How to overcome your inner resistance to daily physical exercising/ yoga ?

I hae been practising yoga meditation for a number of years now. It is always very difficult to make the start. That is the most difficult part, making the start. Once you have started and have gone through for a while, it becomes a routine. There is the inner resistance you mentioned. One way to overcome the resistance is to think about the benefits of it.

hai friend, you are right physical exercise and yoga are important for one to get fit and healthy. Its difficult for a person who is a beginner to daily practice exercise, yoga or simple walking. I think the best way to do is to do it with a group or friends or family members as this way if ever the person feels timid his friends or others could force him to do the exercise. This way one can be regular in doing the exercise. Doing anything continuously for 21 days will make it our habit. So soon exercise will become an habit and you will be fit.

My daily exercise is getting out of bed when I wake up! Yes, it is true - a certain inner resistance is definitely present. Sometimes, hunger is needed as a prerequisite!

Somebody told me once that we are our biggest enemy and I never understood why he said that until one day when I decided to go running every morning. First day everything was fine, I was so excited of my new program, I woke up early in the morning and ran for about 30 minutes; after that I took a shower and my day went incredible good... I was full of energy and that was obviously. Second day when I had to wake up I wasn't so sure why I'm doing this. My body said " sleep, sleep, sleep " and even if I had a small will that wasn't enough. When I tried to get off bed my hole body was against me and that was the moment when I really understood the idea that we are our own enemy. Pain is weakness leaving the body.

I find the best way to overcome this is to just appreciate the exercise. It sounds easy to say... but really think about it. After you do exercise for the first few times... make sure it isn't too hard (I know a guy who took many of his friends to the gym for the first time and worked them too hard! Some loved it, of course... but a few just never went gym again!)... and at the end of it reflect on how you feel. =) Exercise releases hormones that make you feel happy, it's often given as advice to slight depression sufferers to exercise to get over it because of this. So after the first few sessions always think about how you feel and that it is a good thing. =)