Beginners' Yoga at Home: Doing Yoga "Gives" You Time

Yoga instructor, Ganga White has said, "yoga does't 'take time"-it gives time."  I agree!  For many people, however, the most daunting aspect of establishing an exercise regime including a yoga practice is carving out the time for it.  When I check in with people who have bought my book, Yoga at Home:  Gain Energy, Flexibility, and Serenity in 20-30 Minutes a Day, to see how their practice is going, a common reply is that when they do yoga, they feel more energetic and relaxed, but that they are still working on doing it regularly. It's "finding" the time that seems to elude them.

However, in my humble opinion, saying you have to "find" time for yoga reinforces the notion that time is scarce.  Granted, out 21st century lives appear increasingly hectic despite all the time-saving gadgets that we own and use.  Many of us feel we're on a rapid, nonstop treadmill of activity that is hard to get off. But, the fact is that we just have to choose to step off the treadmill and take a breather. And, that breather can be our yoga practice.  When you practice yoga daily for 20-30 minutes a day (or longer if you choose!)  you will likely find, as I have, that yoga "gives" time. My yoga practice gives me more energy, clarity, and joy which in turns enables me to do all my activities more effectively and efficiently.  The key, as I preach ad nauseum, is giving myself the gift of doing yoga daily.  As Ganga White has also remarked, "Only when we take care of ourselves can we have more abundant energy to give to others and to our endeavors."  So I say, go roll out your yoga mat right now and just see how your yoga practice can give you time!

Yours for enjoying more time by practicing yoga,

Laura Venecia Rodriguez, the Beginners' Yoga at Home Coach

 

Comments

[robyn]

Wow, never thought about this helping your knees. I like the idea of the reverse move. We are always moving forward so to lie down and bring your legs back massages and soothes the opposite way to our natural gait.
thx Laura for the tip

[Laura Rodriguez]

You described this so well!

[Cooper Heyes]

That's quite true. Those twenty to thirty minutes of yoga aren't twenty to thirty minutes of work. It's a chance for the body to stretch out and get some time to just calm down. It’s kind of like squeezing the excess water off a wet piece of cloth. In the end, it's an opportunity to release the excess stuff that weighs us down.

[Laura Rodriguez]

Thanks so much, Cooper for your comments!