Do i find it so difficult to PRACTICE yoga?
The intent is always there - always - but my discipline and committment to sticking with this amazing practice diminishes almost before it’s begun and I’m beginning to think maybe it’s just not for me…
When I do practice i feel amazing, my energy flows, i feel cleansed, happy, free and strong. So why don’t i make this part of my daily life, like i do brushing my teeth…
I’m so frustrated!!
HELP!!
Maybe you could try goal setting?
Maybe it’s not right for you yet?
Maybe you could get a little group together?
Maybe you could take a class?
Maybe you could change it up?
Maybe you could do it naked?
[QUOTE=yogagirl2468;32920]Do i find it so difficult to PRACTICE yoga?
The intent is always there - always - but my discipline and committment to sticking with this amazing practice diminishes almost before it’s begun and I’m beginning to think maybe it’s just not for me…
When I do practice i feel amazing, my energy flows, i feel cleansed, happy, free and strong. So why don’t i make this part of my daily life, like i do brushing my teeth…
I’m so frustrated!!
HELP!![/QUOTE]
Yoga girl I have dealt with this myself, you can let the thoughts say no no no and still do it. I did not want to do it today, but I also did want to do it today. I just decided to do it and did. we could spend a long time trying to figure out why we do and dont want to do it, or just do it, right through the resistence and maybe soon enough it will be like brushing teeth with a minty fresh breath and open idas, pingulas, and sushamis to show for it. 
Simple. You have not turned it into a habit yet. Keep doing it consistently and regularly for a month or so and it will become a more natural habit.
Discipline needs repetitiveness. At first, it is a little bit difficult and you’ll find yourself skipping sessions, etc. Make an effort and force yourself to do at least 5-10 minutes a day. By the end of next month you won’t be able to keep your day going without it I promise…
In order to answer a question about the depth of you I would actually need you to share something of yourself in the original post beyond the question itself and the resulting frustration.
So if you’d care to tell us about you, your living, your age, your background, your work, your diet, your addictions…then we might provide a more resonant answer to your question.
gordon
Thanks for your responses, I really appreciate them 
Sounds like resistance to practice is in us all. I’ll take your advice and practice for at least 10 minutes to start and take it from there.
I’ve been to classes, tried alot of them but i never stick with them 
I’m ashamed to say that, because yoga really works for me and i need yoga in my life but for some reason I punish myself by not DOING it.
InnerAthlete - I’m a registered nurse so i have backache quite alot. My diet could be better. I still eat white meat, sugar and drink wine a few times a week. I eat alot of fruit and veg and drink herbal tea. I can be very good for a few weeks and feel amazing then i start to crave the sugar again and the good work is gone :rolleyes: So I guess you could say I’m the champion procrastinator :oops:
I use to flit from class to class its taken me ages to find the right teacher, I’ve been struggling with motivation for years. I got into a routine of doing morning practice and then my boyfriend moved in and I found him being there an obstacle.
Build your practice up, start with doing it once a week, & vary your practice. The best advice I would give you is to allow relapse. – don’t beat yourself up if you miss one day, forgive yourself and let the next day be a new start.
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I’ve been to classes, tried alot of them but i never stick with them I’m ashamed to say that, because yoga really works for me and i need yoga in my life but for some reason I punish myself by not DOING it.[/QUOTE]
No need to be ashamed, just go back to the practice
[QUOTE=Surya Deva;32923]Simple. You have not turned it into a habit yet…[/QUOTE]
100% spot on!.. Do one pose a day. If you do one pose a day, you are practicing. Soon it will turn into two poses a day! Imagine that!!
I have the same problem every now and then. It sort of comes and goes. In my case, I believe its the ego fighting cause it does not like the mental changes my yoga practise brings. I just focus on pushing those thoughts away, its hard, but It works.
[quote=yogagirl2468;32920]Do i find it so difficult to PRACTICE yoga?
The intent is always there - always - but my discipline and committment to sticking with this amazing practice diminishes almost before it’s begun and I’m beginning to think maybe it’s just not for me…
When I do practice i feel amazing, my energy flows, i feel cleansed, happy, free and strong. So why don’t i make this part of my daily life, like i do brushing my teeth…
I’m so frustrated!!
HELP!![/quote]
Well, just do it one class at a time. If I rember right the wisdom shared by InnerAthlete, you need to perform something 24 times, before it becomes a habit. So, the diffculty you face will go away in time, if you keep yourself on a tight leash in the beginning.
On the othe hand it is not this simple. Even the apparently easy task to stick to a 2-3 class a week require a lot of planning, and it will require identification of events what might put you in position to miss a class. Like catching a cold. Or the bus not coming in time.
And some other events my surface in people’s life what might test the resolve of even a long time veteran practitioner. It’s just the way it is. Just carry on. Even if we sometimes fail (or a lot of times, if I think of myself) no moral energy is ever lost in the Universe. Of this, I am certain.