For a long time in my yoga asana practice and in my classes, I undervalued the role that strength plays.

And I think the biggest reason for this is I always perceive strength to be a function of physique and performance.

And while physique and performance are fine, if those are things that people want to cultivate,

for me, those weren't the attributes that I was looking to

build on the yoga mat or share with my students. But now, I have a much more comprehensive

understanding of strength and the way in which it facilitates stabilization, longevity,

and protects our structure. In fact, the shift in perspective has led me to get

multiple strength and conditioning certifications, and I'm beginning to incorporate resistance

training components in all of the modules of my 300-hour advanced teacher training program,

not as a mandatory component, but as a bonus,

as a supplement, because I understand that there are so many teachers and so many students nowadays

that want to have a greater and more comprehensive education, not just in yoga asana practice,

but in associated ways of being mechanically sound and well.

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The first reason that strength is so important is that strength absorbs and distributes

load or it absorbs and distributes stress.

You can think about it like this.

Strength has a dampening effect.

Think about sitting on a really firm mattress with good box

springs or think about being in a car with good shock absorbers in that situation the pressure or the

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