I banged up my knee fairly recently, and I missed a few yoga classes. I just this week got cleared to start classes again. I met with my instructor beforehand so we could run through my actual range of motion and I could quickly learn some easy modifications for the poses that would cause discomfort and possibly make the injury worse. That all seems super normal, right? Until the end of the meeting, when my super wonderful, absolutely graceful and perfectly kind instructor said this "Remember, embracing pain is essential to happy living."
Right. I'll happily embrace the "pain" of a flat tire or bread dough that won't rise. But a screaming knee while trying to do my best unmodified Chair pose? No way, lady. Not even a little bit.
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