havadan sudan [blog, writing, travel, yoga]

why

The hardest questions are most of the time the simplest ones. When I truly ask myself what is the most important in life, what immediately arises as an answer is health. Although it is the most critical aspect to life, why cant it get the priority and the attention it deserves? Another good question…

Physical and mental health are hand in hand. The connection is the mindfulness. It is the basis of everything about our experiences, emotions and health. The simplest step to switching from a full and overloaded mind to mindfulness is to slow down, stop and ask why I am doing this right now?

Yoga helps us to slow down and to slow down during yoga helps… To feel and enjoy every posture and every second… Why don’t we do that in life? Why are we in a hurry all the time?!

Yoga helps to increase your strength and flexibility at the same time. In today’s yoga class, our teacher Kevin explained this role on shaping ourselves and our bodies. Let’s have a closer look at the meaning of “Strength” and “Flexibility”:

Strength: “The state, property, or quality of being strong.” Strength refers especially to physical, mental, or moral robustness or vigor.

Flexibility: “Capability of withstanding stress without injury and figuratively to what can undergo change or modification.”

According to Kevin; people with strength can get better at yoga quicker than the people with more flexibility. It explains why there were more men than women in today’s class. It takes more (time, effort) to develop the strength than flexibility.

It applies to the character of people as well. Flexible but not strong ones need more time to reach their targets. The best to find the right combination of being strong and gentle in life like in our yoga practice.