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I received another message here in regards to the difference between strala yoga and any other type of yoga
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#stralayoga emphasizes movement (natural movement) as a whole, poses are arbitrary way points, there is no end point, no specific posture to be held or accomplished, but a fluid state of motion. The goal is the yoga, not the pose.
Strala uses the philosophy of ease; do less to do more, mobilize your body so you can roll with momentum from one place to the next, stay soft & easy, ready for anything... 💫
I offered an example of bringing your front foot between your hands.
I have been to yoga classes before where a teacher scolded me for picking lifting my palm to access this movement, I was supposed to keep my hand glued to the ground.
Why immobilize your body? What do you gain from stumbling and stressing and shoving your foot to the top of your mat,
But if you approached this same action, by making space in your body, lifting up on to your finger tips, maybe even lift your hand! And allow the foot to land with ease...
I was given the response "isn't that cheating, though?"
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We have been so conditioned to believe that working harder means getting more done.
Finding the easier way is lazy. Or cheating.
Neither of these methods are wrong or right. You are welcome to do both, theoretically they both accomplish the same thing.
One offers rigidity. The other ease.
If we believe using our body most effectively is lazy or cheating
What are we accomplishing? We are creating more tension. More rigidity. More chaos within ourselves. Which is the antithesis of what are are attempting to create by going to yoga in the first place.
So, I offer you this today.
Whether it's opening a door, or in a yoga class...
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Try to do something with every muscle in your body. Try as hard as you can
Then try to do that Same action, with a deep inhale, and a full exhale, and find the easiest route..the most effective way..
Then make note of which way feels better.
Life is too short not to feel good, doing anything and everything.
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