Given that I have studied yoga therapy and work with clients in a therapeutic manner, I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I used to reject yoga posture modifications in all forms. My ego was convinced that I didn’t need to modify any pose. After all, why modify when you can force your body into a posture (I guess the ego boost you get from getting into a posture soothes some of the pain you get from injuring your body to get into it)? Perhaps it’s wisdom that comes with age — or with lots of yoga practice — or it’s studying yoga philosophy and learning about ahimsa and how it applies to your yoga practice as well as daily life or perhaps it’s simply the understanding that yoga, like life, should feel GOOD. Of course this means shutting down the “if it feels too good that means it’s not beneficial because you have to suffer to get to the good stuff” voice. You also have to let go of the attachment to achieving all sorts of fancy yoga postures to prove that you’re a serious student (and/or teacher) of yoga. Yep, it’s heady stuff. Some sort of perfect storm of all of these things occurred for me somewhere along the way and I realized that modification is good. This realization led to years of training in the world of therapeutic yoga
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