{"id":3450,"date":"2013-10-08T04:12:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T04:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogaandhealing.com.au\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2023-10-18T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:42:11","slug":"yoga-is-more-than-just-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaandhealing.com.au\/yoga-is-more-than-just-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga – more than just exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commonly today, the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions yoga is the postures or exercises. However, yoga is more than this.<\/p>\n

In essence, yoga is about how to be with our self in any given moment in a quality of energy that is true in connection<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sometimes, it can be difficult to \u2018be with ourself\u2019. This may be because when we start to re-connect, we can experience an array of feelings that we may not want to feel – \u00a0such as anger, anxiousness, hardness, raciness or frustration.<\/p>\n

So what do we do when we become aware of \u00a0these strong unwanted feelings in our bodies and it doesn\u2019t feel pleasant?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What I have found is that if I allow myself to \u2018just be\u2019 with these feelings, they are then able to pass through my body. I feel the feeling for what it is, without going into the story behind the feeling. If I keep feeling it as a sensation and if I\u2019m able to just stay with that sensation, it can change.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I find that the feeling can be just too intense and I\u2019m unable to stay with it for any period of time. My mind might be busy and the story behind the feeling is too much. I react, perhaps there is judgement or a want for things to be different. That is OK as well, as I know that feeling will revisit my awareness and perhaps next time I am more ready to connect and allow myself to simply just feel what is there to be felt.<\/p>\n

However, if I am able to connect with the feeling, locate and feel it in a certain area of my body, stay with it, sometimes it shifts like magic.\u00a0 I feel a shift in the energy and then sometimes, it disappears. The shift in my body leaves me feeling clear, light and sometimes joyful.<\/p>\n

I have found the more I allow myself to feel what is going on in my body without reacting and as it shifts, I am then able to feel the loveliness of me.\u00a0 As that which was covering up the loveliness of me shifts, I am left with feeling a deeper connection to me. This is yoga and healing.<\/p>\n

By Donna Nolan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Donna Nolan offers private yoga\/yoga therapy<\/a>, group yoga classes<\/a> and offers Esoteric Therapies in Sydney\u2019s Northern Beaches, Sydney city and Cammeray. \u00a0Contact us at info@yogaandhealing.com.au<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commonly today, the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions yoga is the postures or exercises. However, yoga is more than this. In essence, yoga is about how […]<\/p>\n

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