The most critical elements of Yoga

If you can breathe you can do Yoga. Yoga is not about flexibility or what you can or cannot do. Yoga is about awareness and the mindset you bring to life. Poses are intended for the exploration of the body, and our capacity to do each pose varies widely given our body type, strength and age. Doing poses will create change, but when this becomes the sole objective then we miss out on many of the wonderful opportunities Yoga offers. Yoga is an exploration: a mirror into the beliefs and attitudes that determine your life. If you believe you are too stiff, strong or accomplished, or are in a class that is too slow, fast or easy, Yoga will help you to explore the belief systems that underlie these beliefs. Focus, attitude and attention are important in our lives. In Yoga, focus, attitude and attention are the most critical elements of practice. To stimulate these constantly changing elements we explore each pose in deeper detail and complexity. When we master one pose we move on to another to challenge the edge of focus, attitude and attention. Attitude is attention, attention is awareness, awareness is focus, the three are intimately interconnected.