For many of us, the new year is a prime opportunity for self-reflection and personal transformation, where confidence often tops the list of our resolutions. Yoga asana can be an invaluable tool for boosting self-esteem and courage, and kickstarting your journey to a more empowered self.
Indeed, studies have shown that a regular practice is correlated with improvements in measures of psychological resilience and that learning to stay with the here and now — especially when this is uncomfortable — fortifies our ability to be with difficult things we cannot change and cultivates self-esteem and trust in ourselves in every aspect of our life.
Confidence-building yoga poses
According to yoga psychology, focusing on specific actions and areas of our body in our asana practice can foster decisiveness and confidence even further, specifically Muladhara (root chakra or the lower body), Manipura (solar plexus or abdominal wall) and Anahata (heart centre, chest). The first is connected to our sense of stability, secure grounding and trust in the world; the second to our willpower, self-esteem and ability to meet our challenges; the
