Source Critique The Most Important Part Of A Yoga Pose

Source Critique: The Most Important Part of a Yoga Pose At the age of fourteen I started to practice yoga, and because of what it has been able to do for me I continue to practice almost daily. It all began as I wanted a way to relieve everyday stresses with a form of exercise that I could do at home on my own schedule. I started my journey by purchasing a yoga mat and VHS showing the basic poses and technique to practice at home, while the mat is used to keep sure footing during practice. Although, I have to admit initially following along with the pleasant woman on the TV screen, I felt the poses she asked of the viewer were just like regular stretching. The positions seemed almost too simple to being doing any major changes.†¦show more content†¦Subsequently, with continued practice for about two years, there came a time that I was able to obtain that calmness whenever and where ever I needed it. Which brings me to present day when life’s stresses only seem to grow in stature as we â€Å"grow up† and we take on more and more in life, it begins to weigh us down. With this in mind, my own curiosity about how yoga was able to let me free myself from our over stressed world. Coupled with the staying power it has had in my life over an extended period of time has lead me to further my research on the subject of yoga. More specifically though I wanted to see how yoga can relieve stress and therefore assist in overall health and wellbeing. During many interesting readings that I have encountered in my research, I read a particular article that I chose for my source critique, The Most Important Part of a Yoga Pose, written by Jill Miller. I chose this article because Jill answers some of the original questions I had when I started yoga years ago. In this article, Jill presents information to help answer the question that often comes up during the practice of yoga. That question is, what’s the most important part of this yoga pose? Her main thesis is that there are several detailed ways prior to and during the practice of yoga to get the full effect out of each pose, during each and every session. She focuses on how we need to saturate our minds with relaxation prior to posing. Stating