Yoga of Integration is Legal: Short (and I mean short) Practices for Your Day

from Bonnie

Even a brief practice of yoga everyday is better than no practice at all. Very gradually, the body (and the mind, we hope) will begin to strengthen and open. But, possessing intellectual knowledge and proof of the benefits of behavior change doesn’t always change behavior; example: smoking cigarettes. No matter how many times our teachers, or our inner teachers, advise us to step onto the mat on a regular basis, somehow we find ourselves missing, skipping, procrastinating or imagining our practice.

Certainly, plenty of wonderful books, articles, audio, and video resources are available to provide guidance should you happen to be at a loss as to how to focus your micro-practice. For example, one of my brilliant teachers, Jill Miller, has developed a plethora of 5 or 10 minute QuickFix videos . Jill's practices will help you focus very specifically and efficiently on body areas such as neck, shoulders and back.  The Yoga Journal website contains pose and sequence guidance as well.

Naturally, the omnipresent advice to remember to breathe is not to be underestimated.

A group of us Yogalilans began discussing resourceful ways that we integrate yoga into our busy days. I put together a slideshow (starring Yogalians and families) for employees in the workplace, hoping to inspire them to start their asana practices in bits and pieces. As you will see, these super-efficient moves can be practiced quite creatively-mostly without a sticky mat. Check out this A Yoga Day slide show to see how yoga of integration can work for you.

Comments

[Toaster]

Cool slide show, Bonnie! 8)

[Bonnie]

Thank you Beth! So nice of you to comment :-).

[r4ds]

Hi,
Yoga is beneficial for the health in ways that modern science is just beginning to understand. Even though it has beenapplied with therapeutic intention for thousand of years, Yoga Therapy is only just now emerging as a discipline initself.
More health care practitioners are starting to include yogic techniques in their approach to healing -- andmore yoga teachers give a therapeutic intention to their teaching. People who have never tried yoga before are startingto consider including Yoga in their treatment plan.
As science begins to document the importance of understanding the interrelation of all existing things, it looks to Yogawith an intrigued eye, for Yoga speaks Unity in every word. As yoga techniques are researched and new data is gathered,it becomes easier for science and the medical establishment to understand and accept the benefits of Yoga Therapy.Yet there is still not one consensual definition of the discipline.
In order to arrive to an adequate definition and tocome up with proper standards for Yoga Therapy, it is crucial at this early stage to properly address some delicateprofessional and ethical issues. At the same time it is important to educatethegeneralpublic about Yoga Therapy'sbenefits and careful use.
so this article will really helpful to me..

[Sharon Frost]

Bonnie, this is such a nice piece!

[Bonnie]

Sharon, thank you!!

[chanting hub]

Absolutely micro practice is better than nothing at all. If you dont have your own sequences, just 3 sun saluations a day can help. Or if you want more diversity take a look at all the yoga dvd's with matrixes' that can be tailored to a quick 10 min practice.