02/08/2026
Flashback photo (2015)! But the message is the same - yoga builds resilience, on and off the mat. Attempting to do something hard physically, or maintaining concentration for a period of time, becomes easier with practice, and we realise we CAN do it. And then we become more confident, and more convinced we CAN do other things in our lives.
I wish I could find the reference, but once I read about some research into standing poses like virabhadrasana (warrior) shown here. Observers in a waiting room were asked to rate students coming from a yoga class, and they rated students who'd been practising warrior and other standing poses as more confident that people who'd been practising other poses. Whether or not that is true, I know that my experience is that to hold strong poses like warrior and trikonasana (triangle) is very grounding and affirming.
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