Rule #1 of Yoga Reset is called ‘Peaks and Valleys’.

Here’s one of the biggest obstacles with relieving stress: stress appears in many different forms, and each form requires a slightly different approach to deal with it.

Let me explain what I mean.

Sometimes your stress manifests as dread or overwhelm, perhaps due to unaccomplished to-do’s stalking your mind like a predator, convincing you that it’s not safe to relax.

Or occasionally your stress appears as exhaustion or boredom, the demands of the day having burned up all your fuel reserves and leaving you too exhausted to invest energy into what matters.

But that’s not all…stress can have you feeling frustrated, grief-stricken, obsessive, insecure, selfish, or even existential and questioning the point of it all.

In any of those head-spaces, the easy decision is to do “nothing,” “replenishing” your tank by scrolling mindlessly through media, eating junk food, desperate for a dopamine hit or two.

Also not ideal.

So this is where Yoga Reset begins each class, then: with an understanding that your present situation has you feeling stressed-out.

How the stress shows itself changes, of course — sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down — so the first five minutes of class your only mission is to honestly examine where on the energy spectrum you currently lie…

Are you on a peak or in a valley? Do you have too much or too little?

Once that’s done and you know your starting place, you’ll make the courageous decision to come back to your center via one of two ways: you can either follow the ‘Stream’ or follow the ‘River’.

Head to the next rule to find out what exactly that means.
– Ethan ॐ

P.S. It’s not enough to intellectualize this material, so if you’re confused and want direct guidance please check out the ‘Peaks and Valleys’ practice video below. There we’ll meditate together for a few minutes to gather data on how you currently feel.