This is short one is for all you peeps who want it quick and fast. It's also the first of my "Red Pill, Blue Pill" videos where I take a pose, in this case the standing splits, and we do it the easy, automatic-pilot way - the blue pill - and do it with thoughtfulness and more consciousness - the red pill.
Maybe you imitate or think it's cool the way you see people in class or social media sort of just pop into a pose, the blue pill kind of way. If you're naturally flexible or in a habit with your yoga practice, yes, you can fling yourself into a pose, and yes visually it can be cool. Or we can go into poses with more feeling and less "visual" pressure. We can do yoga poses more consciously, building up a picture of an asana in our minds, adjusting the body, and using our concentration to develop a position in a more conscious, thoughtful and expressive way. Yes, it's more challenging. The red pill option always is.
I'm rating this suitable for all. If you're a true-blue beginner and are having a hard time balancing, then grab a chair or table and use that to help ground you and your energy. If you're advanced and can do this in your sleep, try straightening the leg while your torso is as upright as possible. Any time you catch yourself, rounding or bending over, pull yourself upright through the solar plexus or belly.
Peace, love and rock'n'roll,
Stephanie x
Maybe you imitate or think it's cool the way you see people in class or social media sort of just pop into a pose, the blue pill kind of way. If you're naturally flexible or in a habit with your yoga practice, yes, you can fling yourself into a pose, and yes visually it can be cool. Or we can go into poses with more feeling and less "visual" pressure. We can do yoga poses more consciously, building up a picture of an asana in our minds, adjusting the body, and using our concentration to develop a position in a more conscious, thoughtful and expressive way. Yes, it's more challenging. The red pill option always is.
I'm rating this suitable for all. If you're a true-blue beginner and are having a hard time balancing, then grab a chair or table and use that to help ground you and your energy. If you're advanced and can do this in your sleep, try straightening the leg while your torso is as upright as possible. Any time you catch yourself, rounding or bending over, pull yourself upright through the solar plexus or belly.
Peace, love and rock'n'roll,
Stephanie x
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