Today we begin our segment on “Svadhyaya” - one of the 5 Niyamas or internal vows of a yoga student. Svadhyaya means “self-study” - understanding of your past, your surroundings, your nature and your intentions. Today we’ll be focusing on listening to the language of our bodies.
No matter our backgrounds, whether we come from medicine, science or psychology - it’s important to come to self-study with an open-minded, a sense of curiosity.
As we’ve done in the last section focusing on saucha, we will do a body scan - this time, gently pulling on the threads. Noticing what stories - thoughts or emotions - come along with the body sensation.
This is something that you can do during the day, or during your yoga practice - especially in slower classes such as Yin Yoga or Restorative Yoga.
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