The desire to push further into what we think a pose should look like overtakes most yogis at some point --and often leads to injury.

"When your ego gets invested in how your body should look or feel, you lose access to the intelligent, intuitive information your body is trying to give you", says Annie Carpenter, creator of SmartFLOW, a vinyasa-style yoga practice grounded in both modern anatomy and classical yoga philosophy.

Think of every movement on a continuum of motion that has an extreme expression at one end and a means for backing out of that effort at the other end. Yoga Journal

Our on-line class format can really help you with this. Because we are all practicing together, yet we are in our own homes, it can give you some freedom around trying to "get it right" and allow you the peaceful opportunity to just 'practice' and really enjoy your time on the mat.

Namaste!