Getting the Most Out of a Smooth Yoga Class

 True Alisandre  (4/18/04)

Each time we participate in any type of movement class, we have a chance to refocus our lives in a much more conscious way. At some point in our human journey we get the picture that we must take charge of the many choices before us, and let the higher energies in us, unfold through us. Just focusing your attention in one of my vinyasa (smooth moving) classes, isn’t enough, you must be committed to picking out a couple or even just one pose to practice during the week, and really get the feeling what it’s all about for you. When you set aside some quiet times to get into your yoga practice in your own home, and begin integrating those graceful moves into your every day movement repertoire, you’ll have made the first big step to making yoga your lifestyle, not just a workout routine!

The attendance at class once or twice a week is a great start, and yet the real change and benefit to you will commence only when one morning you finally decide to get up a few minutes early and stretch out right there on your own bedroom or living room floor. You’ll be amazed how the starting of a day with yoga, if only 10 minutes, is far superior to monitoring the type of food you put into your mouth. The movement style that carries you through your day has far-reaching ramifications; from preventing a potential accident, to emitting some peaceful vibrations into your environment where stress might be reaching a 10+ for every one around you. You and your yogic stream of energy could be what makes the needed difference and in short order too! 

Think not that without a full hour to ‘do yoga,’ you won’t benefit from the gentle unwinding guaranteed in this practice. I’ve found that even 5 minutes performing a well-executed Sun Salutation, or Action Pose, has altered my repetitive motion stress by a long shot for the key stressing moments in that day. With no time on your hands to spare even 5 minutes, you can surely take time out for a 30 second – 1 minute mini-breath stretch.  Each of my classes features at least one of these for you to take home and use. These powerful, personally researched explorations are really consolidations from my 30+ years of teaching yoga and performing individual massage sessions. They’re guaranteed to address a whole range of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual issues. For a sample from my forthcoming book: Pictures of Health To Breathe & Move With, write me at: smoothyoga2004@yahoo.com, and I’ll select one just right for what ails you! These succinct movements that are breath-accompanied, will shift you from humdrum mindlessness into an intense moment of awareness, and who knows may even practically show you that you can spare the few minutes for some real yoga motions. I’m True Movement at your service; just let me know how I can help.