Instead of compare-out with ordinary people, I tend to compare-up with long-time practitioners. Note most long-time practitioners are pretty good at yoga as most people won’t engage in something long term if they remain below average.. I’m a REAL hero because I am a long-time practitioner even though I’m not good at it.
- Most of the experienced practitioners are women. I end up treating them as my … peers but they are much stronger than me in flexibility.
- Most are weaker than me in diet, BMI, shape, strength, endurance
- for guys, I mostly look at yoga instructors.
- for the regular guys, I mostly look at the poses they are good at and basically ignore the many more poses that I’m good at.
— turning point — BGC
At BGC yoga class with about 20 women + couple of guys, I was no longer the weakest student, with the poorest form.
Note The poses were regular poses, including my weaknesses. None of the class is easy.
I think I was visibly weak only at real-yoga
In hindsight, viewed together with the VirginActive yoga instructor conversation (JessLin), this experience might be a turning point and game changer for me.
A turning point in my mentality and perception.