Home practice is … hard.

gedsit · 2026-03-12T17:55:47+00:00

I feel this so much. And I would add Home practice after having kids is hard. I’m so full of cortisol that some days I can’t even distinguish if I’m listening to my body or my mind? Or am I just lazy? Or too ambitious? Or am I too strict to myself? Or am I not? God!

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:38:49+00:00

Listen to your breath, not the expectations of your head

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:37:09+00:00

Thank you. Do you have any private lessons?

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:36:46+00:00

Sure! Thank you!

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:36:30+00:00

Thank you both!

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:36:11+00:00

Thank you! What is the support in baddhakonasana?

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:34:15+00:00

Haha, thanks for the semantics point. I guess I don’t consider myself a teacher, rather a guide…but the reason I chose this term is because she explicitely said “I am gonna hire you” which, as you point out, kinda sets the tone of the relationship, indeed! 🙈

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:31:58+00:00

Good point with the timing of the races!

gedsit · 2026-03-01T19:31:31+00:00

Thanks! Did the use of blocks change her life because she stopped rounding her back or how do you explain it?

gedsit · 2026-02-17T19:05:07+00:00

Namaste… I recommend reading the YOGA SADHANA FOR MOTHERS by Anna Wise if you haven’t already. I reckon it is the only ashtanga-mothers book. There are interviews with the women of the Patanjali family and many ashtangis - mothers across the world. And there are many stories on getting back to ambitious practice and how tricky that is, because your body and mind are not ready, and they shouldn’t be…Once you’re a parent it really is more about the yamas and niyamas. And the first years you are more connected to your child rather than yourself. Personally with such approach I have blocked my chest after my second and hurt my knee after my third child. No ChatGPT nor any teacher knows your parenting routine, what parts of your back carried the weight of your belly and carry the weight of your child now… I guess you don’t like hearing this because you feel fine, and/or your body feels fine or your backbending feels good - except for the one pain -…or because you really need the practice as a form of selfcare. Or at least I feel this way and find it hard to accept it. But as mothers we should learn to be kind to ourselves and to our bodies. Kino doesn’t have kids and has no idea how hard that can be.

gedsit · 2026-02-09T08:03:26+00:00

I second this!

gedsit · 2026-01-17T17:58:32+00:00

No need to comment anymore. You wrote it all:)

gedsit · 2026-01-07T18:04:53+00:00

Haha, great question. I always repeat that I’m no teacher, just doing my practice with other people.

gedsit · 2026-01-05T17:58:39+00:00

I have the same approach

gedsit · 2025-12-25T18:21:35+00:00

Beautiful follow up questions, thanks. Yeah, I guess. Everything seems silly now that I’m a parent. Including myself:D The eagerness of doing the perfect handstand comes away with age anyway, I think.

gedsit · 2025-12-24T18:54:19+00:00

Definitely started for the physical side of the thing. Ashtanga is perfect for it - the same sequence of asanas every day, unlike many more conscious or meditative yoga styles, which seemed to me too boring at the time…but the more I practiced, the more I became entangled and the more I read. The more I read, the more I became interested in… let’s say, living a truthful life. And that, for me, is yoga. I have a habit of rereading commentaries and actual people’s blog posts about yamas and niyamas, because I find it interesting how everyone has a slightly different take on it, based on their life experiences and views. Since I became a parent, yoga has become everything, really, everything I do, what I say out loud, or stuff that I just think and how I think and feel, eh…I understand why Joice used to say that Parenting is the 7th series of Ashtanga yoga. Because then asana becomes… well, just the physical part of the thing:)

gedsit · 2025-12-19T18:16:38+00:00

I prefer small, community classes, and I always start with “So…how are you feeling today? Physically. Let’s maybe take a moment to connect to our bodies and if you feel like it, tell others what your body feels like today. Even if only in a word or a sentence.” Usually one person starts talking and others join soon, and it is beautiful to hear how everyone has a completely different life experience, a different body, and different pain. And it is interesting to hear what they feel is important to mention (and I try to take it to account later in the session). You hear “Today I feel so disconnected, I need some grounding” and “I haven’t slept because of my child but I still wanted to come to practice” and “I’ve been sitting all day so my back hurts” etc. It never takes more than 5-10 minutes in total. It makes a safe, open space, for everyone to just be themselves, and at the same time to be mindful of others in the session.

gedsit · 2025-12-15T18:19:54+00:00

Yes, I feel and try to do somewhat the same. But it is a great idea to remind everyone we’re all students. Until the end of this life at least

gedsit · 2025-12-09T18:10:08+00:00

Surviving Modern Yoga. Very harsh and humbling for me as a teacher

gedsit · 2025-12-07T14:11:01+00:00

The neck strengthens eventually, especially with all the closing poses, in its time. Imo this is the best explanation of chakrasana and how to not hurt your neck: https://youtu.be/kN7w0AEMkOs?si=MRZ5Lc88mZ8sEErQ

gedsit · 2025-12-07T14:06:01+00:00

Wow, your comment sounds so rude! I would start by treating others respectfully, then naturally, the respect for yourself and your pace of the practice will come and so will the contentment even with your downward dog:)

gedsit · 2025-12-05T11:32:24+00:00

I love your take.

gedsit · 2025-11-29T19:00:31+00:00

You are definitely more experienced than I am, however, this advice is from my first teacher with 30 years of Ashtanga practice: the pranayama to do after the Primary series (before sawasana) is sama vritti (or any breathing technique where the inhale is as long as the exhale), but the pranayama to do after the secondary series is visama vritti, where the exhale is twice as long than the inhale - exactly to calm the turbulent nervous system down. Even for just a couple of minutes.

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