One reason we meditate and do yoga is to give our active mind, which swings from thought to thought like a monkey from branch to branch, a rest.
A chance to slow down, to reset, to refresh, like rising from a good night’s sleep, renewed and ready to swing again.
Yoga is the journey of the self to the Self.
It is a course of vision correction.
The inner teacher is the Grand Optometrist. Practice and listen, and listen and practice.
Through the practices, we adjust our lenses, and explore and and discover what works best for us to see more clearly, bringing love more clearly in focus.
Now is perfect as it is from the perspective of the Self.
Perfectly imperfect!
We humans of infinitely varied hues make up the palette of this world.
Yoga and meditation can awaken us to the beauty that pervades all these variations.
Paint on!
Less stress, even just a bit…
Less holding on, less anxiety and fear, even just a little bit less can be a lot.
So much less in fact that you feel better.
Everything can shift some, even around the smallest of changes.
Notice this when you practice your meditation and yoga.
In this busy world, just showing up to practice can be a lot.
Even just a little bit of practice can help you feel a whole lot better, or mo’ fine!
Yoga doesn’t necessarily make you feel totally or completely fine, but it can certainly help you feel mo’ fine.
Practice more regularly, and you might just find yourself feeling more fine more of the time!
Through our yoga and meditation, in our pursuit of doing less harm, we can attempt to be kind where there was undo harshness.
The company of self-compassion can be challenging given our ego’s “infallibility” and perfectionism, but it can grow in our inner garden if tended to with loving kindness.
Let this be our spring bounty. With great love and respect, may we grow our inner kindness and compassion and forgiveness with our garden tools in hand, our trusty yoga and meditation practices.
We all want to have good influences in our lives.
The practices nurture our relationship with the best of influences, the Prana Shakti.
It’s always good to hang with a good influence!
Given Covid and all we’ve done over the last two year to adjust our lives to it, we are different and so is the world around us.
Yoga and meditation can help us slip out of the skin that no longer suits us and our new situations, and grow into the one that does.
That’s the skinny!
Just as our yoga mat accepts us as we are no matter what we are thinking or feeling, so too does the inner smile.
Unconditionally.
Now that’s something to smile at!
The inner smile is like the sunrise of our hearts and mind. It can renew and refresh our spirit for the new day ahead.
