Do you notice as you get older you become less flexible, your aches and pains increase. Your body seems to be slowly seizing up.
On the rare moments you are able to relax you feel you are carrying pent up tension in your body or your tummy.Or you are constantly chasing you’re tail, evermore stressed, finding it difficult to switch off that ‘must do’ chatter. Not sleeping well, feeling miserable, lacking energy, having no ‘me- time’ to clam the mind and body. You feel you have been neglecting yourself.
Or has life lost its meaning its wonder, or do material things no longer bring you lasting pleasure. Yo feel your search for inner peace and contentment just get harder.
Many of us come to yoga because of some difficulty in our lives. For some it is physical- lower back pain, knees problems . For others it is emotional , such as stress and anxiety , and for others the draw is philosophical, the feeling that life lacks meaning.
For me it was a combination of these reasons. I discovered although yoga practice certainly can help our aching backs and bolster our spirits, it cannot insulate us from the pain that life inevitably brings. But what Yoga does do is help us cope with life in a more positive way.
I am a British Wheel of Yoga Qualified Teacher and teach meditation at Central England College. I run weekly classes in Worcestershire which are inclusive to all ages ( adults) and abilities – beginners welcome. I am fully insured and on the Register of Exercise Professionals.