picture worthy). When I started doing yoga, I couldn’t touch my toes. I couldn’t keep my feet facing forward in wheel. I couldn’t keep my wrists together when i interlaced my fingers. I couldn’t hold any sort of inversion at all. I fell on my face doing crow pose. I HATED down dog because I had no upper body strength, and pigeon made me feel sick because my hips were so tight. I was a beginner and I was limited (and don’t even get me started on my mind and emotions and the way I treated myself and others), just like so many others. There was nothing special or different about me that lead me to this place, there was only commitment and trust that I could make it if I kept going (and encouragement from a very wonderful teacher too of course). I was a beginner. I still am a beginner at many things that I try to do, and that’s okay!There is nothing wrong with starting and not being able to touch your toes, starting from a place of obstacles, of tightness and weakness. There is nothing wrong with starting and struggling–all that matters is that you start. -- source link
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