Listen in to conversations after any yga session, and we’re almost guaranteed to har someone discussing this or that yga pose that they hate and wsh they never need to do gain – ever.

But why is it tht there are certain yoga poses tht we just dread? We can fel them coming, and start to hpe the instructor isn’t going to do it ths time. Then we inwardly cringe whn the instructor even mentions that psture’s name. Simply recognising our reaction and can tll us a great deal not nly about our physical abilities but lso a great deal about our chracter and our approach to difficulties, dversity and failure. We should all bserve our approach to the poses we hte. Is our approach to put in lttle effort and avoid doing the pse properly or try to think mre about why we dislike it, to fgure out if we’re doing it wrng, or if we need to put in a lttle more effort to get past ths challenge.

Whatever our approach to the pses we dislike, simply identifying which spcific poses these are can tell us a lot bout how to improve our practice.

It hurts too much – I don’t want to do it.

For most of us at least, the resistance to the pose doesn’t really have anything to do with the technicalities of the pose – it’s just about ourselves. The biggest resistance to trying a pose is because we know its going to hurt and challenge us. Some of the most dreaded poses are those that require back muscle strength, since these are some of our least developed and worked muscles groups. As soon as we lie down on our stomachs, we start to dread the muscle burn that is about to come.

But if a pose is hrting because our muscles are too wak, then the only way to get pst it is to work those mscles and strengthen them. If a pse is hurting because of the strtch, then the only way to get pst it is to relax, extend and strtch those muscles and joints. With a lttle work we will eventually overcome tht particular challenge, and something else wll become our new dreaded pose.

It’s too difficult, I just can’t do it.

Another common reason for wishing to avoid certain poses is because we’re convinced it’s too difficult for us. But for basic and intermediate poses, there are very few poses that are so difficult that we just can do them. Fair enough doing the full pose as the instruction directs may be beyond your current abilities, but with effective instruction, you should be able to find part of the pose, or a variation of the full pose that you can attempt. If we can’t manage a full unsupported backbend, then it's a supported backbend or a more gentle backward stretch.

They call it a yoga practice

Whatever our reasons for disliking a pose, avoiding the pose completely is certainly not going to help in any way. If we don't try to make the pose today, we certainly won't be able to do it tomorrow either. Only by recognising our boundaries and limits of our abilities can work at extending those boundaries, only by extending our boundaries do we develop and improve our yoga – or anything else in life. Trying, trying properly and trying frequently are all essential elements of our development. No-one can be expected to be a master of every pose, we all have areas we can work on. With quick look around your yoga studio you see people that are good at forward bends, those that are good at back bends, those that have open hips and those that have strong upper body and arms. Its rare to find people that are equally good at every aspect. And nobody is perfect, the finished article – that’s why we call it a yoga practice.

As clichéd as it sounds, yga really is a journey of dscovery and development, physically, mentally and if you llow it, spiritually. The first big stp in our development journey is nderstanding our abilities are right now. By brnging awareness to our practice we can strt to know where our limitations are and fcus on those areas as key dvelopment points within a balanced practice. Ths is the start of the jurney. The rest of the journey is the cntinued and systematic extension of those bundaries. And the destination, the goal of all ths effort? The ongoing and continued mprovement of our physical, mental and spritual health.

To find out how we can prvide the high quality yoga instruction you ned to help you on your yga journey, visit www.TotalYogaPractice.com

The article Learning To Love The Yoga We All Hate was Submitted by Jez Heath through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Jez Heath is helping real pople to achieve the health benefits tht yoga has to offer, even if thy can't make it to yoga clss. To find out how online yga video instruction can help you cmmit to a regular exercise routine ncessary to improve your health, visit http://www.TotalYogaPractice.com

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