WHY START?
There are infinite reasons to establish a yoga practice at home, here are a few:
Home is where life happens. Bringing the energy of your yoga practice into your home where you rest, cook, interact with loved ones is a definite benefit.
No commute and you can show-up in pajamas with your favorite coffee mug.
Yoga is a work-in that can positively impact your mind, body and relationships. It’s a spiritual practice, science and system that is 5,000 years old. A consistent mat practice that includes movement, conscious breathing and meditation has the capacity to awaken a greater sense of clarity, vitality, purpose and love in all the hour of our day.
With our daily Live ZOOM options, Initial Client Consult, Facebook Community Group and subscriber only content, you receive the accountability and support of being part of a community with the autonomy and flexibility of practicing with ebbs and flows of your life.
Your kids, partner, puppies, can join! Or not ;)
HOW TO GET STARTED, OR RESTARTED
Schedule your practice into your day. Use Google Calendar or a paper planner and block off the time.
It’s all about building sustainable, positive habits. Start one day, one week at a time. Whether you have time to join an hour-long class LIVE or use the OnDemand feature for a 30 minute practice in the early morning, you have options to support you no matter what life throws at you each day.
Practice + Patience = Progress. Rather than committing to progress, or outcome, Yoga encourages us to commit to the process, or rather the practice + patience. Show-up to your mat to recharge your body, mind and heart just as often as you recharge your cell phone. Be patient and be ready to abandon expectations, approaching each practice with the eyes of a beginner. Some days are going to be harder to show-up to the mat than others, and when this happens call on your inner strength to do the hard thing.
Aim for consistency in the process and flexibility in the duration. You will notice the holistic benefits of Yoga more deeply when showing up to your mat daily, even for 20 minutes, then doing one 90 minute class per week by itself. Start with 3 - 5 practices per week for 2 weeks and see what’s the best that can happen :)
Having a specific space in your home where you show-up to practice each day is fantastic but it’s not necessary. It’s about reducing the barriers and output of willpower to get started. Heck you may be more likely to use your yoga mat every day if you just put it next to your bed, vs. down the stairs in the back bedroom.
Stay curious about the foundations of mindfulness within this work. Some days you may experience a profound break-thru and some days you may leave your meditation more agitated. Do your best to surrender attachment to expectations and focus on the actual process. These practices are medicine and we need daily practices to build habits of living from the core Self!
You can find more tips + resources for your home practice here.
