Effective Stretching Techniques

Dear Ashtanga Yoga Practitioners,

You’ve embarked on a spiritual journey that binds breath, movement, and mind. But isn’t it just delightful how so many of you practice in a way that’s all about achieving the perfect asana on Instagram, rather than actually diving deep into spiritual enlightenment? That’s quite the slip in priorities for an art that’s supposed to help transcend the ego, don’t you think?

But let’s rewind a bit. You’re dedicated, and I genuinely applaud the discipline you bring to each session. Discipline is a cornerstone here, lest we not forget! In this practice, we move through Primary Series and beyond, contemplating a world through the meditative quality of Triang Mukhaikapada Paschimottanasana while conveniently, or inconveniently, sidestepping broader issues like the sustainability of this very practice in the larger scheme of personal and communal development.

Yes, sustainability! An unavoidable topic, we may be at yoga studios focusing on inhaling smoothies while everyone else is exhaling carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at alarming rates. But who has the mental space for ecological systems and societal constructs when mastering the Marichyasana C can be just as perplexing?

If you’d like to pour your Ujjayi breath into this little bubble of existential contemplation, feel free to join the conversation here: http://www.yogaconsiderations.com – because understanding the intricacies of our intertwined systems might just warrant a few sun salutations worth of pondering.

Namaste.