Regular Yoga Practice

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. - Aristotle

Having a daily yoga practice is very hard because it is not a simple exercise, it is a lifestyle. You need to make all kind of adjustments in your life so you can do it in the right way.

You have to be rested, with an empty stomach but not hungry. Yoga does not tolerate sugar, so you must be careful of your diet. Actually, whatever you have ate the previous day will be influence how well you will do yoga.

You have learned that by doing something the next day will be better and easier. Yoga is not really like that. There are strength and health benefits that comes with the practice but that is the case with any physical practice.

Yoga stretches all muscles and it is hard to maintain in longer period. The muscle's overstretched is an usual problem in yoga. My advice is to just do it with smile if possible.

I struggle with my ashtanga yoga practice. The main reason I struggle is because I still holding on to my imagination and laziness. It's hard to start the practice. I tend to delay and procrastinate the moment I step on mat.

I keep in mind that ashtanga yoga is a simple tool intended to support my well-being and happiness. If I want a consistent daily ashtanga yoga practice, I need to let go of my laziness and my clever ways of avoiding and delaying the practice. I must be able to practice every day, even through illness, injury, fatigue and tiredness.

Ashtanga Yoga is really hard. This traditional, 6 days a week, practice is quite challenging on many different levels. The longer you practice the more you forget what it is all about. It is utterly intimidating, defeating, boring and challenging.

It takes me on average 60 minutes to complete the Half Primary Series. In 2024, I am 59 years old and no, the Full Primary is out of question for me.

Ashtanga Yoga method asks you to practice in the morning, six days a week, which is a daunting task. This practice is not for everyone. Lazy people cannot do it.

I practice ashtanga yoga since May 2006. 18th year of practice I'm grateful to all benefits I gain from it. It's a valuable life skill. With repeated practice it does not get any easier but I am proud I do it.

Half Primary Ashtanga Yoga starts with 3 sun salutations A and 3 sun salutations B. And this very start is so tough. It gets you heart going, it increase your inner heat so after just 5 minutes you get the first drops of sweat.

The real magic of the ashtanga practice happens through the breath. Deep Ujayi breathing - the breathing with harsh sound, inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the throat, is the link that make you conscious of your existence, of the I AM sense.

The yoga poses are merely an opportunity to breathe in different circumstances. Once you pay full attention to the breath, it no longer matters what poses you’re doing or not doing.

The yoga poses are never meant to be goals in this practice. In fact you never really master a pose. Instead, when you practice, the real intention is to bring awareness into every cell of your whole body. Once the body is literally filled with your attention, you slowly realize of who you really are. This awareness is happening in any pose, so no need to try and do all the advanced poses.

Daily yoga practice results in boost of immunity at a cellular level. Yoga helps to boost immunity by simply increasing overall health. Research shows that migraine become less painful after three months of yoga practice. The cause of migraines isn’t fully understood, but it is suggested that could be a combination of mental stress and physical misalignment that create migraines and other issues.

Studies have found that 12 weeks of yoga can improve sexual desire, arousal, performance, confidence, orgasm and satisfaction for both men and women. Physically, yoga increases blood flow into the genital area, which is important for arousal and erections and strengthens the body core.

Eight weeks of daily yoga significantly improved sleep quality for people with insomnia. This can be attributed to yoga’s ability to help people deal with stress

Finding a daily routine to include yoga in our life isn't easy and excuses can sometimes prevent us from creating a healthy and regular yoga routine. Time is not always on our side in yoga.

The more you practice, the better. Ashtanga yoga is a journey, not competition or expectation of achievement.

The great thing about ashtanga yoga is that we continue to improve through life without noticing. The age has nothing to do with ability in yoga.

Practicing ashtanga yoga daily into our senior years is a goal to aspire to as it will keep you fit, confident, strong, flexible, mentally and physically balanced, and self-disciplined.