inner core
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today i found it...
everytime i heard "core strength" in yoga my response was to kind of tighten/restrict, all the muscles of my lower torso and pull up. it had a kind of corsetting effect and it certainly resulted in a lot of definition, but not a lot of energy.
all of a sudden, today, in class, i realized that core means...
core.
as in "the middle" and that the "pulling up" comes less from a constiction (though there is a contraction) and more from a harnessing of the energy that runs through the center of your being.
all of a sudden things came (rather effortlessly) into alignment and i had a whole other source of strength from which to practice.
i love when these epiphanies happen at the beginning of class, then the rest is pure play; seeing how this new understanding will effect each posture.
today i found it...
everytime i heard "core strength" in yoga my response was to kind of tighten/restrict, all the muscles of my lower torso and pull up. it had a kind of corsetting effect and it certainly resulted in a lot of definition, but not a lot of energy.
all of a sudden, today, in class, i realized that core means...
core.
as in "the middle" and that the "pulling up" comes less from a constiction (though there is a contraction) and more from a harnessing of the energy that runs through the center of your being.
all of a sudden things came (rather effortlessly) into alignment and i had a whole other source of strength from which to practice.
i love when these epiphanies happen at the beginning of class, then the rest is pure play; seeing how this new understanding will effect each posture.
