"Wild Thing"

Linda does a pose that she calls "Wild Thing." I have a little laugh in my head when I do this pose.  It involves going from a downward dog pose to flinging your left leg and arm over to one side, sort of like a wild bird.  And you repeat it on the other side.  This pose gives me the feeling of utter freedom.  I feel I could actually lift off from my anchored arm and leg, my chest, open and lifted, ready to be borne up into the air.

Thoughts on Thinking

Today, for some reason, I found myself restless in mind and spirit. I did not have a sense of satisfaction nor ease with myself. My world outside was unchanged and calm, but inside there was a lot of mindless chatter and loss of focus in the activities of the day. Perhaps it was because I had missed this morning's yoga session and was not in the mood to go for a walk. Or because I had eaten an extra bowl of cereal and felt sluggish all morning that precipitated these feelings. It did not matter. I had set myself up in a cycle of negative egoic thinking and I felt the need to break it. I realized that having this awareness was a step in the right direction. How often do we set ourselves up for failure in our day, our work, or relationships by allowing a seed of negativity to plant itself inside our minds only to grow into a mammoth weed by the end of the day.

I decided to do some meditation and breathing exercises to help me focus better. By becoming more aware of each inhalation and exhalation as I experienced them, I could quiet down the extraneous thinking. I have found these exercises very helpful in the past. Focusing on the breathing and thinking are often difficult to achieve simultaneously. Perhaps we were designed that way intentionally to remind us of our truer spiritual nature and to get out of our egoic thinking.

So while I have the rest of the day ahead of me, I decided I'm not going to dwell on how my day started and what I have not accomplished. Instead, I will listen to my inner voice and pat myself on the back for being able to finish this blog. Namaste : )