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Happiness is one of the great mysteries of life. Although we continually wonder what will make us happy and try to work for more of it, we often get frustrated and discouraged

Once you get your students into the “stick figure” version of the pose (I call it the “general form”), it’s time to think about the important intrinsic muscular actions that will help bring the pose to life. For example, in warrior 2 (virabhadrasana 2), the front knee usually falls inwardly. For example, warrior two (virabhadrasana 2) is all about the external rotation of the front thigh, high crescent lunge is about opening your hip flexors, and crow pose (bakasana) is about the connection of your inner thighs and lift of your core. If you are teaching warrior 2 (virabhadrasana 2), then you may wish to focus on the stabilizing actions of the shoulder girdle (ie: drawing the ribs in as you anchor your shoulder blades onto your back).

Like the energy in your body, your marketing is most effective when it has several clear, open channels for energy, or information, to flow through consistently. Business owners may feel discouraged about their sales, but if they only have two or three marketing channels open and those channels have “bad energy flow,” then they must evaluate what’s obstructing the flow of those channels, and decide if it’s worth opening new ones. In this instance, the marketing channel of a workshop demonstrates fast energy flow for your business because it easily allows the solution that you offer to flow to the problem that the customers have, through the nadi, or channel, of the workshop. In this instance, the marketing channel of a Facebook post demonstrates slow energy flow for your business, likely because the millions of other posts and ads about meditation on Facebook are like a traffic jam slowing down the ability for your solution (a meditation course) to reach its destination (a stressed person looking for ways to relieve anxiety.)

Framing our yoga practice to take account of our aches, tensions, medical conditions or injuries means that we are more likely to practice safely. Committing to a regular practice may mean adapting a routine so that yoga can be part of everyday life. So, think about when the best time is for you to practice yoga, and slowly incorporate that practice into your daily routine. Investing in a yoga mat can also be a great way of deepening your commitment to your practice, as it means that you can practice yoga anytime at home.