-"Everything comes from 18 months ago, which made me who I am now."
I lost a relationship more than a year ago, but fortunately I didn't drown myself in it.
The encounter with yoga became a light in my life during that time.
Not only accompanied me slowly out of the gloom of lovelorn, but also made me a better myself.
So, where is the magic of yoga?
1, that's all for the first time. I'm very happy for a long time.
I didn't know where yoga originated before I came into contact with it.
Who created it?
What effect can it achieve?
What is the ultimate goal?
Why can it be loved by countless people all over the world?
I always thought she was aloof and out of reach, but she wasn't. I didn't feel anything special when I first started practicing, but it wasn't.
"Haste makes waste" and "Drop of water wears away the stone, though it is not a day's work, its power cannot be underestimated".
This is the change that yoga has brought to people. One hour, two hours or one class or two classes often makes people feel that their body has not changed much.
Yoga is not as magical as the legend, but that's all.
Keep exercising for a month or two.
The stiff body gradually becomes soft, the frequency of shoulder pain decreases, and the hunchback situation is improved.
After three months, half a year or more, you will find that your mood seems to be more stable than before, your sleep seems to be better, and even your menstrual period is not so painful.
When yoga becomes a habit in your life, you can't live up to her slowly, and you will find that not practicing yoga is like missing something.
I don't feel well, so I quickly ask my friends to go to class together, and I can meet a group of like-minded "gays" and friends.
So, how can we not make people happy?
2. Learn to accept your imperfect self, and you won't feel lonely when you are alone.
When I first started practicing yoga, I saw that other students were practicing well. Some of them have good ligaments, some are full of strength, some are tall and confident, and some are gentle and beautiful.
I always compare myself with them unconsciously, unwilling to give up, and I don't know how to take it step by step.
I often force myself to complete unbearable posture, so that ligament strain occurs, which takes a long time to recover.
Since signing up for the yoga instructor training class, the teacher pointed out the problems existing in each of us in the first class.
She told us: before becoming a yoga instructor, we must first realize our own problems and improve slowly with yoga, not only that;
We should also consciously correct these problems in our daily life. Only by doing this can we find and adjust students' bodies in future teaching.
Only after receiving professional and systematic training did I realize that I still have a lot to explore and learn.
The biggest feeling is: whether it is the general standing posture, sitting posture, kneeling posture, prone position and supine position in yoga;
Or figurative gestures, such as dog squatting, cobra pose, cat face, cow face, riding, half-turtle, dancing, etc.
It is only a bridge for our body and mind to live in harmony, and it is a process of continuous integration of body and mind.
Slowly stop comparing with others, stop demanding yourself, just compare with yourself.
Tomorrow's self is better than today's self. Learn to accept your imperfect self. After all, no one is perfect, so why bother yourself?
In the bustling city, people don't follow the trend, but still stick to what they like.
Others eat spicy food, and I practice yoga;
Others go shopping to buy clothes, and I practice yoga;
Others date to watch movies, and I practice yoga;
Others chase dramas and visit Taobao, and I practice yoga;
Others use Weibo to chat on WeChat, and I also practice yoga.
I am not alone. I have yoga class. I am lonely, but I don't feel lonely.
I like being alone, but I don't exclude others. I like to be quiet, and I can also invite three or five intimate friends to chat and chat.
Yoga makes me a better self, and makes me understand what I really want and pursue in my life.
3, don't judge a book by its cover, so that people can understand it.
What is the inherent impression of most people on yoga practitioners? A woman with slender limbs, beautiful appearance and elegant temperament? It's too narrow!
Just like many people who don't understand yoga, they think that yoga is blindly pursuing the stretching of the ligaments of the body, and the phrase "can you split" defines people.
In fact, whether it's men or women, old, young, tall, short, fat or thin.
If you want, you can practice yoga and even become a yoga instructor.
Briana, the campus queen, was seriously ill and had to live in ICU. She is brave because she never gives up on herself.
Even if her long hair falls off, it still can't stop her from painting her nails for beauty, and it doesn't prevent her from practicing yoga and laughing at her illness.
Yoga illuminates her, and she also illuminates the world.
NBA star Kobe Bryant has won numerous awards in his basketball career, but he loves yoga deeply.
Do you think men who practice yoga are "sissies"? Look at them again.
Chen Kun, the movie star, He Jiong, the host of Hunan Satellite TV, Tian Liang, the Olympic champion, Zhang Jizhong, the famous director, and even the iron-blooded soldiers in China are practicing yoga. Who dares to call them "Niang"?
When most people of the same age are lying on crutches in the ward and relying on oxygen to maintain their lives.
Tao Porchon-Lynch, a 99-year-old yoga grandmother, travels around with yoga.
Dance with young people, put on beautiful clothes, enjoy life, be young forever, and love life forever.
Disabled people who find their spiritual home with yoga, even a few hundred pounds of fat people, can persist in practicing yoga and become a yoga instructor praised by everyone.
There are many such examples. Maybe the old man who passed you one day is a yoga enthusiast.
There are many legends and greatness in the world of yoga that we don't understand.
People have to sigh its inclusiveness. She makes people who love yoga gradually understand tolerance and understanding.
The inclusiveness of yoga is not only reflected in the wide range of practitioners, but also in the types and effects.
There are yoga suitable for children to practice, maternal yoga suitable for expectant mothers to repair during pregnancy and postpartum, soft dance yoga, couples' fun yoga, and strength yoga to test muscle strength.
There are also mobile yoga, yin yoga, eight yoga, physical therapy yoga and so on.
Learning the correct yoga breathing method can prolong life.
I remember a passage that describes the yoga pose like this:
Bending forward makes people humble;
The back bend makes people open;
Twist makes people pure;
Support makes people firm;
Handstand makes people brave.
We practice the same pose again and again every day, but we don't just stick to it and bind our hands and feet.
In yoga practice, I pay special attention to breathing, but I don't know the correct way to breathe. I hope to use a few yoga moves to benefit my body and mind and keep healthy, which is tantamount to seeking fish from the edge of a tree.
Yoga breathing can be said to be the soul of yoga, which includes abdominal breathing, chest breathing and complete breathing.
Can effectively massage human internal organs, so that practitioners do not stick to posture and pay attention to physical feelings;
Help the body to become peaceful and quiet in meditation, and help the ligaments and muscles of the body to open and relax better in asana practice;
Help the body to relax better at rest.
According to the concept of yoga, many physical and mental problems of people come from the wrong way of breathing.
Learning to breathe correctly can help people live longer.
I remember reading such a passage in my circle of friends:
A chicken breathes 30 times a minute, and its life span is 12 years;
A duck breathes 28 times a minute, and its life span is 16 years;
Dogs breathe 24 times a minute and live for 20 years.
Niu Yi breathes 20 times per minute and has a life span of 32 years.
An elephant breathes 18 times per minute, and its life span is-6o years.
Generally speaking, people can live to 72 years old if they breathe 16 times per minute, and only live to 60 years old if they breathe 18 times per minute.
The tortoise can breathe eight times a minute. There is a turtle that breathes only twice a minute, so its life span can reach 200 or even 500 years.
This is enough to see the importance of breathing, especially to learn the correct breathing method!
Finally, after 18 months, I have changed from a yoga girl to a professional yoga instructor.
The most substantial change is the improvement of physical resistance, and she seldom gets sick. From the original grumpy temper, she became a cool girl with cool, cold and temperament in the eyes of colleagues.
Besides, I am not only a part-time yoga instructor in the original yoga studio, with 50 classes per class;
I also accidentally became a yoga body coach in the company, and the company hired me at the price of one class in 80 yuan.
Many skills didn't overwhelm me. Yoga not only makes me healthy.
It has also become a potential tool for me to make a living. Even if I quit my job now, I can find another way out with yoga.
The charm of yoga goes far beyond this. We need to keep exploring and practicing yoga. Time will give you the answer.
About the author: enjoy the lonely post-90 s; Copywriting in plastic industry; Part-time yoga instructor;