Like most beginning teachers, I tend to think that the more moves I cover, the more value my clients ate getting. The problem is, I should know better – I am not a beginning teacher! I’ve been doing this for a while!
So after subjecting an unsuspecting couple to way more yoga than they could handle, and then scaring them, I learned my lesson.
We moved this week to doing just the simplest routine from the pawanmukhtasana series and you ,or I, could not believe how much of a difference it made to them and how much better they felt! Sometimes we tend to think that the easy stuff couldn’t possibly be that helpful….that if we aren’t feeling the burn, as is often said, that we aren’t doing it right.
Wrong! Sometimes we just need to back off and let the body heal at it’s own pace. We have to free the healing energy that exists in all of us and allow it work it’s magic at it’s own pace.
Some of the most powerful stuff we can do is also most relaxing! Isn’t that a nice thought?
Tags: Breath, Gentle yoga, meditation, pawanmukhtasana