For years, I thought I knew what a good yoga practice looked like. Mine took me about 1-1.5 hours long. Ideally, I practised six days a week. I followed the Ashtanga sequence, worked my way through the postures, and measured my practice by how much of the series I had completed. Longer practice? Good. Did more poses that day? Good. More days a week? Even better. I wasn't necessarily asking myself whether my body was actually getting stronger or moving better. I was asking mys

For more than ten years, yoga was my life. I practiced Ashtanga yoga six days a week. Each session lasted around an hour and a half. I worked my way through the series, chasing the next pose, believing that if I simply showed up consistently enough, my body would eventually figure it all out. On paper, I looked "fit." Mysore-style Ashtanga practice was a staple for my life But my body told a very different story. I couldn't climb a flight of stairs without feeling completely