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The secret to success in yoga

15/1/2026

Yoga blog and why being good at yoga isn't the point

Why being good isn't the point

Someone mentioned to me this week that they used to be better at yoga than they are now.

Do you ever think that you aren't very good at yoga?

Notice self-judgement
Perhaps we have judged our performance in a pose, or noticed that we weren't doing a pose for as long as someone next to us or that we should be better than we are. That we didn't sweat much or that we didn't try hard enough.

The real measure
These aren't the measures of being good at yoga.

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Try yoga to quieten the noise

8/1/2026

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Bristol YogaSpace blog with Clara Lemon - yoga helps quieten the noise

Yesterday as I was cycling to the studio, a motorist wound down his window and said my bike light wasn't working. I was confused. My light was sitting on the front of my bike blinking brightly, my back light was doing the same. I carried on none the wiser, heckled for not being lit up enough amongst the array of lights on Gloucester Road. I can only think that with the other 10,000 lights on the street he didn't see them. They got lost in the noise.

The sensory stimulation is at its highest at this time of year (Christmas). Filled with optimism and hoping for joy, we are bombarded with jingly music and bright blinking lights.

It is wonderful, and overwhelming.

Try this mini-pause
Taking regular breaks from it all is never more important than now.

It is a wonderful time to take 5 minutes, dim the lights, light a candle and withdraw from the noise.

Set up
Turn off your phone, tell folks in your house your busy for 5 minutes, close the door to you bedroom

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