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Ego,Yoga and to be a little more specific Asana's worst nightmare!!
 
The root to most injuries related to the practice of Asana as we are forever trying to better ourselves without regards to patience and what we are really capable of doing!!
The best way to stop Ego from guiding our practice is to realize that Asana is not about being flexible but is to be able to guide our practice with the element of the breath so the breath helps us find our boundaries and our limits and once we have found them to learn to respect them.
Flexibility doesn't come overnight and is such a secondary benefit to the practice of Asana as what we are really trying to do is to bring our mind into stillness whilist binding the mind and the physical self by using the element of the breath.
Drishty and the bhandas also helps us integrate the inner physical self!
So next time you practice remember these basic concepts and hopefully injuries will be a part of the past

Namaste
Maurice Eberlein