RSS
Home
Getting focused in yoga class
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
.jpg)
There are many tools in yoga that can be used to quiet the mind. The ones that most people think about are meditation and breathing.
The actual physical yoga exercises, or asana, can be very effective in quieting the mind as well.
When a thought comes into your mind, move your focus to your breath or the pose that you are doing. Where many people mess up is they start to negatively or positively assess the poses. “My belly is hanging over my pants”. “My hamstrings are not open.” “This is the biggest Wheel I have ever done.” These types of statements just feed the ego by creating more judgments for the mind to cling too. A better way to use the pose, to focus on the present moment, is to bring awareness to the simplicity of existing in that space for 5-10 breaths. You can focus on your fingertips as they lift to the sky. You can listen to the sound of your breathing as you fold forward over the legs. You can feel the sensation of your feet pressing into the ground and your shoulders rolling down the spine. For it to be effective, you must do all these things without judgment.
Being in the present moment during asana practice improves your physical practice as well.
Focus provides injury prevention. By focusing on the pose, you begin to learn your body and can better assess when something is wrong.
It becomes easier to activate the muscles and mentally access the skills needed for positions more efficiently and quickly.
All yoga poses build on one another. By using your focus to understand the basic principles of alignment, you began to understand how new positions are the same as the old ones with small variations. This allows you to move more quickly and easily into a more advanced physical practice.
Below is a wonderful video on how to quickly silence the internal dialog.
For more Information;
Is the law of attraction keeping you from living in the present moment?
Related Articles:
Add a Comment
