Downward Dogs and Triangle Chokes

I spent over a week in Christina Lake,BC with my family and extended family members.

It was  loads of fun... lots of skiing, surfing, tubing, biking and hiking.

I spent time with my sister who is big into yoga, she has told me before the benefits

of yoga and how it will prevent injury in the other activities (martial arts) I take part in.

It really hit home this week, how yoga really compliments grappling. This week we compared yoga moves and poses with grappling drills and its quite easy to see the relationship.

I thought that was pretty cool and it just encourages me more to keep up with the yoga stuff. Patience is probably what I need the most however, I have trouble staying in a pose for more than 10 seconds. 

Yoga is an old practice and although quite trendy right now(everybody seems to be doing it) I see there is more to it then simply holding an awkward position. My sister has aspirations of instructing yoga and she embraces all aspects of the art. 

I will try and listen to her more, especially if it improves my triangle choke!