Injuries

Sometimes being fearless means listening to your injury. For example, when "everyone" in class is doing a pose a certain way, but it hurts you to do the pose that way, finding your own variation takes courage.

Especially shoulders.

If you have tweaks and twinges happening around your shoulders and the classes are heavy with sun salutations, it takes a certain amount of courage to rest in child's pose, go straight to DDog, or just go from standing pose to the next standing pose. It is better to be able to keep going to class, than continue to worsten the injury and have to pull out of classes all together.

Low Backs.

Take it really slowly. Careful on the twisting. Open the chest and upper back. Really tuck your tail bone. Work belly to spine.

Be mindful. Be patient. It isn't about the poses, it is about your mind in the poses. Be receptive.

--Charry