Rainbowhill: Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance.

15:35 26th Jan 2012

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Reblogged from whollyyoga

Tags: yoga

Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance.

Alanna Kaivalya responds to the Equinox vid, as well as some assumptions our society has about what a yogi “should” be.

Fave quotes:

Yoga challenges us to see what’s right about our bodies rather than what is wrong. It asks us to be happy with what is rather than what needs to be changed. Yoga instills acceptance… in our large thighs, cellulite, wrinkles and tight hamstrings, rather than the overwhelming and all-consuming desire to try and fit ourselves into some box that just isn’t, well, just isn’t us.

When we’re happy with who we are, our ideals shift back into a mode of acceptance and appreciation, rather than a state of anticipation and inadequacy. At this point, the video of the simple yogi with a lot of wisdom would garner as many hits. We’d be as happy seeing a New York loft as a small apartment on a quiet street. We’d celebrate the differences and see only the common thread that makes us all the same, the thread that makes us us. That is certainly worth celebrating.

The whole idea that perfection is something that can be attained needs to be challenged. Wether perfection is even desirable is questionable. It’s good to know and cultivate contentment in what ever you do. Just be.