No matter what you do: you only have the NOW, so why not
make the best out of it?
If emotions are coloring for life, I prefer the bright colors….
Yet, without black, no white, I guess. How coping with unpleasant, threatening, fearful situations?
A message, the transmitting of an information is enough to cause a stroke in some people….
Being aware that emotions are nothing but a current state of the “emotional body” or shade of the present being helps.
Some teachers talk about “changing the thought” or “flip-switching” in order to stop an ugly emotion to take over your overall being downwards as a result of a thought or an information.
This is how I intent to stay positive during difficult times: I know that I am not the emotion. I also allow myself to put the original problem that caused the emotion aside for a certain period of time, being confident, the problem will not run away, I will be able to take care of it in a little while…… During this time I focus on either meditation, auto-hypnosis, some relaxation technique or Walking Meditation to clear my mind. Sometimes, before voluntarily addressing the original problem, a solution comes up in my mind. The moment I allow myself to focus on relaxation, I am open for new possibilities and solutions. If I stick to fear, anger, problem-thinking, I limit possibilities for different solutions.
Vitality flowing!
Walking is natural, easy and very effective. Yaduma’s goal is to not only motivate to do it, but enjoy it. We believe it is important to learn how to uplift yourself and appreciate your active existence. It is important to shift from a low or mediocre mindset to a positive mindset in order to attract more positive thoughts, feelings, actions.
“If you are complaining about things in your life, you are on the complaining frequency, and you are not in a position to attract what you want.
Have you been looking for a way to calm down, do yourself some good -
for body and mind?
Have you tried Yoga?
Did you feel impatient during classes, like nervous?
That’s OK. Just go ahead and do it. It takes some time to be able to let go the tension. Your mind is used to work respectively think in a certain way. We are trained to be quick, efficient and in multitasking mode all the time. Don’t expect anything. In order to switch into the meditation mode, you don’t need to work hard on it. Keep going, don’t bother about the resistance within you, you might observe. Some day, it happens automatically and you are able to let go and enjoy the moment with a calm mind. You may check out different classes and places, there is a big variety of styles and some work better for you than others.
Relaxation, flexibility, strenght
Check the YADUMA menu and read on “stress”, “burnout” and “depression”. If you suffer from these symptoms, Yoga is very beneficial for you. Enjoy your next (or first) yoga experience!
Is Yoga right for you?
The only way to find out if Yoga is right for you is DO IT!
To be honest, it took me some time before I finally realized the benefit I got from Yoga. I was trying hard to concentrate and would just not be able to do so. My mind would be somewhere else, while I was doing Yoga Asanas. I just kept on going. I started with a little daily routine of the Sun Salutation in the morning. The days when I had very little time, I would just do a few sets. Other days, I would take advantage and do more and afterwards sit down to listen to the silence, observing my busy mind’s thoughts coming and going. I guess, when I stopped criticizing myself for not being able to concentrate the way I thought I should is when I started really benefiting from Yoga. Now, I do my little routine and automatically focus on something different every day – just what I need, without planning or thinking about it.
To start Yoga you definitely want to go to Yoga classes. Choose a class where you feel comfortable with the location, the instructor and the people. There are lots of them. Have the instructor correct you and practice by yourself to get into it!
Yoga helps me to stay physically, mentally and spiritually fit, flexible and tuned in. It gives me strength in every sense.
Check it out: when you love what you do you, you are more successful since you enjoy the activity and have a very good chance to experience flow.
What if I hate washing the dishes? (This was me). I hated washing the dishes. As a child it was my ob to dry the dishes day by day. My mind told me: those dishes will have to be washed over and over again. Stupid activity, no reimbursement for washing the dishes except, clean dishes until the next meal.
Then I visited India for the second time in 2007. I was going to visit a Children’s foster home ( www.njbb.org) for a few days and decided spontaneously to stay 5 weeks with former street children. There, in Vijavawada, 350 miles east of Hyderabad I met my Guru Swami Bhakti Chaitanya. He taught me about the Yogic way of life, philosophy, food, exercise during my stay. Ever since he became my online-coach via email. He is always there when I need him – a very special gift.
In the Ashram I was the only white person. I stayed with the street kids and left for the Ashram 5AM for meditation, yoga exersice,”satvic” breakfast and then: “Karma Yoga”. Everybody chose some activity without receiving any personal benefit – some would go in the fields, some in the kitchen, since I couldn’t sit so long on the hard floor, I chose to sweep the Yoga Room every day with a short besom. Wind was blowing through the huge room, no windows, only grates to keep the monkeys out. Frustration coming up, since it seemed to be pointless. Then, a Hindu woman came to show me how to proceed:
“Go slowly, very slowly. Concentrate on each movement, stroke by stroke, line by line, no matter what, wind or no wind. Think and say to yourself: I clean my heart and I clean my mind.”
Believe it or not, I did change my attitude in many things after this experience. I learned not to brood over things, I just do it. This for me is the key to actually enjoy what I do, I experience Flow, positive energy and things just happen fluently without working hard, just surrendering.
