Had a great yoga class tonight....although after not going consistently for the past 3 months, I'm sure my arm and chest muscles are going to be sore in the morning! We must have done 40 push ups going into updog, then to downdog!
Tonight's theme was living, thinking, breathing in the present moment. Teacher talked about how time is a man made invention and if you ask any physics professor what the formula for time is, they will tell you that it doesn't exist. Okay I might be quoting that slightly incorrectly, but it was along those lines. He talked about some ancient yogis who didn't count their age by years, but rather by how many breaths they took (geeze, they'd spend their entire day counting!). Teacher said that most of the time the human mind is spent in thoughts regarding the past or the future, and not much in the present. He said our minds need to be trained to think in the present. Thinking in the present lowers our stress level and allows us to be happier. Thinking in the present prevents us from wanting more than we need. It also brings wisdom.
Thinking in the present allows us to be happy with what we have. It's so true. Years ago all I yearned for was to fall in love and get married. For many years I thought I needed that to be happy. It wasn't until I finally stopped trying to find love, and learned to be happy with myself, that love found me. People keep telling me to do the same with our quest for a baby. Let it go and it will come back to you. That is rather hard to do when I'm almost 40.....however if I just try to think one day at a time, rather than one year at a time, maybe it's a start. I know I am still a project manager type and I need to have a plan, but I have to let the time-table go. I have to stop worrying about my age and my "hurry" to have 2 kids. If I went to yoga twice a day I'd be a pro at this. Let's see if I can work on living this way even if I only go twice a week.
I've certainly had plenty of reminders throughout my life and again very recently about living for today and being happy with what I have today. Right before Christmas one of my co-workers passed away unexpectedly in his sleep. He had just retired in August...so sad. Also my friend Christian who has sinus cancer, well apparently his tumor has not shrunk at all. See....plenty of reminders to enjoy the life we have today. So in the spirit of living in the present moment, I'm going to go snuggle with my darling husband. Good night.
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I am reading a book right now that speaks on "living in the present." I am so glad that you have found yoga to relieve some of your stress. I tried it a few times, but I was never able to let my mind completely relax. In fact, I can't even do breathing exercises for this reason. The past week I have been doing some stretching. I think that has really helped. Still working on the living in the present stuff, but I am happy to know I have your company :)
I'm with you completely on this one. ...hard not to plan, isn't it? I know we have a good life, but letting go of my plan and just living can be hard...even painful.
I don't do yoga, but I had this same thought while on the eliptical last night. The machine faces west, and there's a bay window in front of it, and as I watched the beautiful, gorgeous sunset I thought to myself, "these are the moments I need to cling to. The ones of sheer beauty."
They are comforting to the soul, when we have to deal with the challenges of wanting something that eludes us.
Very nice post. Good reminder.
I'm so sorry about your friends.
Good reminder to live in the moment.
I agree with your yoga teacher. It is often hard to not fantisize about the future, especially while TTC. Have you read "the power of now" ? It was a best seller last year and he speaks to this.
It's so hard to do, but YAY for living in the present!!
I'm a MI native!!
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