Yoga arms are what I call them, they are the things that separate your body from your mind, and they are what makes yoga a yoga. But if you are like me, you may not be able to see past the yoga arms to the rest of the body. In fact, sometimes I find their definition is a bit too small.
I’ve always been a big fan of the idea of yoga arms because it gives you a physical place to feel good, but it can also help you get into the mind space that is so often missing from yoga.
So I’m definitely not saying that yoga arms are the cure for all your woes, but they can be the first point of entry. I think that, as with any other skill, if you spend enough time in a specific space, you can develop a physical sense of what it feels like to be that skill. The thing is, the more you do it, the more you can grow towards it.
Like any other skill, if you’re doing it all the time, you can get pretty good at it. But the point is more about being able to develop a sense of the physical space in which it is happening. Yoga arms are a tool for working on that.
Yoga arms are a tool for working on that. The reason I bring this up is because I’ve seen a lot of people who get good at yoga arms feel so good that they just do it in the gym. The other thing is that yoga arms are a tool for making a new space. Like any skill, if you grow as a person you can build yourself into a better person.
Again, this is a way of building a new space that feels more like the real thing. Yoga arms are the same. You can build a space that is just as good as the one you were trying to build before, but it doesn’t feel like the same thing to you. You still have the same muscles and it still feels like a workout, but its not the same thing.
The yoga arms analogy is a great way to explain the difference between a yoga class and a gym, where you do one thing but get to do another. So in a sense, you are building a new gym, but in a yoga class you are building a new space. This is true whether it be a gym or a yoga class.
It is also true that the same muscles that get used in a yoga class can be used in a gym as well. Just like yoga people want to stretch their hamstrings and flex their glutes. What is important is how much you put into it. If you just sit there and do nothing you will burn out quickly.
The same goes for building a new class: If you focus on one thing, you can get distracted and end up building a gym. If you build a gym, you can build a yoga class. Build both together to create a new space.
The good news is that there are some workouts that you can do while on your yoga mat that you can do while doing something else. You can do a full-body stretch or do a handstand and then do a shoulder press or a leg press. You can also do a mini-vinyasa class while sitting at your desk. These are two different activities but the end result is the same.
