One of the things I do regularly is yoga. I have done this for a few years now and have been slowly but surely working my way through the plethora of Youtube yoga channels. My most recent completion was The Journey Junkie. Following her I have to say pushed me out of my comfort zone in a few ways. She pushes to do a number of balance postures that I cannot necessarily do, especially now when pregnant. She also is a bit more into the spiritual side of yoga that I am not sure I follow completely, but overall I was glad to learn from her and as with all things I found things she did that I really enjoyed. Yoga is funAllie, the instructor of The Journey Junkie, constantly talks about the challenging postures in a way that truly invites you to have fun. She wants the journey to be enjoyable and viewing difficulty as a fun opportunity to try something new actually seemed to help me in doing the postures. I really also found that it was contagious and made me want to find more fun elsewhere in my life. Even when she was participating in spiritual practices that I found odd or uncomfortable, I remembered to have fun with it and enjoy the process. Listen to your bodyShe is constantly inviting you to listen to your body and not push yourself too hard when you are not warm or when your body tells you to stop. She talks about how she pushed herself too much early on and now she trusts her body. I feel like the repetition of this message was important for me and is something I continue to take with me. I feel like this is the central message and I have found again and again that my body can be trusted. My body knows how much to eat and how much to move and how much to rest, it is my job to listen and not try to push myself too hard. Look WithinIn addition to trusting your body and looking for cues within, Allie asks us as her audience to dig deep. She wants us to question our understandings of ourselves and to be willing to face ourselves in all of what lies within. She suggests that taking the time to consider our thoughts and our minds as a large part of who we are is a useful and important practice. I am grateful for the number of ways she has asked me to question beliefs and to trust what I already know rather than listen to the sea of doubt. Do you have any yoga suggestions? I have a new channel I am hoping to test out but am always on the lookout for more yoga.
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