Yoga-think your life into balance
[picapp src="0269/18fff95a-819f-4eca-9329-7feb7631c8d3.jpg?adImageId=7076828&imageId=273184" width="500" height="334" /]Sometimes it is just overwhelming to even think about one more thing to juggle, even if it is balancing out your life. Believe me, I know how it feels. So that is the time to stop thinking. And start consciously moving...into yoga!
- Move mindfully.
- Walk with intention.
- Breathe slowly and deeply, into your abdomen.
I find that one of the most important parts of doing yoga, is making the space and intention to do it. Once I am in the studio, I know I will not leave until after shavasana. That is the part where you lie down and totally relax for 10 minutes. It is my favorite part! So I tend to be in the now moment for the entire practice, because I know I cannot leave for that hour.. Even if the going gets tough, I'm there. Shavasana and feeling balanced is my reward.
Oh dear, you are probably wondering what that has to do with life balance.
When you physically create a practice, when you practice breathing and moving mindfully, it begins to crossover to your creative, intellectual and spiritual habits. I find myself resorting to yoga breathing when I am in a stressful situation. For that I use the long deep in and out through the nose breathing. It is very calming. I find that I am more likely to do things mindfully and calmly.
What if you want to accomplish something, like writing, but are working two jobs and just can't find the time?
- Be in the now moment.
- Breathe in and out slowly.
- Ask yourself to give yourself a half hour, 2 days a week.
- Treat yourself afterwards; perhaps a nap? a cup of tea?
- If you aren't inspired, write anyway.
- Don't judge yourself.
- Be regular and without pressure.
It is the intent and regular practice in yoga that takes you where you want to go. Many times in yoga, your ability to do a posture will change from day to day. You listen to your body.
As Madeleine L'Engle said in her book called "Walking on Water",
To work on a book is for me very much the sane thing as to pray. Both involve discipline. If the artist works only when he feels like it, he’s not apt to build up much of a body of work. Inspiration far more often comes during the work than before it. because the largest part of the job of the artist is to listen to the work, and to go where it tells him to go…To pray is to listen also.
How do you ge ytourself gently back on track?
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