Day 39-40 Completing the Challenge

This is my final post for the challenge.  I am preparing to leave for a weekend with my meditation group.  Each year we celebrate the birthday of our teacher, Ishwar Puri.  I am grateful that I have had a guide on my journey to my Self through meditation.  Listening is the key, listen within yourself.  When the noise has calmed down enough for you to listen, what will you find?  Only you can answer that for yourself.

I would love to hear from those of you who have been following this 40-day yoga challenge.  What has your experience been?  I am listening.

Day 37 Equanimity

As I reflect on the past 37 days, I ask myself, and you can ask your self...what has been your sustenance in this challenge? For me it is equanimity.  I like the word, I just learned it through yoga and meditation practice.  It is my commitment to myself - to notice when I drift away from my core Self, my equanimity.  The practice of noticing.  Practice.  It is becoming a deeper habit.  To notice when the anxiety and fear begin to creep into my mind.  Ahh, there it is and it is "not me", I can choose peace instead of that.  I choose, I breath, and now what pervades my mind more than not is equanimity.

Day 35, Take a Deep Breath Now

The power of now.  Take a moment, right now, to take a deep breath.  check out this video re-shared from Muselan.

Day 31 - Beginning of the End

How have you done with your yoga challenge?  Do you realize that there are only 9 days left?  What does that feel like?  Whatever you have done thus far, there is a whole 9 days left.  Creation of all there is happened in 7 days, in some circles...actually in 6.   We are supposed to have a day off too.

Take time out to nurture yourself today in any small way - if only for 30 minutes or better yet, give yourself an hour.  What can you do?  Take a warm bath, drink a cup of tea.  Sit and close your eyes, breathe & smile.