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A Yogic Perspective on Weathering a Global Pandemic

Depending on where you live and who you are, we’re somewhere between 30 and 50 days into world-wide stay-at-home orders during an unprecedented (I swear if I hear that word one more time…) global pandemic, practicing physical distancing with no knowledge or control over what comes next. We’re into the time period now where the novelty is wearing off, the motivation is running dry, and exhaustion is setting in as these unusual circumstances are turning out to be more of a marathon than a sprint. How can yoga help us get through the experience of weathering a global pandemic?

Brooke ShotwellMay 6, 2020yoga asana, philosophy

Effort & Ease

Yoga is both a tool we can take with us off the mat, and a reflection of who we are off our mat. For example, if we are impatient in our regular life, we’ll probably be impatient in our yoga practice. One of the ways this shows up is through the balance that we navigate in our yoga asana between Effort and Ease.

Brooke ShotwellJuly 21, 2019yoga asana, yoga, effort and ease