Yoga in Daily Life

Sivananda

Yoga in Daily Life

The problem with yoga as it is usually practised is that it happens for one hour, in a specific room, on a specific mat, and then it stops. The person who was breathing consciously at six-thirty is gripping the steering wheel at eight. The person who held warrior pose for ninety seconds without wavering is sitting in a meeting two hours later, unable to sit still in their own discomfort. This gap — between the yoga that happens during class and the life that happens everywhere else — is what this handbook addresses directly. The guide covers the integration of yoga into the structure of an ordinary day: how breath awareness, the first and most transferable skill of yoga practice,…

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