appreciate yourself for choosing to practice!

A good instructor - in-person or virtual - is key to a fruitful yoga practice. And in my experience, I've only had good instructors - so the calling to become a yoga instructor seems to be legitimately responded to and intuitive. The very fact that these instructors universally possess a great sense of calmness, of gentleness, is enough to validate the benefits of yoga over and over again. My favorite part to every yoga practice is when the instructor closes the practice by usually saying something along these lines: "bow to yourself to thank yourself for choosing to practice today" or "take this moment to appreciate yourself for the changes you are creating in your body and in your life." These lines always make me smile, and they always make me feel closer to myself and to everyone and everything around me. And it's so true! Any amount of time that you dedicate to a yoga practice = you dedicating time to yourself, to nurture your whole being, and that, my friends, is more and more manifesting as the key to a healthy, harmonious, balanced existence full of love. :)