I definitely didn’t have a case of the Monday blues this week! You
know when you just have one of those really productive days…. I was on a
serious creative roll and couldn’t get my ideas out fast enough. My poor little
Macbook didn’t know what was going on. I am surprised there wasn’t smoke coming
out of if from non stop use and frantic heavy typing on my part, as if that
makes what you are typing more real or mean something more J but sometimes it
just feels better to type with conviction!
So yes a positive and productive start to the week but as I dragged
myself away from the computer last night and collapsed onto the couch I smiled
to myself…. For two reasons- firstly I
was so happy with the day and all I had done but I was absolutely exhausted,
and why? I had tried to do so much in one day that I literally drained the
energy out of me from trying to get everything done at once. But secondly I
realized how hard it is to take a step back and relax and more importantly
switch off when you are working for yourself… This will be a big challenge for
me.
For most of us our days are jam packed from the minute we get up we
are rushing to the tube or the bus, trying to grab a coffee before work,
catching up on emails, racing to fit in a quick gym session, grabbing lunch,
rushing to meet the girls after work or trying to get home before the kids go
to bed, get the dinner on, catch up with your partner…. Do I need to go on?!
The point is we get caught up in a cycle of rushing and chasing,
always looking to the next thing on the to do list or where you have to be and
the result is that we loose focus on us. We stop caring and sometimes even
realizing what we want and what makes us happy. Before you dismiss that
thought…. Think about a situation you faced this week where you had to make a difficult
or complex decision, in work, at home, wherever…. Now ask yourself was the
decision you made actually your decision? Was it your opinion or was it
conditioned by circumstance? Influenced and guided by what others around you
wanted or expected?
Be totally honest with yourself…. as I have really discovered on my
own journey in the last few months, you cannot lie to yourself. You can try to
pretend you feel something different and we have all been there but when you
actually stop letting other people influence your opinions you get a massive
sense of relief and an inner confidence in who you are, and it is much easier
to slow down.
Seriously, just stop for 20 seconds and breathe!!! I see it all the
time in yoga classes…. The amount of people who arrive to class totally
frazzled and stressed is crazy. I was that person so I know exactly how it
feels, there is a part of me that is still rushing and I constantly have to
slow myself down and just take a minute to look at what is going on around me…
rather than letting my life race past me, I stop and actually look at what is
going on in my life, what is around me, what do I not see that stares me in the
face every day that somehow melts into my subconscious. So I’m going to leave
you on that thought…. This is a much much bigger topic and I will come back to
it in the next few days and weeks but I will leave you with this….
Why are you constantly rushing? What are you racing to? If you think
about it there is no reward worth finishing this life first, the real fun and
happiness is around you every day and the winner is the person who stops to
take note and enjoy it. So maybe more importantly maybe you need to look at
what you are running away from?
For you yogi’s out there reading this…. Use your yoga practice to
give you the headspace you need to focus on you…. Trust in the power of your
breath to focus your energy on you and what your body is telling you…. Oh an
enjoy it! J
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