Did you know the number one reason houseplants die is from over watering? I just learned this from a recent Google search to try to save a dying houseplant of mine.
How ridiculous that we are trying so hard to give our plants what we think they need that we are over doing it. To the point of killing them! Wow.
I think we are over trying with yoga and exercise too. We get such strong cultural messages to "get it right," "push through," "make it happen," or "no pain no gain." Maybe that's why I see so many people moving so quickly or forcing things that they are missing all the benefits they could be getting out of what they are doing. There's a lot of striving happening out there - and it's done with good intentions - but it has negative consequences.
If I could wave a magic wand and change the cultural mindset around exercise it would sound something like this:
Slow down. Less is more. Little by little. Notice the subtle. Don't force. Don't move in pain. Celebrate the small changes. Learn what your compensations are. Let go of what you think you should be able to do and just do what you can do. Trust that you will improve in time.
These are things I say in my classes all the time. Why? Because I don't want you to die from over watering like my house plant. LOL.
Happy Holidays!
P.S. In the spirit of my "less is more" philosophy, I recently made this video about Triangle pose. I hope you enjoy it! (It's a mini sampler of what I offer at my Saturday Therapeutic + Beginning Yoga class):
https://youtu.be/JONTyedphe0.
How ridiculous that we are trying so hard to give our plants what we think they need that we are over doing it. To the point of killing them! Wow.
I think we are over trying with yoga and exercise too. We get such strong cultural messages to "get it right," "push through," "make it happen," or "no pain no gain." Maybe that's why I see so many people moving so quickly or forcing things that they are missing all the benefits they could be getting out of what they are doing. There's a lot of striving happening out there - and it's done with good intentions - but it has negative consequences.
If I could wave a magic wand and change the cultural mindset around exercise it would sound something like this:
Slow down. Less is more. Little by little. Notice the subtle. Don't force. Don't move in pain. Celebrate the small changes. Learn what your compensations are. Let go of what you think you should be able to do and just do what you can do. Trust that you will improve in time.
These are things I say in my classes all the time. Why? Because I don't want you to die from over watering like my house plant. LOL.
Happy Holidays!
P.S. In the spirit of my "less is more" philosophy, I recently made this video about Triangle pose. I hope you enjoy it! (It's a mini sampler of what I offer at my Saturday Therapeutic + Beginning Yoga class):
https://youtu.be/JONTyedphe0.
