Today we had our last private yoga session, and I’m sad that my individual yoga attention has come to an end. The individual instruction has helped with my yoga understanding even more than I expected. It was more than worth the money. I wish we could have unlimited funds and that I could have weekly private yoga instruction. I have learned more in the past three sessions than I have in all the past yoga classes I have attended. Even Bennett has learned to enjoy yoga :)
This adventure into a new type of yoga has taught me a lot. Previously I had only done Vinyasa yoga, thinking that the constant movement would be more of a challenge and be more fun. I thought that different types of Hatha yoga would be less physically and mentally engaging, but I was very wrong. I’ve found I really enjoy the close attention to alignment that Anusara yoga provides. It can be just as challenging as Vinyasa, more challenging sometimes. In fact, I found that I had been cheating on certain poses without even knowing it…not using the right muscles because I could make it look right, and after-all we weren’t in that pose for very long. ;)
The close attention to alignment and awareness found in Anusara yoga has been somewhat of an epiphany for me, both in how yoga should be practiced and also in how my own body moves and responds to its own movement. I am starting to really understand what proper alignment is. It has really gotten me excited to continue in my yoga practice as both a compliment to my running but also for its own sake.
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