Why there's more to yoga than being bendy!

Why there's more to yoga than being bendy!

Some time ago one of my students had a wonderful insight. At the end of the class another student was praising her on how flexible she was and lamenting her perceived lack of her own ability, saying she was “not very good at yoga”. I was just about to intercede when the first student replied:

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Perfectionism, the great paralyser!

It has been such an insight watching my daughter learning to walk. I see how many times she wobbles, stumbles and falters and yet keeps on trying. She doesn't give up because she's not very good at walking! If we all gave up after the first few times we tried and fell, none of us would have learned to walk. And yet we can and usually don't even think twice about it. So why do we sometimes give up so easily with other skills?

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