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    Trust Yourself: A Personal Yoga Practice Sourcebook
    Trust Yourself: A Personal Yoga Practice Sourcebook
    Trust Yourself: A Personal Yoga Practice Sourcebook
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    Trust Yourself: A Personal Yoga Practice Sourcebook

    By Molly Candy Jones

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    You can be your best teacher!

    Yogis, do you still believe you must always be guided through your practice by a yoga instructor? Do you find that there are many days when you just don't h

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSantosha Press
    Release dateSep 15, 2021
    ISBN9780578916668
    Trust Yourself: A Personal Yoga Practice Sourcebook
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    Molly Candy Jones

    A Los Angeles native, Molly Candy Jones started studying and practicing yoga in college. In addition to graduating with a B.A. in Art History from Wellesley College in 1985, Molly received her J.D. in 1988 from Santa Clara University School of Law. She worked as a public relations executive for over 20 years. Molly has studied and practiced a wide range of yoga styles, including Ashtanga, Iyengar and Anusara yoga. She started practicing yoga on her own at home in 1999, when she was working and parenting two young children. Since then, her personal yoga practice has evolved into an important and established part of her daily life. She started teaching yoga in 2006 and is a Yoga Alliance registered instructor at the E-RYT500 level. Molly lives and teaches yoga in Katy, Texas.

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      Trust Yourself - Molly Candy Jones

      Chapter 1

      Let’s Get Started

      If you are settled in to read this book with a nice cup of tea, I hate to tell you this, but you need to get out of your comfy chair, put on your yoga clothes and unroll your mat. First, we practice. You can bring your tea with you, but I’d also like you to bring your favorite yoga props, a pillow, blanket or anything else from your home that will allow you to sit or lie on the floor comfortably for several minutes. We are jumping right in.

      Practice: Feel, Then Do

      This is an exercise in trusting yourself to know what you need from a self-guided yoga practice.

      Sit in a chair or lie on the floor in any way that is comfortable for you and close your eyes. If you find that closing your eyes doesn’t feel right, feel free to keep your eyes open. Allow your breath to be what it needs to be. There is no need to change or manipulate your breath. Feel into your body.

      Start by feeling your weight sinking into the floor, from the back of your head all the way to your heels if you are lying on the floor; and from the crown of your head down to the bottoms of your feet if you are seated. Can you let your next exhalation make you feel even heavier? Now let your awareness settle on the parts of your body wherever you are connected to the earth. If it’s just your feet, focus on your feet. If it’s the entire back of your body, spread your awareness to encompass the whole of your back body for a moment.

      Where are you more deeply settled and grounded? Where are you sensing a slight lift? Can you allow your next exhalation to connect the more lifted areas of your body into the earth just a bit more? Take a couple of breaths here, simply feeling your connection to the earth.

      Begin to scan your body. Start where you are touching the earth and move your awareness up your body. Identify areas that feel a little tight, or a little uncomfortable, or areas where you notice still a slight lifting away from the earth. Maybe a place in the body feels a little cold, while other places in the body feel warm. Can you feel your pulse in some areas, but not in others? The movement of your breath in some places, but not in others? Observe and become more deeply aware of what you are feeling. Can you practice feeling without judgment? The body changes constantly. Every day is different. Feel into the present; into the now of this breath, in this body, in this place.

      What shape or movement would feel good to you? Can you connect what you are observing in your body to a shape or movement that will feel just right? Go ahead now and make that shape or begin that movement. How does it feel? After several breaths there, do you want to move on to another shape, another movement? Go ahead. And when you feel like moving back into stillness, into your original position lying on the floor or seated, go back there, close your eyes and allow yourself the time and space to feel the impact, the after-effect, of the shape you created or movement you engaged in.

      Consider this first practice your launching pad. If all you ever do is lie on the floor, feel into your body and then act on that information, you will have developed the ability to practice on your own, safely, intelligently and in a way that is deeply nourishing to your body, your mind and your spirit. You are on your way!

      Why this book?

      I don’t have a hard time admitting that I’m lazy when it comes to exercise. I’ve tried so many different things, including running, swimming, cycling and just about every type of group fitness class out there. I stick with whatever I’m trying for a few weeks, but then inevitably, I’m done. Over it. Except with yoga. Over the past 15 years at least, I have practiced yoga just about every single day. It’s rare for me to skip my practice. At this point in my life, my daily yoga practice is as important to me as brushing my teeth. I feel off if I don’t practice, uncomfortable in my skin. The reason I’ve been able to practice yoga every day is because most of the time I guide myself through practice. I don’t need to rely on others—in person or online—to guide me. And because I know how to do this, my practice is whatever I need it to be on any given day. It’s enjoyable and completely flexible, allowing it to fit into my life easily.

      This book is the result of countless moments alone on my mat at home asking myself, What do I do next? The practice activities you will engage in as you work your way through this book evolved out of my own work on my mat and from workshops I’ve held on this subject during my years as a yoga instructor in Texas. They are designed to get you quickly to a critical aha moment, that transformative place where you know for sure that you can be your own best teacher. You trust yourself.

      So many of my yogi friends, even experienced yogis and those who are yoga teachers, struggle with practicing on their own on a daily basis. They feel a bit lost and unable to consistently figure out what to do once they are on their mats. I suspect that deep down, they believe the guidance of a teacher, a guru or anyone else who will tell them what to do is necessary for a real practice. This suspicion is based on how I used to feel. Does this sound a little like you? If this

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