Change Your Yoga Story: Fall Mysore Yoga Challenge Starts October 10th

Let me guess.

You want the benefits that a consistent yoga practice delivers. The calm mind, the strong body, the lack of aches and pains…

You want all that for yourself.

But when you attend a yoga class or two per week, you’re missing out on much of yoga’s benefits. Sure, after a class you feel better but you’re not seeing the big changes that you’d like in the rest of your life.

By practicing yoga more frequently you can expect

• A calmer, less frazzled mind
• A leaner, stronger and happier body
• Better sleep
• Lower blood pressure
• Less stress

Are you ready to transform your relationship to your yoga practice and to boost your health?

It’s time to change your yoga story. And here’s how you do it.

Fall In Love With the Process

Why do you practice yoga?

Is it to get a fitter body, do reduce stress, or to build strong “yoga arms”?

To get the big prize, you have to fall in love with the process. And this might seem boring. But to get better at anything, and to achieve your goal, you have to fall in love with the process that gets you there.

• To write a bestselling book, you have to love the mundane process of a writing habit
• To run a marathon you have to fall in love with your average daily run
• To lose twenty pounds, you have to embrace a new way of eating

To meet your yoga goals, you have to practice yoga even when you’re bored or don’t feel like it.

I’ve been there many times. Right now I force myself to practice yoga when I’m tired and don’t feel like the extra work due to the 25 extra pounds of baby weight.

But I know that when I practice yoga, I avoid the crappy pregnancy aches and pains — sore lower back, hip pain, acid reflux, and shortness of breath. So at 34 weeks and progressing, I huff and puff and move my big belly around the yoga mat. And it’s worth it. But I’ll tell you — most of the time I don’t feel like doing yoga when I start. I’d rather nap.

So this October we’re offering you a way to get past your excuses and to finally change your yoga story.

Meet the MYSORE YOGA CHALLENGE

A Mysore Yoga Challenge mimics what it’s like to be in Mysore, India where you practice yoga 5-6 days per week. Step up your yoga game, you can let go of excuses and mind games.

Making a commitment to practice yoga almost every day, you’ll be amazed at how incredible you feel.

You’ll make a plan and a commitment that you can keep.

You’ll have the support of the Balance teachers and community.

How it works:

• You enroll with the $25 registration and fill out this form.
• If you don’t have a yoga class card or membership, you can enroll in the month for a discounted rate of $98.
• You’re required to come to yoga 20 times in 28 days, 5-6 days per week.
• You incorporate pranayama (we’ll help you) into your yoga practice
• You’ll get a Challenge Plan
  • Pranayama practices
  • Ashtanga Primary Series “cheat sheet”
  • Yoga Philosophy Introduction – to the Yoga Sutras and 8-Limbs of Yoga
  • Opening & Closing Chants with translations and explanations
• You get a free Balance Yoga Water Bottle

If you complete the challenge by attending 20 classes by November 6th, you get the prizes:

• Biggest prize is how great you feel after consistent yoga practice.
• Free spot in our next Intro to Ashtanga Second Series Workshop (choose November 18th, December 9th or 23rd)
• $20 credit towards your next month of yoga
• $20 yoga credit for a friend

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The idea of falling in love with boredom was inspired by this post from James Clear.