At his Restorative Yoga Workshop two weekends ago, Father Joe said, there is no Iyengar yoga class without pain.
I have to go into the pain to transform it. Breathing loving attention into the area of the physical body that is tense can do wonder. By going into and through the good or healthy pain the bad or unhealthy pain is removed. Through diligent practice, that is. And to do this safely, I need to have sufficient body awareness and wisdom to distinguish between good and bad pain. Better safe than sorry - aka better gentle than forceful. Especially after I heard from a chiropractor that he has seen more ripped hamstrings from yoga than from any other exercising program!
I have to go into the pain to transform it. Breathing loving attention into the area of the physical body that is tense can do wonder. By going into and through the good or healthy pain the bad or unhealthy pain is removed. Through diligent practice, that is. And to do this safely, I need to have sufficient body awareness and wisdom to distinguish between good and bad pain. Better safe than sorry - aka better gentle than forceful. Especially after I heard from a chiropractor that he has seen more ripped hamstrings from yoga than from any other exercising program!
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