Should yoga be practiced in a competitive environment? In my opinion, I don’t think it should. Yoga is not a practice one can engage in without a course. It is a journey, which is infinite. Just as we eat food to survive, we also need good physical exercise to stay strong. The only difference between food and yoga is that the effort of not eating or meeting the body’s nutritional requirements occurs in the short term, while the effect of not exercising occurs in the future.
You must do everything in your power to stay in shape. There are different yoga poses that you can try. You can perform them anywhere that suits you. No matter what yoga posture you are doing or where you are, the most important thing is to venture into it in the first place. Regular practice provides enormous benefits to people. That is why yoga instructors would always encourage their students to practice regularly. The benefits are already there, all that is required of you is to get into them by doing your yoga posture right away.
The question now is how can someone enjoy your yoga classes?
1. Make it fun
Make sure you enjoy yourself in the best possible way every time you go out to practice yoga. Make sure the particular yoga pose you’re going out for is something you enjoy doing. If the word “arm balance” makes you groan, then you better change your perspective. The most interesting thing about yoga and life is that they both have an asana that they are so afraid to practice. In some cases, these asanas that we practice are the ones that we need to work on the most. In order for us to fully persuade ourselves to continue practicing these yoga asanas, we have to see it and practice it as something fun. You don’t have to take things too seriously or try too hard. Just play and you will surely see the results. Laugh when you fall or fail in a particular pose and enjoy the practice.
2. Try the buddy system
Most of the time, we find it very difficult to maintain self-motivation. It is very easy to overcome this dilemma, only when we are prepared to do so. One way we can do that is to go ahead and practice the buddy system. When we find ourselves in situations where we hold ourselves accountable to other people, we are more likely to move on. It can be very easy to make the decision not to go to the vinyasa flow class that afternoon, but it could be much more difficult to skip it when you know someone is waiting for you.
Remember that you are not competing with anyone in your entire yoga class when you practice yoga. you’re just there to make yourself look good the best you can.