If you've Googled "self care not working" or "self care still stressed" or anything along those lines, you're not alone. Many people experience the frustration, confusion, and shame of a self care practice that doesn't work. And there's not just 1 reason for that... there's many. This post identifies setbacks to sustainable self care and explore what shifts you can make around conditioning, discernment, and personal context to affect what actually helps.

Not all consistency is created equal. You can practice yoga regularly and still see minimal changes towards your goal. Here's what you need instead.

Is a yoga pose advanced because of a challenging physical aspect or because of the quality of the mind of the practitioner? Why can't it be both? The shapes and challenge are a means to an end. Why not make them accessible with modifications/variations? Here's how.