08/21/2026
Yoga is more than placing your body into shapes.
This leg here. That arm there. Bend. Twist. Flex. Extend.
All of that physicality is really an invitation to direct our awareness inward.
We begin with the gross: the limbs, the torso, the physical shape of the body. Then, gradually, our attention can become more subtle—the breath, the gaze, sensation, energy, and the quiet movements of the mind.
This is one of the things I love about Ashtanga.
The practice is largely the same from one day to the next. The same postures, the same sequence, the same familiar transitions. And yet, it doesn’t have to become boring.
Because once the body understands the shape, you can stop focusing solely on where your body is and begin exploring what is happening within it.
What is actually engaging in my hip?
What is releasing?
Where is there resistance?
How does a subtle change alter the breath?
How does it change the quality of my attention?
How can the very same posture feel dynamic one day and deeply restorative another?
The shape is only the beginning.
The real practice is what happens when your attention begins to move beyond the shape and sink inward.
That is where yoga begins to become less about what the body is doing—and more about learning how to inhabit your own experience.
The body performs the posture.
The mind discovers the practice.
