This article will either make you laugh or make you mad. My intention is to make you laugh. Right now, we live in a world of selfies. People are taking pictures of themselves all the time. I know someone who has hundreds of her own pictures doing yoga poses for wallpaper in her bedroom. She is naturally flexible, doesn’t put any effort into practice, can do a variety of postures well, and she is obnoxiously proud of herself. Her pictures are all over Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Therefore, I devote this article to people who practice postures only for their ego’s sake. My example doesn’t attend classes, but she promises that she will be visiting a studio to give lessons on how to put on your makeup, proper attire, and all the trimmings.
Cast yogic tradition to the wind, put on your makeup, take your morning selfies, eat a steak sandwich for breakfast and wash it down with an iced latte. Meditation? What’s that? Let’s face it; some of us practice asanas for vanity’s sake. Maybe you want to impress this guy or girl who you see walking on the beach every morning. You can’t seem to find a way to strike up a conversation, but if you expose your interest in yoga, your potential relationship could go well.
Yoga postures, when practiced regularly, offer a myriad of health benefits. It can improve flexibility and stress levels, oxygenate the blood and it has been practiced for thousands of years. All of these aspects of yoga posture are important, but sometimes, one simply needs to ask: which yoga poses will make me look most attractive while done on a beach?
Once you have selected your location, it is time to consider which yoga asanas will be most effective. Choose yoga poses in which you are confident- falling over ruins the effects. Avoid folding into forward bends, as they make the face turn red and leave the behind sticking up in the air. Poses like Garudasana or Eagle Pose contort the body and may be suggestive of needing to visit the facilities. Arm balances and headstands can be unstable when done on sand or on an incline, so proceed only with caution.
To invite a friendly conversation at the end of yoga practice, try seated poses. Sukhasana or Easy Pose, or Padmasana or Lotus Pose are non-threatening and allow the breath to stabilize, this is all the better to discuss the sunrise with other beach visitors. If your sequence impresses others, you may be on your way to a joint Savasana or a future meeting in a yoga studio later.