A friend recently expressed to me that she felt like throttling her teenage son when he came home late one night heavily "under the influence". When I nodded sympathetically, she asked me if practicing yoga would take away those feelings of anger.
I don't think so. I don't recommend practicing yoga while you are clenching your fists or gritting your teeth.
When we first begin the practice of yoga, it is very important to "centre" ourselves and allow all negative thoughts and energy to flow out of the body in order to prepare for the yoga to come. Only then can we fully relax and breathe into the yoga poses.
I'd like to take my friend along to a yoga class one day so that she can experience the wonderful, calming and yet restorative practice of yoga.
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