Yoga For Positive Changes

 Every person who starts doing Yoga and sticks with it reports some manner of positive change within themselves. It goes way beyond the physical accomplishments, which are really just a reflection of the emotional growth that a yogi experiences.

If you're thinking of trying yoga and want to make changes in yourself, here are three things to remember:

• You are a cool person as you are. 

• Changes you seek are to improve on what's already positive.

• Transformation really means finding hidden things you were born with.

Our culture balks on celebrating the self. To love yourself, to show yourself compassion and understanding, is still a new thing. Because this idea is still elusive, we think it is egotistical. Yet it is our lack of self appreciation that is often the cause of egoism, of the desire to adorn ourselves with material things, seek recognizably-high status in society and control over others.

When you get to know yourself from within, you connect with your own traits and become whole. True emotional and physical balance makes you a well of positive energy that feeds goodness to you and all those you connect with in life.

Yogini Or Shahar, author of Freedom Yoga, has more cool things to say about this. Take a look if you have a moment. I totally agree with her.