While athletes can tolerate a higher level of pain than normally active people, their pain threshold, the minimum intensity at which a stimulus is perceived as painful, did not differ in athletes and normal controls, according to findings by researchers at the University of Heidelburg, Germany. When it comes to transforming your own response to stress, it's tempting to search for that one pose or breathing exercise that will work its magic. But there isn't one magic pose. The process is a gradual exploration rather than an easy solution. "If you're practicing yoga every day, you're preparing for what life brings. You don't have to have a strategy for what yoga technique you'll use in a difficult situation." According to Weintraub, when challenges arrive, they will begin to flow through you but not overwhelm you. "When life hits, it doesn't explode or roll over us. We're not so caught up in the stress of it, but we're present for it."