{"id":578,"date":"2015-02-12T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2015-02-12T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T20:01:20","slug":"patanjali-never-said-practice-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/2015\/02\/patanjali-never-said-practice-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"Patanjali Never Said Practice is Optional"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div class=\"uppercase\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.yogajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AlexCrowPaschimottanasanaWristHoldPHOTOCRED.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"medium-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-content medium-9 columns\">\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-508\" src=\"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/YJLogoBlack_highres-2.jpg\" alt=\"~YJLogoBlack_highres-2\" width=\"92\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/YJLogoBlack_highres-2.jpg 539w, https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/YJLogoBlack_highres-2-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Alexandria Crow says she owes all of the tools she has to use and teach with today to regular practice. That\u2019s why skipping it is just not an option.<\/h4>\n<p>I often say to myself, my students, my friends, and the teachers I train, \u201cWe\u2019re all doing our best with the tools we have at any given moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until I found yoga, I was working with something like a single hammer and one rusty nail. I would do my very best to fix my problems with those tools and to try to make progress, but let\u2019s face it, it was a crap toolbox.<\/p>\n<p>I had a hard time paying attention, my mind constantly spiraled into waves of terrible\u00a0anxiety\u00a0and debilitating\u00a0fear. I created stories in my head that caused me to be incredibly self-conscious and insecure. I never fit in, I was always seeking someone or something and I didn\u2019t like myself at all.<\/p>\n<h2>Discovering Yoga\u2019s Many Tools<\/h2>\n<p>Somehow I knew I was missing some really exquisite tools and I wanted to find them. When I signed up for yoga teacher training, I was unaware that my spiritual quest to ease my mind and this physical asana practice would end up being one in the same.\u00a0 On the very first night of teacher training my teacher had said, \u201cyoga is now\u201d and I was introduced to the theory that being in the present moment would alleviate my suffering.\u00a0 I had no idea that I had just found the hardware store and that all my tools were there, ready, waiting.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>\u201cUntil I found yoga, I was working with something like a single hammer and one rusty nail. I would do my very best to fix my problems with those tools and to try to make progress, but let\u2019s face it, it was a crap toolbox.\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In time I learned my purchasing power was directly related to my practice.At first just seeing all that was available was overwhelming\u2014the\u00a0philosophy,\u00a0alignment,\u00a0sequencing,\u00a0meditation, and\u00a0anatomy of the body. It was all incredibly confusing and daunting. So I chose to focus on alignment, anatomy, and sequencing\u2014instead of everything at once.\u00a0I spent day after day, year after year, focusing on honing those tools on my mat. Life became much better. I could have stopped there, but I knew there was more.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/media.yogajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AlexandriaCrowUpavisthaKonasana2.jpg\" alt=\"AlexandriaCrowUpavisthaKonasana2\" width=\"800\" height=\"443\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>Not\u00a0Practicing Is Not an Option<\/h2>\n<p>Patanjali\u00a0never said that practice is optional. I say it to those I train to be teachers all the time.\u00a0If you\u2019re going to teach yoga, you must practice it consistently.\u00a0That does not mean once a week. To me, that means daily. The practice doesn\u2019t have to be an intense 90 minutes of advanced poses, but you have to do something that is considered a practice. And if you\u2019re an asana teacher, it needs to be asana.<\/p>\n<p>I know that\u2019s hard and there are so many things can interfere, but it\u2019s a must. I\u2019ve heard teachers say they\u2019re too busy helping\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>To keep reading visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/yoga-101\/patanjali-never-said-practice-optional\/\" target=\"_blank\">YogaJournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandria Crow says she owes all of the tools she has to use and teach with today to regular practice. That\u2019s why skipping it is just not an option. 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