| - | Yoga Tips That May Encourage Weight Maintenance or LossParticularly helpful for those who wish to maintain or lose weight By Denise Benitez | | - Practice in a room without mirrors, and pay more attention to your internal experience than to your outer performance.
- Learn to feel sensations more and more subtly, so that you become deeply involved in and curious about small movements, sometimes called micro-movements.
- In your poses, find an edge for yourself where you are challenged but not overwhelmed. At this edge, practice maintaining a clear, open and accepting mental state.
- Give yourself permission to rest when you feel overworked.
- Pay close attention to what you are saying to yourself as you practice, and make an intentional effort to appreciate your own efforts and innate goodness.
| - Go to class faithfully, arrive early, and talk to a few people in your
 class before class begins. - Buy your own yoga mat and yoga wear and bring it to class.
- Realize that the development of qualities like patience, discipline, wisdom, right effort, kindness, gratitude and many others will arise from your yoga practice. These qualities create a steady and soft mind.
- Find a teacher who offers a balance of gentleness and firmness and whose teaching inspires you to practice from your highest self. (Related: Yoga lifetyle)
- Recognize that simply attending class is a major statement of courage, self-care, and positive momentum. Realize that you are inspiring others as you become more true to your deepest desires.
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