Struggle With Perfectionism? Yoga Can Help in a Surprising Way.
Briefly

"Yoga practice, especially Ashtanga yoga practice, is anything but easy. We all have met or will most likely meet failure right in our first class. Not only was I not very good at the asanas, but I also was not good at failing or falling out of the asanas. Frustration and failure have a nasty habit of sneaking into your mindset, and they have the potential to really ruin your practice if you let them."
"I wasn't athletic or particularly physically fit, and I certainly had no idea what a lineage-based yoga practice was. But I kept practicing because of how I felt when I got off the mat. I also learned that just because you cannot balance in a pose does not mean you are not worthy of practicing yoga."
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