The immediate effect of yoga asanas in my life are being felt. Even at a simple start of 20 minutes per day! My legs are starting to get stronger and my head less foggy, even after two days! Amazing! Something else is happening too. The small added effort on focus has meant I have a more control over my life. Goals and targets are very helpful to me and make me feel like there is progress day to day. Being in action, rather than being acted upon. FB wastes a lot of time :) too...that is something I understood from my FB fast. {It is also a good way of communicating with others, so not all bad}
To create more possibility for improved health, (and radiance!) I have followed the suggestion of a friend from India: offering water to the sun each morning. The concept is that I can get energy from the light that passes through the water as it cascades from the pot which is illuminated by the sun. I have felt a difference from this already. Increase in mental energy is definitely felt. You know the "Surya Namaskar" - the yoga posture sequence - these are meant to be an offering to the sun god. When an offering is made to Surya, (or the sun), he will bestow good health; likewise offering water to the sun blesses the practitioner with health and energy.
Clear thoughts and good health can be an asset to mind and the practice of meditation and personal transformation. The thoughtful inquiry for tonight was a question about beliefs. The question I chose was, "what is your belief about your body?" The book suggests different possible beliefs one could have, but I decided to go for how I want to look after myself during the Transformation. How do you relate to your body? What is your belief, and how might that look if you were do to a drawing of your belief?
While I engaged in the process of making my image I was happy and positive. I wrote a haiku exploring the new learning.
big bright white spaces
left kindness overlapping
up against the edge
Day 2 and I have a smile on my face! I have had tears as well, but I recover quickly. Looking within means finding plenty to purge. But purging doesn't have to last long. Look at it and let it go and get on with life. The smile is actually there because I am with a friend from Mainland China. Each night we draw after considering the meditation, or questions from Baron's book. My friend was laughing during our quiet time...and when I thought of her giggles, it was easy for me to have a smile on my face too.
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