Yoga For Life is a collection of essays focused on one regular life as seen through the lens of yoga. In them, yoga's deepest gifts are discovered in the mundane activities of daily life - laundry, grocery shopping, raising children, going to work, friendships, gardening - you name it! These personal, insightful meditations bring yoga's ancient spirituality, wisdom, and mindfulness sharply into modern focus.
Yoga is a practice designed to help us find contentment, happiness and faith in every aspect of our lives. Yoga For Life is written to help you as the reader – no matter the level of your practice – embrace the positive thinking, mental resilience, and transformation that develops by taking yoga beyond the mat and into your life.
With each “last time” in your life, you have the choice to feel sad or to savor the moment. If you let your feelings take center stage you could be missing out on some wonderful experiences.
Find out the superpower we all possess that can make any day feel like a birthday. All you need is a little shift in perspective, attitude and mindset. Oh and yoga always helps too!
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Beauty is around us all the time. If we choose a new perspective we’ll not only be able to see this beauty, but perhaps change our lives for the better.
Change is inevitable. Sometimes it’s “happy” change like the onset of spring; sometimes it’s less happy. But all change can bring growth if we choose to see it that way.
Snap judgments can be surprisingly accurate. Practicing mindfulness can create more awareness of when we’re making them, to help us avoid acting purely on bias or assumption.
Scientific research shows that getting outside makes us healthier – physically and mentally – and more productive. Step outside. Take a few deep breaths or even a walk! You will actually get more done in your day.
Did you know that humans have the ability to create –to synthesize – happiness? In fact, research has shown that happiness that comes from within last longer than any other kind.
Have you every been so fixated on a goal that anything short of success feels like a failure? Your yoga mat is a great place to learn a concept called desireless practice where even the tiniest of baby steps is celebrated as growth.
Leaning in means to grab opportunities without hesitation. Sometimes these are opportunities to do more or work harder. Sometimes – just the opposite.