Yoga in Lancashire & Cumbria - eSSence yOga

1) You're life is too stressful
2) You find it difficult to meditate and quiet your mind.
3) You're stiff and inflexible.
4) You're flexible and loose.
5) Tendency to criticize others.
6) Tendency towards negativity.
7) Tendency towards positivity.
8) You don't like what you see in the mirror.
9) You love what you see in the mirror.
10) You're afraid of dying.
11) You're afraid of others around you of dying.
12) You are experiencing physical pain or discomfort.
13) You're depressed.
14) You're angry and/or resentful and want to blame somebody or something.
15) A doctor has given you a medical diagnosis.
16) You're overly concerned about money.
17) You're confused.
18) You're constipated.
19) You're taking prescription medications.
20) You're taking over-the-counter medications.
21) You're easily distracted.
22) You think yoga is "boring".
23) You eat animal flesh.
24) You don't eat animal flesh.
25) You always have an explanation for everything.
26) You're more drawn towards endurance-type of activities/sports (ie. running, cycling, triathlons, etc).
27) You lift weights.
28) You don't like to exercise.
29) You talk too much.
30) You cheat on your spouse.
31) You hate your job.
32) You love what you do.
33) You surf the net for porn.
34) You're always on Facebook.
35) You can't sleep or at least have difficulty with it.
36) You dream and don't understand the meaning of them.
37) You have children.
38) You don't have children.
39) You're envious.
40) You're breathing.
41) You're old.
42) You're young.
43) You believe in God.
44) You don't believe in God.
45) You're a Christian, Jew, Muslim, or of some other religious order.
46) You think yoga is "gay" or a "sissy-mary-airy-fairy" type of activity.
47) You suffer from premenstrual syndrome.
48) You drink alcohol to relax.
49) You smoke.
50) You have financial debt.
51) You're a big sports fan.
52) You love music and going to live concerts.
53) You love to dance.
54) You think you don't know how to dance but are really overly concerned with what others think of you when you do.
55) You tend to exercise with music playing.
56) Tendency to gossip.
57) If you don't know who you are.
58) You easily get bored.
59) You're too busy.
60) You don't understand yoga.
61) You want to "drop some pounds and look great naked in bed".
62) You think the world is out to get you.
63) You forget that there are stars and planets in the sky.
64) You think you have no choice in your current life situation.
65) You judge others when their opinions differ from yours.
66) You watch television.
67) You like to play video games.
68) You're a Mixed-Martial Arts fighter or train like one.
69) Your want recognition for all your achievements.
70) You have a lot of initials after your name.
71) You love Indian food.
72) You despise Indian food.
73) You're possessed by demonic spirits.
74) You insist on "evidence-based practice" to prove your reality.
75) You have a PhD or at least working towards one.
76) You've had plastic surgery.
77) What others think of you weighs more than what you think of yourself when making decisions and acting out on them.
78) You want to be FREE.
79) You avoid taking responsibility.
80) You always take the easy way out.
81) You take the road most traveled.
82) You follow in the shadows of the great ones without ever leading your own.
83) You would never consider drinking your own urine and make fun of others who do.
84) You drink, or have tried at least, your own urine.
85) You think life is simply black and white with no grey in between.
86) You're always looking for cures and "quick-fixes".
87) You deny even the smallest possibility that the US government was behind the 9/11 incident.
88) You're afraid of terrorists.
89) You address the needs of the mind and the body and unconsciously neglect the needs of the spirit.
90) You're not living your dream.
91) You don't know what your dream is.
92) You're living your dream.
93) You feel stuck in life.
94) You feel hopeless.
95) You have hope.
96) You think you understand Love.
97) You want to know what Love is.
98) Unconditional Love
99) Evolution of Humanity.
100) One of the greatest tricks in life is that one does not need a reason to practice yoga for if they are alive and breathing, the process has been operating all along regardless if one is aware of it or not; Life is simply a matter of removing the veils one at a time so that each individual achieves a state of clarity that reveals the true reality that which is of Love itself.

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