by: Devi Asmarani 

So you are a confirmed “yogaholic”: you spend three to four times a week attending different classes and you are a regular face in various weekend workshops. But as your knowledge grows and your practice improves, you begin to realize not all the information you have gathered complement each other. In fact, some of what you learn seems to counter what others have told you previously.

^{by: Devi Asmarani}

Have you ever found yourself struggling in a yoga pose? Perhaps while back-bending in Urdhva Dhanurasana (wheel) or balancing on one hand and foot in Vasisthasana (side plank)? Could you hear your breathing becoming more labored and your whole body shakes from all the muscular efforts summoned to access the pose and stay in it? Well I hate to break you the news, but that was not yoga you were doing. If anything, it is closer to weightlifting than yoga.