Exploring Ahimsa

Exploring Ahimsa and self compassion…treating yourself as you would your best friend…

Exploring Ahimsa in yoga this week - the first Yoga Yama - non-harming. Focusing especially on how we harm ourself when we don’t offer self compassion to ourself.

I always think it’s impossible to eradicate the inner critic, and the negative thoughts that pop up in our head about our body and ourselves - but what we can do is become aware of them, and for each negative thought, match it with a feeling of gratitude and send ourself some Ahimsic self compassionate love.

Offering ourself self compassion and self forgiveness means we then have the capacity to forgive others - it feels to me like without applying it first and foremost to ourself, how is it possible to send that energy out?

come and join me on the mat if you live in Muswell Hill, I’d love to see you. Mondays 6.30-7.30pm St Andrew’s Centre N10 2DD Mindful Yoga Flow, Wednesdays 7.45-8.30am Restorative Gentle Yoga Satya Studio N10 1RF.