By Victoria Jackson
Victoria Jackson lives and practices in Oxford. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as a vinyasa yoga teacher
Do you set an intention for your practice when you step onto your mat? I asked a friend this question recently, as we chatted over lunch. I always love the idea of doing this. In my head it will have a transformative effect on my practice, but in reality I can never stick with it. So I was after some inspiration: what sort of intentions does she set and how does she stay focused so that this supports her practice? What she then described to me sounded so beautiful because it was natural to her and her creative soul. But I couldn’t figure out how to translate any of it into my own more prosaic approach. I was going to have to find my own way - that’s how it always is with yoga, of course.