I’m too inflexible for yoga! – Yoga with Kelly

I’m too inflexible for yoga! – Yoga with Kelly

Gentle Beginners Yoga Class #withme #athome #letsyoga

If you've never tried yoga before, but always wanted to give it a try, or are quite new to yoga, or just prefer gentle yoga classes - then this class might be for you!

This is a full length yoga class, with a few different modifications and alternative options. We do use a few props - which you can use as well, if you like - a couple of old books, towels or cushion, and maybe a chair would be fine.

There are a few standing poses and a balancing pose - just to challenge us a little bit, but feel free to use a chair, or just leave out that section if you like. At the end of the day this is YOUR yoga practice. It's about YOU. And it's about what makes YOU FEEL GOOD.

I know it's easy to compare ourselves to others, but in reality we are all different, we look different, our bodies are built differently, we've been on different journeys throughout our life - the shapes we make in yoga will look different to the people around us. But as long as it feels good for us, we are doing the pose safely and we don't feel any pain of discomfort, it doesn't matter. If anything, different is great - let's embrace it!

I was inspired to create this class after a number of people had told me they were to inflexible for yoga. I know social media might have us believe that yoga is for super flexible, super fit, super strong people only - but that's not true. In fact most yoga teachers can't do all the yoga poses and are also suffering with various injuries or tightness in certain areas from various activities (for me it's tightness from running and probably working at a desk job for most of my day) - it's just social media doesn't show this.

The truth is yoga is good for lengthening the muscles, which can help improve range of motion, which can make you more flexible. So if you're inflexible then actually yoga might be good for you. But, it's all about finding the right class and the right teacher - and that might be trying a few before you find the right one.

I wrote an article to accompany this class on my website - you can check it out here, if you like: https://www.kellysheldrick.com/2020/05/06/im-too-inflexible-for-yoga/

Of course, one class will not fit everyone, so if you didn't enjoy this class, don't let that put you off. You can always drop me an email and we could discuss maybe some different options, and try something else :)

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Thank you for visiting and practicing with me today.

Namaste.
Xx