The mind is a powerful tool. It can either work for or against us.
When we perceive the world to be against us, when we think that all is to our detriment, we reinforce our perception and see most events as dark and down on us.
We all have those days. We bang our toe on the end of the bed, can’t find the car keys, seem unable to concentrate at work, and then someone comes into our day to remind us of our inadequacies.
Such days often happen when there is a full moon. When the moon is full our energy is disturbed, our mind is restless and our connection to our body seems less than usual.
On such days we do not practice Yoga. On these days we are more vulnerable to injury and to lower-minded thoughts, and as a consequence we are not sensitive to our physical feedback systems.
New moon days are similar; not as strong as full moon days but certainly turbulent. On these days our energy may sag and we may feel listless and half-hearted about what we are doing. Ashtanga Yoga takes both new moon and full moon days off from asana practice.
As we have described in this book, Yoga is more than the physical movements of asana. It is the conscious awareness of breath, action and thought. It is a shift of emphasis from the self to a higher power in life.
Affirmations are a means of maintaining constancy of thought as the energy systems around us constantly change. We may feel down, elated, happy or sad, all of which are states of transience in life, which, if given reign, will take us on a journey away from our love, purpose and inspiration.
You go in the direction of your single most dominant thought. Affirmations are statements which, by repetition, superimpose higher-minded states on illusioned lower-minded states.We affirm where we are going next.
Affirmations are written in the present tense. Words such as ‘I am’, ‘I do’, ‘I have’ and ‘I see’ are appropriate beginnings to affirmations. ‘I will’, ‘I want’ or ‘I wish’ place the proposition in the future, and as we all know, the future may never come.
At first affirmations may feel like a lie, or an exaggeration. That is why it requires written expression and repetition. What at first may seem like a lie will eventually become a repeated expression of truth. At the same time affirmations should express enough detail and relate to the universal laws.
When we perceive the world to be against us, when we think that all is to our detriment, we reinforce our perception and see most events as dark and down on us.
We all have those days. We bang our toe on the end of the bed, can’t find the car keys, seem unable to concentrate at work, and then someone comes into our day to remind us of our inadequacies.
Such days often happen when there is a full moon. When the moon is full our energy is disturbed, our mind is restless and our connection to our body seems less than usual.
On such days we do not practice Yoga. On these days we are more vulnerable to injury and to lower-minded thoughts, and as a consequence we are not sensitive to our physical feedback systems.
New moon days are similar; not as strong as full moon days but certainly turbulent. On these days our energy may sag and we may feel listless and half-hearted about what we are doing. Ashtanga Yoga takes both new moon and full moon days off from asana practice.
As we have described in this book, Yoga is more than the physical movements of asana. It is the conscious awareness of breath, action and thought. It is a shift of emphasis from the self to a higher power in life.
Affirmations are a means of maintaining constancy of thought as the energy systems around us constantly change. We may feel down, elated, happy or sad, all of which are states of transience in life, which, if given reign, will take us on a journey away from our love, purpose and inspiration.
You go in the direction of your single most dominant thought. Affirmations are statements which, by repetition, superimpose higher-minded states on illusioned lower-minded states.We affirm where we are going next.
Affirmations are written in the present tense. Words such as ‘I am’, ‘I do’, ‘I have’ and ‘I see’ are appropriate beginnings to affirmations. ‘I will’, ‘I want’ or ‘I wish’ place the proposition in the future, and as we all know, the future may never come.
At first affirmations may feel like a lie, or an exaggeration. That is why it requires written expression and repetition. What at first may seem like a lie will eventually become a repeated expression of truth. At the same time affirmations should express enough detail and relate to the universal laws.
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