yoga chitta vritti nirodha
yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind



Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Listen to your practice

The following is an excerpt of someone else's revelation in the 21 day experiment. I am posting it because it is enlightening, inspirational and I do not want to forget it...

"For my 21 days, I chose to honor my body and really pay attention to how I was feeling and what it was telling me. If I have to pee, I go; If I'm tired, I sleep; and so on. Through this quiet listening, I've also found that sometimes your heart tells you things too - just like your bladder tells you to pee, and your eyes tell you you're tired.
"My heart has always quietly told me that my career...was not the essence of my happiness - and never will be. I used to ignore those questions that popped up when I was working late into the night - is this really worth it? wouldn't I love to go home to see my family? why am I doing this?
"Since I started listening, I realized it wasn't a quiet whisper, my heart was shouting at me - I just ignored it for so long. The same way that my bladder now screams when I have to pee - it's no longer ignorable like it used to be.
"Yoga, in it's multitude of forms, is the essence of my happiness - and always will be. Listen to your practice."

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