The pose was correct. The breath landed. Something was still absent from the practice.

Even a silent, internal audience changes everything.

What does practice feel like when no one is watching?

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https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/why-i-stopped-trying-to-be-a-good-yogi-0802a37b88a9

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I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.

The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.

When does a value become a performance of that value?

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Yoga culture has rules nobody ever wrote down. I followed them for years before realizing I hadn't chosen them.

They feel like values. They accumulate like obligations.

Which unwritten rules have you quietly agreed to follow?

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