The plight of this teacher

Recently, and again, I was reminded of the importance of repetition in our yoga practice. Repetition is not only how we learn best, but it allows us to move from the excitement, (or confusion/stress) of "what are we going to do today?" to a more deeply involved and refined way of the subtle, spacious and transformative aspects of yoga.

In full disclosure as a yoga teacher, I can often get caught up with my over-thinking tendency, put a lot of pressure on myself to create something new for you each week, even when you tell me how much you enjoy repeating a sequence and what you notice in yourselves when you do! 🤦🏻‍♀️

It is when we repeat poses and sequences, we deepen our ability to practice with a sense of feeling more fully present. In a world where we move erratically from one thing to the next and rarely with pause or presence, our yoga practice is where we are reminded back to knowing we are far more meant than what our modern life frenzy is telling us.

Before I became a yoga teacher 7 years ago, I was a solid yoga student for 17. My first yoga teacher of whom I practiced with for a decade taught very simply. It was in the safety and familiarity of that simplicity, my busy, anxious brain and busy life quieted and I began to experience looking and living through a new lens. I had always been athletic and enjoyed pushing my fitness boundaries. Yoga didn't want my physical prowess. It wanted to bring me far more transformation...and peace. Yoga was space and subtleness that captured me different. In a loud world screaming everything but subtle, this is the yoga we need.

Jill 🦋