Wednesday, September 18, 2017
For whatever reason, I didn't wake up fully until 5:40 AM this morning. My alarm went off at its usual 5:00 AM but, I felt like I needed a bit more sleep. When I feel this way, I allow myself to continue to sleep, usually, as it means that my body needed it for some reason.
I'm a bit "behind schedule" now, but that's not the end of the world, and it's not going to keep me from my mat.
Wednesday, September 18, 2017 (Part II)
I'm writing this on my mat, having just come out of Savasana.
I read from a Catholic prayer book this morning and the message was simple. It was to always seek out, and then incorporate the will of God, into your life. How do we, animals with larger brains, know what the will of God is? How do we know we're not infusing the will of God with our own will? These are questions that continually pop into my head. The advice the book provided was to seek as much time is silence as possible. Silence and peace are the enemy of anxiety and uncertainty.
Because of that, I'm going to go out into a big, noisy, fast-paced world today (as we all do, every day) and I'm going to try and keep myself silent as possible on the inside.
Through the practice of yoga, I train myself to go silent while I'm moving through my Asanas (I have varying degrees of success with silencing my brain; it'll be that way forever, I'm sure). This is one of the "addictive" things about a yoga practice in that, when you go quiet, you turn into yourself, and view your thoughts objectively and unemotionally. This way, you can measure them more accurately, discard or disregard what isn't useful, and then tend your "mental garden" into something beautiful and beneficial that will help you through your life.
I'm going to shower and enter the world. I'm going to try and maintain the peace and tranquility I obtain through my practice, and through my connection with God.
Namaste
For whatever reason, I didn't wake up fully until 5:40 AM this morning. My alarm went off at its usual 5:00 AM but, I felt like I needed a bit more sleep. When I feel this way, I allow myself to continue to sleep, usually, as it means that my body needed it for some reason.
I'm a bit "behind schedule" now, but that's not the end of the world, and it's not going to keep me from my mat.
Wednesday, September 18, 2017 (Part II)
I'm writing this on my mat, having just come out of Savasana.
I read from a Catholic prayer book this morning and the message was simple. It was to always seek out, and then incorporate the will of God, into your life. How do we, animals with larger brains, know what the will of God is? How do we know we're not infusing the will of God with our own will? These are questions that continually pop into my head. The advice the book provided was to seek as much time is silence as possible. Silence and peace are the enemy of anxiety and uncertainty.
Because of that, I'm going to go out into a big, noisy, fast-paced world today (as we all do, every day) and I'm going to try and keep myself silent as possible on the inside.
Through the practice of yoga, I train myself to go silent while I'm moving through my Asanas (I have varying degrees of success with silencing my brain; it'll be that way forever, I'm sure). This is one of the "addictive" things about a yoga practice in that, when you go quiet, you turn into yourself, and view your thoughts objectively and unemotionally. This way, you can measure them more accurately, discard or disregard what isn't useful, and then tend your "mental garden" into something beautiful and beneficial that will help you through your life.
I'm going to shower and enter the world. I'm going to try and maintain the peace and tranquility I obtain through my practice, and through my connection with God.
Namaste
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