Just Yoga Already!

When I am around new people and the conversation turns to yoga, there is usually someone who says, "oh, I'd really like to try it, but i'm just not flexible."

see, soo much fun

PEOPLE! If you were a gymnast, I probably wouldn't tell you to try yoga, because then I would be the idiot slipping in a pool of my own sweat while you performed perfect handstand to chaturanga combinations while breathing like darth vader and chanting the sutras.

But yoga doesn't care!

It's not about the clothes (sorry lulu) or the body, or the freakin' mat! its about YOU! as much as yoga has evolved and changed, some even say it's been manipulated, fucked up, etc; it has always been about you. its YOUR yoga! see how even the first two letters of the words match up nicely.

The advice I'm about to give you is actually what yoga is all about.....

STOP THINKING!

yes, that's yoga!

It's not about touching your toes, or holding yourself up on one hand. Sure, those are great and they help us get to the goal.

It's about controlling the mind, about quieting all that mumbo jumbo inside your cabeza and just being. Thats what yoga helps you do. All the sweating and contorting is just a path to the stillness.

You don't have to be flexible, or have an om tattoo, or know the names of the poses.

So, get a towel, rug, sheet, go to the internets, google a yoga video (start with a 10-15 minute one) and just try to follow it. the end.

You don't have to like it. At least if you don't, the next time I post about some yoga retreat I'm going to with some creepy-looking guy whose name you can't pronounce, you can tell me, "not for me, i can't afford it."