Working at home presents you with the maximum amount of distraction. And yet it also provides you with the maximum opportunity for focus.
The yoga practice is like treading that balance all day, every day.
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Roll up, see the show
Setting aside distractions is a path to engaging with our experience.
1.5 vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭā ‘kliṣṭāḥ
1.6 pramāṇa viparyaya vikalpa nidrā smṛtayaḥ
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No distractions
We are an ocean of experience–only our awareness feels like a tiny drop.
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Clear as the nose on your face
Letting ourselves be grounded in what is helps us avoid unhappiness: the artificial unhappiness when we imagine things are worse than they are, and the unhappiness when we imagine things are better than they are, and are disappointed.
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Learning to Crawl
We can choose how we view the world–at every moment, we must practice choosing over and over again. The good news is that this means we have a lot of opportunity to shift our habits.
| +10 | Three-part breath, Regular, Vrksasana > Virabhadrasana I, Parsvottanasana > Utthan Pristhana |
| +30 | Uttkatasana, Parivrtta Uttkatasana > Parivrtta Parsvakonasana, Hasta Padangusthasana I > Ardha Chandrasana > Parsvakonasana > Trikonasana |
| +50 | Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Backbend), Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Regular, Thigh Stretch), Setubandhasana (Urdhva Dhanurasana), Hanumanasana |
| +70 | Agnistambhasana, Ardha Gomukhasana, Supta Padangusthasana, Jathara Parivartanasana, Shavasana |
We are most effective when we are grounded in the real world.
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How am I not myself?
We’re not the mistakes we make, we’re not the successes we have, we are something infinitely more special.
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People take pictures of each other
When we reside in the present moment, when we can be still, everything can come into focus.
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I can see clearly now
It’s not the world around us, or the world inside us, but ourselves and our place that we can see clearly.
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(Don’t) Use Your Illusion
Can we embrace what is really happening, instead of rejecting it for the seduction of fantasy?