tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post1752265764114082720..comments2023-04-05T04:50:31.709-07:00Comments on Eat the Yolk: I stretch. I force. I stretch. I force.Elisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-36021204794022725282010-10-26T09:13:39.247-07:002010-10-26T09:13:39.247-07:00Thought of this post (yours) when I saw this post ...Thought of this post (yours) when I saw this post (hers):<br />http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/05/finding-surrender/<br /><br />xoCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261449180786045271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-51041678793318651352010-10-19T12:11:26.521-07:002010-10-19T12:11:26.521-07:00I am catching up on my blog reading! There's ...I am catching up on my blog reading! There's actually a fancy term for the stretch reflex that happens. But you stretch your body to a point until it reflexes and says don't go further. But then you breathe there and hope this becomes your new normal over-time. I'm not big proponent of "force" since frankly aren't most of us the TYPE A overachievers anyway who are more likely to overdo? <br /><br />I am working on this finding the difference between forcing towards a goal and stretching for it. What an interestingly new way of putting it?! If I am forcing chances are when I get there I will not enjoy it. If I stretch for it, I will feel joy in grasping it if I make and joy for having tried if I didn't. Joy and love are great tools in deciphering what is best at the moment....<br /><br />Hope you are well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-81806195856623980402010-10-13T20:42:56.538-07:002010-10-13T20:42:56.538-07:00Oh, thank you, Torri :-) I really appreciate that....Oh, thank you, Torri :-) I really appreciate that. And you're right. it's probably 5%--or less--that you really shouldn't go. <br /><br />And thanks, Hannah and Sylvia, for your support. On the one hand, I want to say "fuck the uncertainty!!" On the other, I know it's impossible to do and that the point is to learn to live with it!Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888081929539943621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-37588714929463222972010-10-13T12:03:36.880-07:002010-10-13T12:03:36.880-07:00I would say most of the time that I don't feel...I would say most of the time that I don't feel like going, I go anyway, and then I'm glad I went. <br /><br />I think though, there are days when you just truly know you simply should not go to class. However, those days are very few and far between. Maybe about 5% of the time? <br /><br />I love your posts :-)<br /><br />TorriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-12925980039493973812010-10-12T06:13:39.548-07:002010-10-12T06:13:39.548-07:00You're touching on so much in this one blog po...You're touching on so much in this one blog post that I don't konw what I want to address first!!<br /><br />Mostly, just this: One of the greatest hurdles to overcome in my own yoga practice is the uncertainty. Those days when you DO question whether the yoga is helping or hurting, whether you should stay in the room or go, whether you are stretching or forcing. And what I have learned to always come back to is this idea of having faith---in the process, in the yoga, in my body, in my practice.<br /><br />Faith is my yolk. I try to swallow it whole each and every day.hannahjustbreathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359736052522439643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799610461804858566.post-34141077561534511022010-10-12T00:43:18.741-07:002010-10-12T00:43:18.741-07:00I guess it´s up to one´s individual interpretation...I guess it´s up to one´s individual interpretation and definition of streching and forcing respectively. Half Moon is the one that immediately comes to my mind, since it´s the first posture and you need to stretch oh-so-much, however you do so by pushing your hips towards one side, and for me pushing is actually forcing one body part (hips) in one direction so another part (your whole back side) can stretch. I think I´m trying to say is that you may have to "force" yourself to be able to "stretch". :)<br />With forcing yourself to get to class...hmmm that´s a good quation, E! There are two results: you either manage to stay mentally strong and end up having a really stretch out mind by the end of the class - so you know the forcing is temporary. :) In the other case, you may just happen to hold on to tight and you have to let loose and maybe take a few days (weeks?) off and let your body miss it again. <br /><br />ps: btw, this post is by no means wishy-washy. Good question raised. :)SylviaG.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11721979847529581982noreply@blogger.com