I recently came across the word “exhausterwhelmulated” - a mash-up of exhausted, overwhelmed and overstimulated - and I thought, Yes, that’s how so many people are feeling right now.
I totally get it. That was me once. (But not anymore.)
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I hear it again and again, “I’m not flexible enough to do yoga”, “I’m too old”, “I don’t have an athletic body”, "I’m inexperienced!"
Yoga, in our western culture, has become highly influenced by the impossible ideals of the fashion industry and consumerism.
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I absolutely believe that yoga will help to elevate and foster a child’s self expression, imagination and self confidence skills, as they are in a safe space to explore without judgment or a sense of right or wrong.
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I see it in women of every age, my 16-year-old daughter and her friends, some of my clients and some of my own friends. It’s the ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality; the validation of ourselves from the outside in, and it’s a social and cultural issue that we need to change.
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I see it time and time again , women that have pushed themselves to the brink. Most of these women's lives have come to a screeching halt because they are exhausted, sick and disconnected from themselves and their own needs.
I liken it to an energetic pendulum that swings from one extreme to another, kind of like feast or famine - one month full of energy and productivity and the next month heading towards exhaustion, overwhelm and burn-out. It is usually dramatic and unexpected.
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Olga Dossa of Peaceful Mothering explores the struggle of the modern mother and why yoga is a necessity in our modern lives without the tribe.
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Sarah Ball explores practicing presence through breath, and the power of its rhythms to guide us away from the dramas of our mind.
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