5 Ways To Sustain Your Yoga Practice

If you’re like most yoga students, you imagine practicing for the rest of your life. There is little else that creates such a sense of bliss or that takes you so deep into simply feeling good, clear, joyful and connected with a sense of spirit.

So why do so many dedicated students and teachers eventually fade away from the practice? One reason is that in the normal course of a lifelong practice one encounters physical, emotional or spiritual “plateaus” that often give way to burn-out or boredom. But even more often an attainment mentality – striving to “get the pose” – leads to injuries that may undermine your practice. Your original intention of feeling better, living a healthier lifestyle and awakening to the beauty and spirit of life gets lost.

Hatha yoga (whatever style, from Ashtanga to Iyengar to Jivamukti to Yin) offers a set of practical tools – asanas – for cultivating wellbeing, self-understanding and self-transformation. Each pose...