Priorities! - Yoga Lesson

Priorities can feel like a prison!

We list them out and then work to stay on track with them.

Are the priorities in your life relevant?

Possibly they were relevant sometime in your past, but need a little updating.

When you start to feel like a slave to your priorities it may be time to re-evaluate them.

Give yourself the freedom “literally” to let go of some of your priorities.

It may be overwhelming to do this as you have been following the priorities of your life closely for some time, but what can it hurt to question your own priorities?  You are more than a list put together sometime ago in your past.

Make it a priority to re-prioritize and see what freedom you may gain.

Ask! - Personal Practice

I’ve been afraid to say out loud what I really want.

Why?

It goes back to interpretation of what I “should” want.  What I have felt would define happiness.

It has felt silly to look myself in the mirror and say what I want out loud.

I find it stressful and I’m uneasy with the process.

I’m working on getting certain and confident with myself.  So I practice sitting in front of the mirror and looking myself in the eye’s while I make the request out loud as to what I really want out of life.

I ask for a life that is contrary to expectation or what I’m capable of achieving if I stay in and on my current path.

I’m afraid to let go of what I know as my life to this point.

I want something different and I know this deep within.

I continue to play with what I ask and how I ask for it.

Until it feels right I know I won’t get what I’m asking for.

I know every time I suffer a disappointment for not receiving what I asked for, it’s because it wasn’t right.  I didn’t really want it.  I just thought I did because of my preconceptions.  

So I practice letting go of what I did not get and focus on getting certain about what I want.

I continue to practice asking.

I simply ASK!

Ask! - Yoga Lesson

It may feel silly to ask for what you want.

This is normal.

We are so conditioned to deny ourselves and follow expectations.

When we take the time to be honest with ourselves and say what we want, doors open.

Why not take time to get clear about what you really want out of this life journey and then say it out loud?  

What could it hurt?

Who cares if you feel silly?

Be Silly!

Say what you want and Get It!

Make Time For You! - Personal Practice

I’ve been feeling a little out of control.  

I’ve felt lost.  

I have been sharing, gaining new perspectives, and taking on challenges.  I’ve taken the practice very seriously.

Then I realized.  There is value in making time for me and who I have been and who I am.

I have comfort and joy in knowing who I am and how I live my life.

I notice there are good and bad things about me.  I can be positive and I can be negative.

I can be overzealous and extreme!

Why not take the time for me?  

I know cleaning the house gives me visual pleasure and a sense of peace, so I do it.  

I know exercise is my meditation and clears my mind, so I do it.

I know spending time with my friends brings me joy, so I do it.

I know working on projects that are important to me give me a sense of accomplishment, so I do it.

I do it for me!

I have a renewed energy.  I’m confident in what I want and what makes me happy.

I go back to sharing of myself and what is important to me with others.

I go back listening to the perspective of others and I’m more accepting.

I take on new challenges with enthusiasm and I step out of the feeling of being overwhelmed and feeling like there is too much on my plate.

Now I feel I have more to give, because I gave to myself.

I listened to my heart.  I used my intuition.  I let go of others expectations.

I made time for myself.

Make Time For You! - Yoga Lesson

Taking time for self can feel selfish!

Why?

Is it usually because we want to make others in our lives happy and feel like a priority?

Can we do both?  Take time for self and for others in our lives.

Sure!

Open communication and expression of personal needs can lend to cohabitation with people in our lives.  

You can find compromise to achieve self and let go of feeling selfish.

Open up and talk about it.  Allow for freedom of expression and personal choice for yourself.  

Here’s the trick.  You have to allow others the same luxury!

We all need time for ourselves!

Challenge! - Personal Practice

Challenges!  

How come I’m always being faced with new challenges?!

Every time I think I make headway on something I’ve been working on, a new twist is introduced and I’m challenged “Again”!

I get all emotional about the challenge and then I take a step back.  I calm down.

I realize that I’m all worked up because the challenge is something new and unknown.  I don’t know how I’m going to go about meeting the challenge.  It’s unnerving and scary and that’s why I’ve gotten myself all worked up!

That’s the hard part of any challenge.  How you approach it.

So once again I’m back to practicing.  I’m aware and I noticed that I have a new challenge with unknowns and it’s up to me to ask for help.  It’s up to me to recognize that I do not have all the answers and that’s what makes a challenge fun!

Now I take on a new perspective.  I stop trying to force the challenge to fit something I know and accept that I must take the approach of student.  I believe I can do it!  I can take this challenge and learn from it.

I don’t know how the outcome will look when I finish.

Now the challenge becomes something exciting because of the unknown!

I can take the approach that I’m forced to get creative, or I can allow myself to be creative and enjoy the creativity of meeting my new challenge.

I choose to be creative!  I choose to explore options!  I choose to use my intuition!  I choose to take the opportunity to learn! 

I’m taking the challenge! 

Challenge! - Yoga Lesson

Challenge can be so fearful!

We can start to think about the unknown and failure.

When you find yourself afraid, take note and “Stop”!

Ask yourself how you can get creative about your challenge.

Step out of the expectations and make the challenge your own, make it interesting!

You have a world of possibilities at your fingertips if you allow yourself to believe that and be certain about it.

Embrace the challenge!