What I Learned From Doing Yoga Every Day for 5 Years

Note: This is the first entry of a new habit that will hopefully be as enduring as my yoga habit — writing for at least 15 minutes each day. This was inspired by an awesome, alcohol induced twitter thread by Sahil Bloom.

So, let’s get started with what I learned by doing yoga for almost 2,000 consecutive days

I learned to be patient.

There were sooo many days where I just wanted to get started with work, answer some emails, finish some tasks, etc. My practice made me slow down and tell myself every day — “those things can wait, they aren’t as urgent as caring for my mind, body, and soul”.

I learned to love my body from the inside

Folding into myself, exploring the pain of a stretch, finding my range of motion, reaching new levels of strength. Exploring my limits, finding what felt good, and breathing through what didn’t helped me fall deeply in love with my body and how it felt, not how it looked.

I learned to love my overactive mind

My mind is fucking nuts. It’s always popping off thoughts, usually about 2–3 different subjects at the same time with a song playing in the background. At first, I’d try to shut my mind off during my…