Get Fit with ‘Sith Yoga’

Turn to the dark side.. of yoga

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What do you usually think about when you’re doing yoga?

No I mean, what do you really think about?

As your body strains to maintain a back-breaking posture, where does your mind go?

The answer you’re supposed to provide is that your mind is still and calm. You’re supposed to think of absolutely nothing, and be entirely in the zone.

For you, the hour goes by in the blink of an eye. You barely felt the half-moon pose, and barely registered the 30 second planks burning through your biceps.
Instead, your mind was at perfect peace, like the yogi’s that existed in old books and Bugs Bunny cartoons.

However, if you’re anything like me, your mind is suffering alongside your body.
Every muscle you’re using to hold that pose is burning, and your mind is racing at a hundred miles an hour, internally screaming every curse word you’ve ever heard in your life.

I guess some people are able to count the seconds, or concentrate on how amazing they’re going to look once all this work pays off.

But not me, I have to direct all this mental energy somewhere, and because I do yoga as part of a class, all I see around me are potential victims.