{"id":15370,"date":"2025-06-26T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/?p=15370"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T11:38:10","slug":"15370-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/15370-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01a294fcc363f1502e4e3b9733bc37d3\" style=\"color:#bd0000\">Q: My recent years have left my self-esteem at a low. Can yoga help with building self-confidence? I sometimes struggle with self-doubt. I have been doing yoga now for a few weeks to help me but I still worry.<strong><br>P. Smith (London)<\/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: Yoga strengthens self-confidence by connecting you to your inner power, or Shakti. Standing poses like Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II) build physical and mental resilience. Try standing tall in this pose for 1-2 minutes on each side, breathing deeply and visualising yourself embodying strength. Another practice is chanting Om (the universal sound), which resonates through your body and fosters a sense of empowerment. Finally, reflect on the concept of Ishvarapranidhana (surrender to the universe), reminding yourself that challenges are opportunities for growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/july-2025_174.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15350\" style=\"width:381px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/july-2025_174.jpg 661w, https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/july-2025_174-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: My recent years have left my self-esteem at a low. Can yoga help with building self-confidence? I sometimes struggle with self-doubt. I have been doing yoga now for a few weeks to help me but I still worry.P. Smith (London) A: Yoga strengthens self-confidence by connecting you to your inner power, or Shakti. Standing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15350,"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-15370","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\/15370","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=15370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15371,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15370\/revisions\/15371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogamagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}