No matter what business, hobby or fitness regime you’re into, you will always find someone on social media who looks like they’re doing it “better”. Maybe they have the toys you only have in your dreams, or maybe they’re nailing the pose you’ve been attempting for years. One of the things I appreciate about my yoga training is that our instructors emphasized every pose looks different in every body. The length of your limbs and the way your hips are set are not the same as the yogi next to you, or the one looking so perfect on your feed.
So do it your way. Find a quiet spot away from a mirror and practice the way you want to, for as long as you want to. Skip a ridiculous amount of chaturangas. Stay in child’s pose for a length of time you might have previously considered too long. Breathe. Feel how you feel instead of how you look.
My friend Sarah (above) encourages you with this thought:
Accept where you are right now. Never compare today’s version of you with yesterday’s version of you or anyone else.
What a wonderful reminder!
It IS a good reminder and not just concerning Yoga..
I remember Mr. Garber sharing a quote with me about making comparisons. A few years later I ran across this quote and I think it was the same one: “If you compare yourself with others, you will become vain or bitter, because there will always be greater or lesser persons than yourself.”
That’s a good one!
LOVE!