As a small business owner, I'm constantly second-guessing myself. “Is THIS what I should be doing? Am I ALLOWED to do it this way?” While certainly there are laws, morals, benchmarks, and an unending amount of internet advice available--ultimately, choosing what I DO is up to me.

And sometimes, I have to experience it one way and then another to know if it is right for me.

And I do this.

Over.

And Over.

And Over again.

The picture above is from my recent online class offerings. Common poses like forward fold and half-lift can be done in so many different ways. There’s no “right” way. There’s only one way that works for your body, on that day, at that moment.

I sometimes wonder how many Sun Salutations I have done in my over 20 years of practicing yoga. It would have to be somewhere between 1000 and 50,000 (A wide range, yes?). Has any one of them been “perfect?” No. Do they constantly change? Yes, sometimes drastically depending on what’s going on in my life, my body, my practice…and sometimes in such a minuscule manner nobody would ever notice watching from the outside.

The next time you find yourself second-guessing your yoga pose or something in your life, give yourself permission and grace to discover what works for you.

In YOUR body.

On THAT day.

At THAT moment.

And breathe…