why-i-can’t-asana

I hear students in class often talk about how they “can’t do” an asana. It just occurred to me that if the student has a goal for improving her practice through doing more complicated poses, the question is not “why can’t I do that?” It’s rather “where can’t I do that?”

Your whole reality will change if you start looking at your body as an instrument that you play in class, versus a thing that holds you tethered to the physical, mental, and emotional patterns you know. This small step — of detaching just enough from the body to see its behavior more objectively — represents a quantum leap in healing the body, mind, and spirit through yoga.

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   On December 29th, 2009 at 6:44 pm Debbie Said:

   I’ll give it a shot. I’ve never learned to play an instrument so this may be juicy on several levels.
   Is this similar to people who say they can’t do yoga why they can’t even touch their toes!