Practicing the art of Yoga on a regular basis helps to eradicate a sense of individual separateness and lack. The comprehensive art of Yoga is not just limited to physical asanas, it also includes breathing techniques, which increase the circulation of prana or life force energy, in addition to meditation and contemplative practices that help to ease anxiety, depression and an abiding sense a separateness. A persistent and multifaceted sense of lack affects many individuals. Often this sense of lack is focused primarily on financial issues, but a sense of lack may also permeate many other areas of an individual’s life.
Not only are external changes promulgated by a regular Yoga practice, inner shifts are common as well. This is particularly true with negative thought patterns and beliefs that create a wide assortment of scarcity in one’s life. On a physical level, a regular practice of asana and pranayama practices helps to generate more physical energy. This energy feels good and the more you do, the better you feel. Reminding your students to breath throughout the class is one of the key elements of increasing physical vibrancy and emotional well-being through the practice of the asanas.
If the thoughts that arise are negative and limiting, remind your students to gently but firmly visualize the contracting thoughts dissolving into the sound of their own breath as they exhale. As they inhale, remind them to fill their beings with feelings of self-empathy, hope and optimism. In this way, your students will actively benefit from both the physical asana practice and the internal psychological cleansing that the asana practice offers. Closing your class with a brief period of contemplation focused on abundance, optimism and gratitude will leave your students feeling deeply nourished and supported by their own physical and emotional well-being.
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