12 Yoga Exercises for Contouring the Face for a Slimmer Look

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 An excessive chubbiness of the cheeks and double chin makes you unattractive and diminishes the natural glow of your face. Contouring, the makeup trick cannot help you for a longer duration, thus it is the temporary solution to make the fine curves and look more beautiful. But, if you want to give the definition to your face then the toning exercise should also be included at the end of the exercise regimen.

How many types of faces are there? 

There are two types of faces namely, Meaty Face and Boney Face. Meaty face looks older than their actual age, they’ve double china and they’re overweight but the Boney face looks younger than their age, they’ve no double chin and they’re usually underweight. Perhaps, the below-listed exercises are very beneficial for the Meaty faces because they’re based on the stretch and hold technique which will slim the face at a 

faster rate. You have the freedom to do these 
exercises wherever you want to and at whatever the time it is. There is no hard and fast rule that you should do these exercises along with the typical exercise workout. If you’re watching TV or chatting over the internet, you can cut down the excessive fat of the cheeks by doing them. It would hardly take your 5 minutes to complete 1 set of exercise. We would suggest you to opt for three exercises from the below-mentioned options and then switch to other exercises.

1. SMILE

Our attractive smile is one of the main reasons which appeals to everyone, but what about if we do it as an exercise to enhance our facial features. This exercise is also good for changing your mood. But you don’t need to open your mouth. Close your mouth and smile widely. Hold for 10 seconds and then come back in the relaxed position. Repeat this exercise for about 8-10 times.

2. DO HA-HA-HA

Do you remember the famous poem Johny Johny Yes Papa?  Think about the last phrase, open your mouth hahaha, this could be an amazing exercise for our jaws. All you have to do is to open your mouth, drop down your lower jaw as much as possible and say ‘Ha-ha-ha’, hold for ten seconds. Relax your jaw by bringing them inward and repeat it for about 8-10 times. Don’t feel awkward when you attempt this exercise because it is the best trick to stretch your jaws.

3. SAY X AND O

It is the perfect exercise for getting your cheeks in a proper shape and burning the excessive cheek fat. What you need to do is to say the ‘X and O’ alternatively, make sure that to hold the position for about 10 seconds in order to feel the stretch in your cheek bones. Release then and repeat the exercise for about 8-10 times.

4. GO FISHY 

Fish face is the toning exercise for your cheeks. Purse your lips and make the sucking shape of your lips. For best results, try to push the outer corner of the lips in a smile position. Hold the position for 10 seconds and then release. Repeat this exercise for about 8-10 seconds and strengthen your cheeks along with jaws.

5. AIR RESERVOIR

This exercise tones the upper and lower cheeks. Give the boost of air to the cheek muscles by closing your lips and filling both cheeks with the air then shift all the stored air on the left side and then to the right side. Hold for 10 seconds while shifting the air from one side to another. Repeat this exercise 8-10 times. 

6. THE TONGUE MOVEMENTS

If you want to tone your neck muscles along with the facial muscles, then you can try this exercise. The tongue movements are involved in protruding the tongue out and holding it about 10 seconds. Repeat this exercise for about 8-10 times.

7. TRY THE POPULAR POUT MOVE

When we make different poses for the perfect selfie, a pout is an inevitable pose but how about if we also incorporate this pose as an exercise. Make the pout pose and then release in such a way that you should stretch your cheek muscles. It’ll provide the toning effect as well but if you want an extra effect then attains this pose and look up to the ceiling, hold for 10 seconds. For further benefits, look side by side while attaining the pout pose and releasing them to stretch the side muscles as well. Repeat this exercise for about 8-10 times.

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8. A SIMPLE NECK EXTENSION

If you want to get rid of double chin then this is the best exercise that can maintain the proper shape of your neck and chin area. It’s simple, sit straight and look up at the ceiling and hold for 10 seconds. Then repeat this exercise for about 8-10 times.

9. LOWER LIP OVER UPPER LIP

The excessive fat in your chin can also be reduced by doing this exercise. Move your lower lip over the upper lip and then look at the ceiling and hold for 10 seconds then come back to the starting position. Make sure that you’ll maintain the position till the completion of 8-10 repetitions of this exercise.

10. SAY ‘O’ BUT IN AN EXTENDED NECK

It is the modification of the ‘X and O’ exercise but in this exercise you’ve to say ‘O’ continuously while going in extension and coming back to the starting position. It’ll provide the three effects including toning the cheek muscles, reducing the double chin and shaping the collar bones.

11. EYE EXERCISES

Yeah, eyes also compliment your personality. What you need to do is to attain the cross sitting position and close the eyes. Now, move the eyes up and down, side to side but make sure that you’ll execute the exercise according to the prescribed technique. It’ll also help in boosting the concentration power and improving the function of the eyeball

12. Lower lip over the teeth

If you want to produce difficulty in your face exercises, then you should try this exercise. Move forward your lower jaw and curl it over upper teeth then clinch it. Maintain this position and look up to the ceiling and hold for 10 seconds and repeat this exercise for about 8-10 times.

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Do the face workout with any of the three above mentioned exercises and make your face slimmer and sexier!

                                                                                                                   

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What Is Yoga ? Did you know it ?

Did you know? :" what is Yoga ? "
Most of us are accustomed to looking outside of ourselves for fulfillment. We are living in a world that conditions us to believe that outer attainments can give us what we want. Yet again and again our experiences show us that nothing external can completely fulfill the deep longing within for "something more." Most of the time, however, we find ourselves striving toward that which always seems to lie just beyond our reach. We are caught up in doing rather than being, in action rather than awareness. It is hard for us to picture a state of complete calmness and repose in which thoughts and feelings cease to dance in perpetual motion. Yet it is through such a state of quietude that we can touch a level of joy and understanding impossible to achieve otherwise.

It is said in the Bible: "Be still and know that I am God." In these few words lies the key to the science of Yoga. This ancient spiritual science offers a direct means of stilling the natural turbulence of thoughts and restlessness of body that prevent us from knowing what we really are.

Ordinarily our awareness and energies are directed outward, to the things of this world, which we perceive through the limited instruments of our five senses. Because human reason has to rely upon the partial and often deceptive data supplied by the physical senses, we must learn to tap deeper and more subtle levels of awareness if we would solve the enigmas of life — Who am I? Why am I here? How do I realize Truth?

Yoga is a simple process of reversing the ordinary outward flow of energy and consciousness so that the mind becomes a dynamic center of direct perception no longer dependent upon the fallible senses but capable of actually experiencing Truth.

By practicing the step-by-step methods of Yoga taking nothing for granted on emotional grounds or through blind faith we come to know our oneness with the Infinite Intelligence, Power, and Joy which gives life to all and which is the essence of our own Self.

In past centuries many of the higher techniques of Yoga were little understood or practiced, owing to mankind's limited knowledge of the forces that run the universe. But today scientific investigation is rapidly changing the way we view ourselves and the world. The traditional materialistic conception of life has vanished with the discovery that matter and energy are essentially one: every existing substance can be reduced to a pattern or form of energy, which interacts and interconnects with other forms. Some of today's most celebrated physicists go a step further, identifying consciousness as the fundamental ground of all being. Thus modern science is confirming the ancient principles of Yoga, which proclaim that unity pervades the universe.

The word yoga itself means "union": of the individual consciousness or soul with the Universal Consciousness or Spirit. Though many people think of yoga only as physical exercises — the asanas or postures that have gained widespread popularity in recent decades — these are actually only the most superficial aspect of this profound science of unfolding the infinite potentials of the human mind and soul.

There are various paths of Yoga that lead toward this goal, each one a specialized branch of one comprehensive system:

Hatha Yoga — a system of physical postures, or asanas, whose higher purpose is to purify the body, giving one awareness and control over its internal states and rendering it fit for meditation.

Karma Yoga — selfless service to others as part of one's larger Self, without attachment to the results; and the performance of all actions with the consciousness of God as the Doer.

Mantra Yoga — centering the consciousness within through japa, or the repetition of certain universal root-word sounds representing a particular aspect of Spirit.

Bhakti Yoga — all-surrendering devotion through which one strives to see and love the divinity in every creature and in everything, thus maintaining an unceasing worship.

Jnana (Gyana) Yoga — the path of wisdom, which emphasizes the application of discriminative intelligence to achieve spiritual liberation.

Raja Yoga — the royal or highest path of Yoga, immortalized by Bhagavan Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita and formally systematized in the second century B.C. by the Indian sage Patanjali, which combines the essence of all the other paths.

At the heart of the Raja Yoga system, balancing and unifying these various approaches, is the practice of definite, scientific methods of meditation that enable one to perceive, from the very beginning of one's efforts, glimpses of the ultimate goal — conscious union with the inexhaustibly blissful Spirit.

The quickest and most effective approach to the goal of Yoga employs those methods of meditation that deal directly with energy and consciousness. It is this direct approach that characterizes Kriya Yoga, the particular form of Raja Yoga meditation taught by Paramahansa Yogananda.

                                                                                                                       source:yogananda-srf.org


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Top 5 yoga asanas to beat diabetes

Top 5 Yoga asanas for Diabetes. Yoga for diabetes 

Yoga diabetes

Diabetes is a condition where a person has higher amounts of sugar in one’s blood leading to its passing through his/her urine. This is known to be caused due to a malfunctioning of the pancreas. Yoga, a practice widely known to help one stay healthy, can help with diabetes as well. Yoga practitioners say that treating diabetes with yoga involves two main factions. The first one being controlling one’s food while the other is the regular practice of yoga asanas. Here are a few details about the treatment of diabetes with yoga.

Diet:

In his book, ‘Yogic cure for common diseases’, Dr Phulgenda Sinha says that a proper diet is absolutely essential for a person with diabetics. He says that they should avoid fried, fatty, spicy, starchy and sugar-containing foods while they are practicing the yoga asanas. Eating on time and the right kinds of food is essential to the successful cure eating right.

Yoga asanas:

Since diabetes is a condition that is caused due to the malfunctioning of the pancreas, yoga asanas to help diabetics are aimed at helping the organ function optimally. The asanas also aim at increasing blood circulation (considering the fact that diabetes is a vascular diseases) and improve the functioning of the entire endocrine system.

Surya namaskar:

Made popular by none-other-than Kareena Kapoor, this set of 12 yoga asanas has a number of benefits for the body. It not only gently activates the entire endocrine system but it also helps the pancreas work properly. Surya Namaskar also helps strengthen the spine, hips, lungs and chest while increasing circulation of blood throughout the body. It invigorates the facial tissues, and stimulates the nervous system to work properly.

Ardhavakra asana:

This asana is aimed at making the organs of the abdomen and stomach function properly. It activates the adrenal glands, ovaries, pancreas and testicles. Ardhavakrasana also helps relieve constipation, backaches, stiffness around the neck and other spinal disorders.

Matsyendra asana:

Also known as the fish pose, this asana is great for your pancreas, thyroid gland, andrenal glands and testicles. The fish pose also tones the muscles of the abdomen and relieves disorders of the kidneys, intestines, bladder and pelvic region. A great asana for people with diabetes this asana does take a little practice but gets better with practice. Read more on how to do this asana.

Suptavajra asana:

This asana is an extension of vajrasana or the diamond pose. The sputa vajrasana as the name suggests is when you lie down while doing vajrasana. A little complex to do, this pose is great for diabetics. Suptavajrasana helps stimulate the cells of the pancreas and increases blood supply to the organ. This asana also helps resolve illnesses of the stomach, intestines, kidneys and spleen. It also relieves constipation and gas within the stomach. Read more about how to do this asana.

Dhanur asana

Also known as the bow pose, this asana is well known for its ability to increase sexual virility, stimulates the functioning of abdominal organs and strengthens the spine, hips and buttocks.

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Yoga For beginner- Yoga for women

                                                        Yoga for Women

-Stand tall with feet together, shoulders relaxed, weight evenly distributed through your soles, arms at sides.
-Take a deep breath and raise your hands overhead, palms facing each other with arms straight. Reach up toward the sky with your fingertips.












More  exercises for Women:

1. Child's Pose

Stretches hips, quads, back
1. Kneel on a mat with your big toes touching and knees about hip-width apart. Sit on your heels.

2. Lay your torso between your thighs and bring your forehead to the mat. Extend your arms straight in front of you, palms on floor. Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Stay here for at least one minute.

Why it's good for you: This go-to rest pose opens hips and relieves lower-back tightness. (For extra tight muscles, try this quick, DIY massage.)

2. Downward-Facing Dog

Stretches spine, hamstrings, glutes, calves; strengthens deltoids, triceps
1. Start on all fours with your feet and knees hip-width apart. Position your hands about shoulder-width apart and spread your fingers wide.

2. Pressing firmly through your hands, lift your knees off the floor and straighten your legs. (If you have tight hamstrings, a gentle bend in the knees is fine).

3. Walk your hands forward a few inches and walk your feet back a few inches to lengthen the pose. Squeeze your thighs as you press them toward the back wall. Press your heels back and down toward the floor (though they might not reach the mat).

4. Relax your head and neck and let your shoulder blades slide down toward your feet. Breathe deeply. Hold for at least one minute.

Why it's good for you: Downward–Facing Dog is a top-notch upper body strengthener. And as an inversion pose (meaning your hips are higher than your heart), it increases circulation.

3. Warrior II

Stretches hips, inner thighs, chest; strengthens quadriceps, abdomen, shoulders
1. From standing, step your feet about 4 feet apart. Turn your right foot so your toes point toward front of the mat. Turn your left foot in 30 degrees.

2. Raise your arms to shoulder height, parallel with floor, palms down. Bend your right knee so your right shin and thigh form a 90-degree angle.

3. Gently tuck your tailbone down as you draw your abdomen in. Hold for 5 deep breaths in and out through nose. Straighten your right leg and repeat on the opposite side.

Why it's good for you: This powerful pose will grant you long, toned arms and legs, as well as a firmer core.

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4. Plank Pose

Strengthens arms, back, shoulders, core, quadriceps

1. Get into Downward-Facing Dog position and press into your palms and bring your chest forward so that your shoulders are directly over your wrists and you are in the top of a push-up position.

2. Press your heels toward the wall behind you and extend the crown of your head forward to form a straight line from the top of your head to your heels. Hold for at least one minute.

Why it's good for you: Plank is a simple but challenging way to build upper body strength—using only your body weight, it works all of the major muscles in your arms, back, and core. click Here to see how to do the perfect plank every time.

5. Chair Pose

Stretches spine; strengthens quadriceps, ankles, back
1. Stepping your feet hip-width apart, spread through your toes to create a stable base. As you raise your arms to the sky, palms facing each other, bend your knees and sit your buttocks back as though you were sitting into chair.

2. Draw your abdomen in to eliminate any curving in your lower back. Put all your weight into your heels and be sure your knees do not extend past your toes. Hold for five deep breaths in and out through the nose. Rest for one minute. Repeat.

Why it's good for you: This pose is injury insurance, strengthening quadriceps, which provides stronger support around your knees, making them less prone to injury. This pose also improves posture.

6. Tree Pose

Stretches hips, inner thighs; strengthens legs, spine, core
1. Stand with your legs and feet together, hands on hips. Transfer your weight to your left foot as you bend your right knee and place the sole of your right foot on the inside of your left leg (beginners start at the ankle; more advanced yogis, raise your right foot to the inside of your left thigh. Do not rest your foot on your knee). Gently press your right foot against your left leg.

2. Bring your palms together in front of your heart in prayer pose. Hold for one minute on each side. More advanced yogis: Raise your arms straight directly overhead, palms facing in.

Why it's good for you: On days when your mind feels scattered, practicing this pose will help center you.

7. Garland Pose

Stretches lower back, groin, hips, ankles

1. Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-width. Bring your palms together in front of your heart in prayer pose. Turn your toes out slightly.

2. Deeply bend your knees, squatting down. Keeping your palms together, gently press your elbows to the insides of your knees, opening up your hips. Keep your spine long and your chest open. Feel the tension in your lower back begin to melt away. Hold for at least one minute.

Why it's good for you: Drop into this squat to relieve tummy troubles like constipation and cramps.

8. Boat Pose

Strengthens core, psoas muscle, quadriceps

1. Sit with your knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Lean back slightly so you’re balancing on your sit bones (the bony parts you feel when you sit on a hard surface). Raise your legs so your shins are parallel to the floor, knees bent.

2. Extend your arms forward, parallel with floor, palms facing in. Keeping your chest high and your core engaged, begin to straighten your legs. Hold for five to 10 breaths. Repeat five times.

Why it's good for you: Boat builds a bulletproof core without straining your neck like crunches do.

9. Bridge Pose

Stretches front of body; strengthens hamstrings, glutes
1. Lying on your back, bend your knees and place the soles of your feet flat on the floor about hip-width apart. Point your toes straight to the wall in front of you. Place your arms straight along your sides, palms down.

2. Gently press into your feet as you raise your hips to the sky. Allow the front of the body to slowly expand with each breath. Hold for five to 10 breaths. Repeat three times.

Why it's good for you: Bridge opens the chest and ribcage, deepening the breath and increasing oxygen, reenergizing the body.

10. Seated Half Twist Pose

Stretches hips, shoulders, back, neck; strengthens spine

1. Sit on the floor with your legs outstretched in front of you. Bring the sole of your right foot on the floor outside of your left hip (right knee pointing to the ceiling).

2. Bend your left knee and bring your left foot to the outside of your right hip. Place your right hand on the floor just behind your right hip. Lift your left arm to the ceiling. As you exhale, bend your left arm and place your left elbow to the outside of your right knee.

3. Lengthen your spine with each inhale and twist deeper with each exhale. Press your left elbow into your right leg to help revolve your upper body more and more. Look to the wall behind you. Hold for 5 to 10 deep breaths. Repeat on opposite side.

Why it's good for you: This pose improves digestion by massaging and increasing blood flow in the lower belly.

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Yoga for beginners- Yoga for men

Yoga for men

1. Standing Forward Fold

Uttanasana, or Standing Forward Fold, opens the back of the legs, the hips and the back. Making this pose even more appealing for non-bendy men is that it’s easily modified. If you can’t reach the floor, keep your hands on your thighs, calves or ankles or use blocks to shorten the distance.  In addition to stretching muscles, Standing Forward Fold lowers blood pressure, eases headaches, improves circulation and helps you sleep better. And if you allow gravity to do its job in this pose and relax your head and neck, you can also reduce the tension you carry in your upper body.

2. Warrior One

This iconic posture stretches men where they need it most—the hips and shoulders. On top of opening these tight areas, Virabhadrasana is a strengthening posture. It builds the muscle of the thighs along with the areas around the knees, which means more stability and protection for sensitive joints during high impact sports.

Want more powerful shoulders? Try holding this pose for 10-15 breaths and you’ll never again question whether yoga is physically challenging.

3. Chair Pose

Back to that question about whether yoga is physically demanding for tough guys?

Chair pose, or Utkatasana, may bring even the macho-est man to tears. Chair pose works the quads, ankles, butt and shoulders, while also opening the chest—helping you develop greater stability. It’s also useful for improving flat feet and stimulating the abdominal organs.                   

4. Upward Facing Dog

The other dog posture, Urdvha Mukha Svansana, can help to open the chest and strengthen the back and arms. This posture will help anyone who sits behind a desk or a wheel for far too many hours each day by opening the abdomen and hip flexors.

For men who also enjoy more strenuous forms of exercise, Upward Facing Dog is a great way to warm up and get the muscles stretched and blood flowing before expecting the body to go all out.

Up Dog also helps anyone struggling with breathing difficulties.

5. Boat Pose

Another amazing strengthening posture, Boat pose, or Navasana, will give you rock hard abs as it also strengthens the hips flexors and spine. This posture is particularly beneficial to men for what it does to stimulate the prostate gland and even just raise awareness and reduce tension in the pelvic region.

If you’re the type of guy whose key to your heart is through your stomach, you’ll enjoy boat pose for its ability to stimulate the digestive system and keep everything moving smoothly.

6. Butterfly Pose

Baddha Konasana increases blood flow to the pelvis, kidneys, prostate and bladder…and I don’t need to tell you what other part of your life can be helped by better blood flow to the pelvic region.

Butterfly pose is also a good way to draw attention to mula bandha, the root lock, which also brings awareness and more energy to the area around the hips. (wink, wink)

7. Half Pigeon

Tight hips? Half Pigeon will be your best friend. This posture is a challenging one, but you can ease yourself into it as your hips open more and more. Since it’s a powerful way to open the glutes, hamstrings, adductors and hip flexors, Half Pigeon can help you when you take part in physical activities, carrying heavy objects, etc.

Once you release the tension in your hips, you’ll also feel the benefit in your lower back and other areas of your body.

8. Bridge Pose

It’s not unusual for men to experience tight muscles throughout the torso, but Bridge pose can help open the upper body and release those tight muscles. Whether you realize it or not, tightness in this area make for shallow breathing and can even make other physical activities more challenging.

Over time, practicing bridge pose will create more space in the chest and make for easier, fuller breathing.

9. Reclining Hand To Big Toe

Here’s another one that may be hard at first, but this posture opens the lower back to get energy moving more freely, and when it does, it also stimulates the prostate gland and improves digestion.

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Women may still outnumber men in yoga studios, but the tides are changing. A growing number of men are making their way to the mat to stretch, strengthen, breathe and open. If you’ve been wanting to try it but have been slightly intimidated, try these postures at home until you’re comfortable with the idea and see how much yoga can help every aspect of your life.

Yoga: Harming or Helping Our Body Image?

Yoga is ‘in’ these days. It has become an extremely popular form of exercise, which has made the practice available to enormous amounts of people. As a lover of yoga, and an instructor, I’m so glad it is reaching more people than ever!  Posture practice is wonderful for our physical body, but it seems that some less than healthy cultural ideals of body image have snuck their way into yoga classes.

How could it not, really? America is permeated with messages that tell us our body equals our value and that any extra body fat is disgusting. It would be quite a yoga miracle if it came out unscathed by our rampant distorted beauty ideals.

I love to go to new studios and experience different instructors, it’s a wonderful way to keep learning as an instructor and a student.  New postures, techniques, cues, quotes, books. I always walk out with something new and interesting to add to my repertoire.

Sometimes the lessons come in a package I would never expect though. Which is what happened during one particular class this summer.

All of a sudden after the instructor cued us into chair pose she proceeded to tell us to hold a little longer because we were ‘building our bikini booty’s.’ Only to be followed up by encouraging us to work on our ‘bikini abs’ while in plank.

This got me all sorts of fired up inside.

I had to mentally talk myself down, remembering that we all are only doing the best we can with what we know. This reminder allowed me to release the immediate anger that had boiled up from my core directed toward the instructor. I still had this urge to rebel though. Maybe it was my ego wanting to make a statement, or maybe it was just me showing myself some love. Either way I lowered myself out of plank.

Because guess what?

I am not in yoga for a ‘bikini body.’ Not to mention every body is a bikini body. If a woman wants to put a bikini on her body she should damn well do it without a second thought.

Although everyone has a different agenda for their practice, and it’s none of my business, I was hoping that was not why the other two women next to me were there or that now they thought that’s why they should be there. That they hadn’t come to yoga to punish their body or to try to fit into society’s ideals of perfection. A bikini booty or abs may come with regular practice, sure, but it saddened me to think that could be the sole motive to go to yoga.  I think even more it just saddens me that so many of us have these thoughts and feelings. That we live in a world where judging ourselves to the point of shame and self hatred has become normal.

Yoga is not about a ‘bikini body.’  It’s not about trying to make ourselves into what society says is an acceptable body for a bikini.

Yoga is about self acceptance, self love and connection to our body. To be in union with our body.

Not to say any of that is easy, but it’s the goal.

By doing yoga we may end up with a stronger physique, but yoga to me is not about the belief that our bodies needs to change in order to be put into a bikini or to feel confident in our own skin.

I felt like the instructor was telling us we needed to work harder and be better to be bikini worthy.  I realize she probably didn’t think that much about what she had said and she didn’t actually mean that. My reaction was born out of my own past and where I’ve come from. It did have me pondering why any form of physical activity, including yoga, has to do with changing ourselves to be more acceptable in less clothing?  Why does a practice that has a lot to do with deep inner work get tied up into this belief that our worth comes from our outward appearance?

The fact that these ideas have crept their way into yoga studios honestly freaks me out.

After class I saw the silver lining though, the lesson that I would walk out with.

This stuff needs to be talked about and addressed.  We need to draw attention to this idea and to start to speak differently about women’s physical fitness, exercise and bodies.  It’s not fair to just want to complain about it and then do nothing.

I want to help create an awareness and a shift.  It was like this nudge urging me to just freaking speak up and get out there.  If this bothers me and I want to see a change I have to be that change.

It’s in my power to contribute to a shift.

Although throughout the process of creation fears and doubts have crept in about Yoga for Healing because it has nothing to do with weight loss or getting that burn, this experience made me realize how glad I am about that.  I am doing what I believe in and it is exciting to be able to acknowledge that.

So long as we are in conflict with our body we will be unable to find peace of mind. Our personal power, self confidence and deep happiness will always slip between our fingers.

Change starts with each of us. We have the power to decide to change how we speak about our practice and our bodies, our motivation behind our physical activities, the comments we make, the things we post, the judgements that creep in.  Let’s be the change together.

Yours truly

Tera