I recently
read Strala
Yoga: Be Strong, Focused & Ridiculously Happy from the Inside Out
by Tara Stiles (2016). By the way, “strala”
is a scrunch-word coined by TS, from the roots of “strength, balance, and
awareness.”
As part of my
annual growth plan (you can find it on my website), I have determined for at
least one year to learn and practice yoga.
Admittedly,
this decision is pushing me out of my comfort zone. By disposition, I am a
work-hard-lift-heavy-run-fast-sweat-much kind of exerciser. Yoga is forcing me to think more
holistically, less specifically, and far less intensely than is my custom.
Now two
months deep into the practice I am seeing, feeling, and beginning to understand
the benefits of this form of health maintenance (still hard to for to think of
it as exercise).
TS makes
the point repeatedly in the book that even in the fiercest and most powerful of
animals on the planet, we don’t see them going to the weight room or enrolling
in group exercise classes. The analogy
does break down rather quickly, but it also holds in many relevant ways.
Bottom
line: I’m in (for at least a year) and,
to date, have been most pleased with the outcomes (physically, cognitively, and
emotional-spiritually).
Wish me
luck.
*If you’d like to read more of nc’s
blatherings, go to www.nelsonwcoulter.com.
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