Experienced Yoga professionals usually feel discouraged each time a obviously gifted dancer, gymnast, or martial artist, performs an advanced asana with little effort. As I have discussed earlier, you'll find individuals with pointed joint capsules and their extraordinary range of motion is just a gift. You and I may need to work at it, however the many benefits of Yoga practice are still there. Yoga contains many features, and Asanas, are merely one of the many parts of Yoga. Many students who have extra-ordinary mobility acknowledge they struggle with another element of Yoga - such as: The student who only can not calm down to meditate, balancing in Yogic Philosophy, Pranayama, asanas, and the like. Unfortuitously, I have seen many promising Yoga practitioners stop practicing Yoga, because of competitive mind-set. Within their own minds - they were in competition with every student in the school and, probably, their Yoga teacher also. Remember that Yoga suggests 'union.' Basically, we can say union of body, head, and spirit. There are many more explanations about union, but that would be a separate article. There's also many branches of Yoga and, thus, many types of union, but competition is not even close to union. Competition enhances the ego, and the ego is really a section of your personality. The ego resists nation for the own survival. To learn additional info, people might hate to check out: Free credit report online. Identify further on an affiliated article directory - Click here: http://www.griffithzone.com/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/7458966/Default.aspx. The ego is our social mask and doesn't want to share anything. Remember, the very next time you start to feel jealous of yet another student or teacher - that's maybe not marriage. If such a thing, it will carry you right back from union and additional valuable contributions that Yoga can make to your daily life. If you think anything at all, you will maybe choose to compare about tell us what you think. Feel free to go to our 'brand new' community which will be open to the general public in July 2005. You can find it at: http://yoga-teacher-training.org/forum You will find a number of Yoga and related subjects to learn about. For another standpoint, people may check out: http://www.mellisakwok.com/showthread.php?tid=55116. The moderators are Yoga teachers from different locations worldwide. Please feel free to participate and visit..