Most asanas, postures, in slow yoga ask you to leave the zone of comfort and move into the zone of discomfort. Experiencing discomfort is a good thing.
It is tempting to stay within one's comfort zone. But for slow yoga to effectively open up and change your body, it is important that you feel your self moving from the comfort zone to the discomfort zone in a conscious, willing way.
However, when you leave the discomfort zone and enter the pain zone you have gone too far and are actually slowing down your body's yogic development.
Slow Yoga is based on a centuries-old idea common in nature that everything worthwhile takes time to grow and is interconnected. The bee collecting nectar can not be rushed. As she moves slowly, purposefully, meditatively from flower to flower, pollen is gently deposited upon her back. The bee carries the pollen upon her back and scatters it far and wide—and the magic cycle of creation continues.
Slow yoga is your entry into the magic cycle of creation. And to practice slow yoga you must learn to distinguish between discomfort and pain.
Bodies are creatures of habit, and at first resist anything out of the ordinary including mild discomfort. Be kind to your self, engage your body in an inner dialogue and allow the discomfort while disallowing the pain.
Peace and Love,
Slowly,
Abhay
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