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[alexseanchai]

I am...back to square one with yoga. Again. New Year's resolution: fix this. I'm looking for an achievable-soonish goal, an achievable-mediumish goal, and an achievable-longish goal. Thoughts?

Thanks!

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[dragonfly]

Oh, me too. I don't know what to suggest for you; everyone starts at different places and has different goals.

For myself, if I can just do a daily practice, for, say, a month, I'll feel I met a serious goal.

YMMV, IANA yoga teacher, etc.

[rydra_wong]

Seconding daily practice as a great achievable-soonish goal.

My experience has been that even if it's very brief and gentle some days, practicing every day (or almost every day -- sometimes life interferes, and that's fine) causes a sort of sea change in your yoga -- things start happening that never happened in years of on-off, sometimes intense but intermittent practice.

For a long-term goal, you could pick a "big", impressive pose that you'd really really love to do someday but that seems impossibly daunting right now. Obviously it depends what appeals to you and what's challenging for you, but it could be something like handstand or full lotus, where there's a long progression of steps you can use to work gradually towards the full pose. Even if you never get there completely, it can be a very interesting journey.

[wrenlet]

I fell out a couple months ago, as well. Ugh. What I need to do is start a home-practice habit so all the, "The traffic is bad, the weather is bad, I don't have time for a full class" excuses no longer operate.

Also I'm moving soon, so I need to head off the "I haven't found a studio yet" excuse at the pass.

[julad]

Thanks for asking this question. I've been sitting on square 1.01 for quite a while (one weekly class that I regularly attend, but nothing else) and not moving beyond that, so the answers you've got are useful for me too. :)

[kimboo_york]

Gah, you too? I love starting my morning with yoga until the alarm goes off and my bed is all warm and cozy and I don't HAVE to be anywhere until 8 and...yeah. *sigh*

I think for me a real key is to not over commit, which is what I usually do with grandiose expectations that I simply cannot keep to. My plan this year to just get in 30 minutes every morning, which I guess would be my achievable-soonish goal, and also a great triumph. LOL.

Are you looking a goals oriented towards achieving certain poses, or doing a certain set, or hitting a length of time?