Impermenance

Total 360 Yoga Blog April of 2026

Impermenance

Yoga has an exceptional ability to show us how impermanent it can be. One day, we can perfectly find that Royal dancer pose or line up the Warrior 3 pose, but the next day we use the same cues, and for some reason, we can’t get back there.

Impermanence is a concept that can be used to help and harm at the same time. If we understand the idea that nothing will stay the same and everything changes when we are struggling, then we know that it will change. If we think we are doing well and know it is impermanent, then we realize it’s going to get worse.

Think of impermanence from the point of a seed. The seed is planted, watered, and wants to grow. Each day it makes progress to grow. It’s never the same as it was the day before, and will never be what it will be in the future today. Accepting that everything changes is something that may be difficult for people to put together. We seek work toward stability; we want everything to remain the same, yet we live in our bodies that are constantly changing, if nothing else, through aging. The house or apartment we live in has a new creak developing in the floor. Kids learn new things in school, learn to walk, talk, and many other things. Relationships end and grow in a moment. Every morning, the sun rises on a new day that changes. Different animals, clouds, and winds will make each day different. If we could remind ourselves that each day is different and is not permanent.

When we think about how everything changes, it allows us not to sit in the moment. This allows us to move through the moment faster. In our minds, we sit in the moment and don’t see how things change. Even the best basketball players in the world are reminded that tomorrow can be different as a shooter. We can miss all the shots one day, then the next, you move forward and make more than you have ever before.

The idea of a short memory attached to impermenance are applications we can use to help our journey in yoga. It doesn’t matter the words or the moment; everything is going to change, it’s about what we do in that change. Similar to the Yin and Yang at the bottom, it is always changing.