Things years of yoga taught me that you need to read today

Jun 14
2 min read

Yoga philosophy, or any philosophy, shouldn't hand you beliefs, but make you wonder 🧐💭

Here are some of my philosophical musings over the past few weeks. And years tbf.

"Sometimes, the one who barely knows you, believes in who you are becoming, while those closest only mourn who you were."

I'm sure you've made friends in the yoga world who believe in you more than you believe in yourself. Further evidence that taking that step towards yoga can change your life in more ways than one.

Smart people often say that nobody but you has to believe in your dreams to make them real. Whilst that's true, sometimes it takes the kind words of a stranger to make you believe in yourself.

"No matter how long the journey, whether it's getting good at yoga or finishing your training, you cannot arrive at something you never start."

Don't wait to feel "ready" for the plans and ideas you have in mind. Take action now, and along the way you'll learn and become ready.

"What you rush past as being too simple is what you should always return to. The basics are not below the advanced, they are underneath, holding them up."

This doesn't just apply to yoga poses. We so often jump the gun, and whilst that works for some, returning to the basics is what earns you the foundation to build something on.

I read a long time ago, that the key to achieving optimal results is perfecting the actions that lead to them.

"The worst betrayals in life are not always the ones other people commit against us. They are, in fact, the ones we commit against ourselves."

It's hard to see the truth, and we're often quick to blame others. But when we look deep down, the truth could be staring at us in the mirror.

"It is not the body that holds us back, but the idea we carry about it."

How much of what we can't do is physical, and how much is emotional? No matter how much I study, or what I study, life keeps schooling me on all things yoga.