{"id":15362,"date":"2025-06-26T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/?p=15362"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:39:19","slug":"15362-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/15362-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d1c50a59da27bacc4540207ec6d2b7c\" style=\"color:#bd0000\">Q: I find myself ruminating a lot, replaying the same thoughts over and over. Is there a yoga practice that can help with overthinking? My family think it\u2019s because I am just hyperactive.<strong><br>Z. Ming (Shanghai, China)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A: Overthinking is linked to a restless Vritti (mental fluctuation), which yoga aims to calm. Balancing poses like Vrukshasana (Tree Pose) or Garudasana (Eagle Pose) require focus, forcing you to stay present and break thought loops. For grounding, try Mulla Bandha (root lock): Sit with a tall spine and gently engage the muscles at the pelvic floor as you inhale, releasing on the exhale. Pair this with journaling after practice to help release repetitive thoughts onto paper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/july-2025_167.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15345\" style=\"width:584px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/july-2025_167.jpg 661w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/july-2025_167-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I find myself ruminating a lot, replaying the same thoughts over and over. Is there a yoga practice that can help with overthinking? My family think it\u2019s because I am just hyperactive.Z. Ming (Shanghai, China) A: Overthinking is linked to a restless Vritti (mental fluctuation), which yoga aims to calm. Balancing poses like Vrukshasana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,345],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yogi-maharaj","category-july-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15373,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15362\/revisions\/15373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}