John Shinavier - MA, RYT, LC

Things You May Not  Have Heard About Yoga!

• Do not look at your body as you would a stranger.  Adopt a friendly approach to it…………..be sensitive, be alive/
• Do Yoga for Spirit
• Do Yoga for health
• Do Yoga for fun
• Elongate, open…..extend through the exhalation.  (this is helped through gravity and breathing)
• Holding your breath is counterproductive, this blocks expansion.
• All breathing is done through the nose, with a few exceptions.
• Learn Diaphramic-Breathing….lie on your back with a small book on your abdomen, and if your breathing correctly the book should be going up and down.  (very important)
• Do the postures without aim, without competition.
• Circle around until you find a fit for your body.
• Do not let your mind wander….be completely here.
• The positions help to extend the space between the vertebrae, relieving the stress to the spinal cord, accumulated during the day’s activities.
• Bring suppleness, youth, back to parts of the body that have tightened.
• All movements originate from the spine.
• Sometimes unexpected things happen, that cannot easily be explained.  When tension leaves, tears, joy, bliss come up.
• Pushed by rush most of the time…we are compressed, mean and narrow minded.  Let this moment penetrate your hearts. 

Yoga Acharya, as taught by his Guru; Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

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