Om Yoga Magazine
Reconnecting to your yoga practice… after a pandemic
Reconnecting to your yoga practice… after a pandemic
Millions worldwide experienced feelings of isolation and disconnection in the wake of the dreaded lockdowns. Here, Simone Scott shares her story of how she rediscovered her love for her yoga practice and teaching, and shares tips on how you can reconnect too
Disconnected
I’d been feeling somewhat disconnected from yoga – both my own practice and my teaching – and perhaps more worryingly, from my own body in general, for some time. In the post-pandemic world this accelerated into overdrive, leaving me feeling stuck in my own head and seemingly unable to get out. I was fighting with myself to find solutions which only served to exacerbate the situation; adding an unhelpful layer of frustration and self-flagellation at my self-perceived inability to manage something that I felt ‘should’ be simple.
Reflecting on this, my lack of self-compassion feels so unkind, though that’s a…
