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Why do I keep practicing yoga?
The physical benefits are wonderful - gaining strength, flexibility, and healing pain in the body. But the real reasons I have stuck with it for 15+ years are under the surface
- I formed a better relationship with self-image
- my sleep became deeper and easier
- I rewrote addictive patterns with substances and food
- I had methods to heal my nervous system after traumatic events
- I was able to better navigate the waves of anxiety, grief, and anger
- I found a space where I can detach from my mind and observe myself, instead of being ruled by my thoughts
Patañjali’s definition of yoga as in the Yoga Sutras is: “yogaś-citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ”
Yoga reduces the fluctuations of the mind through absorption in the practice.
Our mental patterns are rewritable. Yoga empowers us to change the way we think.
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