What are my types?

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Since I was a kid, my parents had always compared me to other kids. Because others’ opinions are so important in my culture, I always evaluate my abilities my comparing myself to others. I usually asked myself why I could not be as good at studying as other kids were. I never liked to go to school. It was very stressful for me because I was afraid of being compared to others. Even though I had tried my best, I could not become the best and satisfy my parents. Growing up, I started to realize there were some subjects which I was better at than others. Since then, I have tried to define who I am and balance my life. That is the reason why I decided to take a yoga class. In this paper, I will discuss how I see myself related to Sheldon’s typology theory and why it is important for me to understand my type.
After reading Yoga Typology, for the first time, I really looked into myself and wondered what type of a person I am. It helps me to understand more about myself. In the article, the author helps me to understand myself by providing a brief introduction of Sheldon’s typology theory. Sheldon proposes that there are three physical “morphs”: endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph and three corresponding temperamental “tonias”: viscerotonia, somatatonia, and cerebrotonia. Each of these components has different characteristics. No one falls into one category only. We possess all three components. However, I realized that I have physical characteristics of endomorph and ectomorph and temperamental characteristics of viscerotonia and cerebrotonia. I see very little of myself in mesomorph and somatatonia.
The category that resembles me the most is endomorph which is described to give the body an oval outline. Even though I am not extremely e...

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...t myself. I did not know that my friends thought I am quiet and unfriendly when they first met me. I think it is very important for me to know what my types are. Knowing my types helps me know my strengths and my weaknesses. I understand that there are some tasks in life that I am good at and some task I am not god at. It makes me feel confident about myself. I am not afraid of being compared to others anymore because I know that people have different types, hence, different talents. It also applies for yoga. Knowing my types means knowing my limitations. It helps me avoid being hurt while practicing yoga. It is easier for me to perform stretching postures than balancing postures. I cannot perform strength required postures well. I understand there will be some postures that I cannot perform well. There is no need to compare myself to others in any aspect of life.

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