Every yoga class is teaching us to live in the moment. Many of us do but at the same time we live in anticipation of paying the next bill, or the weather coming up in the weekend or if our soul mate is finally going to arrive. It is very easy to be in the now during yoga class since the teacher is guiding us through the practice of postures and pranayama even during relaxation and meditation but the question is, can we practice yoga outside the mat?
Human being have been trained to plan for the future and I see nothing wrong with that but we are missing the very important part that as we do plan for the future we still need to enjoy now, right this moment is truly all we have and we are missing it because we plan for what could even be a total fantasy.
We are so preoccupied with tomorrow that we loose connection with our love ones, family and friends. Don’t you think that we need to change our lifestyle ? Why don’t we live like if this is our last day in this body?
Sometimes we become to fixated in completion of task like homework and then we realize how much joy have we missed all along. I strongly support good work ethics but that does not mean stop living for one task we have to do.
After everything is said and done the question remains, how do we balance play and work? Isn’t work supposed to be part of fun and enjoyment?
It comes back to moderation, balance. Working hard will run us down, playing hard and life passes us by.
The words that keeps coming back to me are balance, determination, moderation. Aren’t these words parts of the Yoga Principles?
We always have a choice to enjoy life, some of us sleep throughout and some of us are present in each day in each moment. What choice would you like to take?
Practicing Yoga with Samkalpa (determination), stay with the practice and begin to realize each moment.
Namaste
Sunshine Yoga Academy