Anyone who reads this blog will know that, on many days, I speak about the monotony and ordinary nature of a yoga practice. To some, referring to a yoga practice as "monotonous" and "ordinary" may sound disrespectful and unenlightened. However, I want to break the stigma that a yoga practice means that you're floating in the clouds and living a serene, uncomplicated life and you're eagerly on your mat every day effortlessly connecting to the Divine. No....I sneer at the price of gas like everyone else.....I overindulge on junk food on the weekends like everyone else, and, very often, I'd rather do anything but physical exercise....like everyone else.
I've written before that discipline beats motivation. Motivation will be there some days, and not there on other days. Forcing yourself to go through with something, even when you don't feel motivated to do it, is discipline.
Time to begin......time to begin what may feel like a monotonous and ordinary practice...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 (Part II),
Even when a practice is routine, you're always better for having done it. I think the same holds true for any type of training or conditioning (gym, running, biking, etc.). You never look back down the mountain and say, I wish I hadn't climbed this. You are always better for it, and you are always better for exercising self discipline to remind your body that you are in control of it....not the other way around.
Time to enter the world.
Namaste
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