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OftenBen  ·  2492 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 21, 2017

    'negativity banisher'

I may be putting too much of my own experience into this innocuous phrase and its quotation marks but here goes.

When my partner and I were first getting into yoga together, she made some remark about how 'It doesn't matter which video we pick, we're always going to do like six of the same poses just in different order.' While that's true to some extent, part of my experience with yoga is trying to allow something that is supposed to help to actually help. Going into it with the mental framework of "This 'stress relief' workout is basically the same as the 'shoulders and back' workout so it won't actually relieve stress." is unproductive at very best. I work to appreciate and value the intent behind the thing, and hey presto, I feel the effects more.

If it helps, it helps. I'm writing this as much for myself as you or anybody else reading.