With the count-down to Christmas now in full swing – juggling who’s going where, what to buy for so-and-so and fitting everyone in over the festive period – things get frantic for the body, mind and soul.
At these times our heads are jam packed with to-do lists and our bodies are tense holding onto every breath. The build up of anxiety is everywhere – ahhhhhh Black Friday panic….. Just when we need to relax and enjoy the season of goodwill to all men – we are more tired and worried than ever. Now is the perfect time for yoga…
YOGA? HOW CAN I FIND THE TIME FOR THAT?
But this is when we need it most – simply take a moment out, step off the Merry-Go-Round for one minute and read this mini-meditation-
Sit in any comfortable position…….
Breathe in and open up in the heart space, sit tall and beautiful.
Expand from the inside out, become more spacious – open up to the breath.
Gently soften the eyes and feel your skin; feel the clothes touching your skin, feel the hair on your head, feel a smile on your face.
Feel beyond the skin to the Vijnanamaya Kosha – the astral or wisdom body – our aura that surrounds us.
Lean back a little and feel the support of the cosmos that surrounds you.
Breathe in and draw from the abundant well of air that we live in and lives in us.
Take heart that you are not some isolated thing battling single handedly against the world.
You are the world – and what will be will be.
Invite your breath to become smooth as silk and quiet as a whisper.
While here in this place now, feel gratitude to the earth for the sunshine and air we breathe.
Drink in each breath and be grateful for all that you have.
Be grateful for your challenges for they allow you to interact with the world and demonstrate your passions.
With this gratitude in your heart take your current experience and think of how they might be in the future.
Plant a seed for your future.
Invite the pace of your life to flow smoothly and easily, see yourself as you would like to be.
Breathe in peace, breath out love.
do yoga! with deb 