I M Perfect lady

Tag: routines

  • Live in life.

    When I sort mail, I stand in a U shaped area (Case) with six rows of little slots, one slot for each mailbox all in order of my route.

    An apartment complex of 10 was added to the beginning of my route and I had to make room for it by moving every slot about 10 or so inches to the right, starting with the last one.

    It is surprising how small of a shift there was and how it threw my whole memorizing off, all my instincts of knowing are no more, I have to relearn it all again.

    I wonder how long it will take for my mind to become comfortable with this new routine? What an incredible mind that it can relearn and toss out the old obsolete info that it will follow if you are determined.

    My head actually hurt again from having to concentrate and do the hunt and search routine, and by the end of two and half hours it was already catching on.

    The name would appear and I would know which way to turn, it remembered to remember there was a new place to go to.

    The flexibility of the mind is similar to the body, it will follow your lead, and it is much more your desire to learn than its ability.

    You can become comfortable in a new routine, all it take is time and the willingness to try.

    In a week or so, I will be able to almost mindlessly toss mail, and it leads me to wonder, if you are not putting new things into your life, are you almost on Autopilot?

    What keeps you repeating the same things, being comfortable in the rote like life? How is it that we feel most at ease when we are mindlessly following our normal routine?

    It seems so counterintuitive to living to be on remote, just repeating and repeating, it is like we are stuck in a grove in an old Record Album, ‘same life, same life, same life.’

    Isn’t it odd that we call this living feeling the most comfortable with ‘No Change’.

    And can you actually call it living if there is no growth or change?

    Just as my mind was brought to the present with the slight changes in my case, I am sure that by doing new things in other areas of my life, my mind will awaken in the present and engage in a new way.

    Just as I do yoga for my body, I will have to bring my mind to new places to give it exercise too…I am open to the new possibilities.

    I guess it is up to us whether we coast along or look for new ways to live in life.

  • Will you see?

    I am falling into a routine of working each day, of getting up, doing yoga, reading, writing, and heading out to toss mail.

    As I arrive at the Post Office each day, another pile of mail greets me, more magazines, catalogs, political ads, and a few trays of mail to sort; a never ending job.

    Not so different from being a stay at home mom, where the dishes, clothes and housework, cycled into a never-ending job.

    In order to keep the mundane from being so mundane, it is our responsibility to look for nuances of differences.

    From sharing a few words with a waiting person at the mailbox, to bringing in treats, to seeing the land as you drive upon to change what you listen to as you drive along.

    It is the same, but different each and every day.
    And I think we can look at life as a routine, no matter what it is we do, or look at the miracle of miracles that accompany us each day.

    How many miracles will you see?

  • Natural part of being me.

    Day 38 of yoga is done, and it feels more doable now that I have grown some new muscles, which actually make it harder for I can go deeper and stand longer, but compared to being weak and unbalanced, trying to do a pose, this is much more satisfying to do.

     

    If you just look at the physical changes to my body, it is remarkable that 90 minutes a day for 38 days actually produced stronger muscles and better balance.

     

    As for the inner changes, they are subtle but felt within.

     

    The absence of the nagging lady whining about my laziness and me has disappeared.  I feel better about my efforts to be present with this body.

     

    Looking backwards I can honestly say there is not one thing that is bad about doing yoga each day.  Sure the effort it takes to get up and out of bed is probably the hardest, but if you just roll out, the rest falls into place.

     

    I wonder if this can be part of my normal life, that it become a new normal routine, like drinking coffee and a sweet treat used to be.  How fruit, yogurt, cereal and tea are my new normal breakfast. 

     

    In the future will yoga be natural too, a natural part of being me.

  • Seeds For A Better Tomorrow.

    Bikram writes in his book, Bikram Yoga about the ‘Intangibles’ of yoga.

     

    “These are some of the most important ways that yoga acts on the body to create perfect health.  Keep in mind, though, that yoga is not reducible to a quantified number of medical benefits.  Even as yoga makes measurable changes in your muscles, organs, bones and spine, it also is working on what we call the ‘subtle anatomy,’ renewing and reviving you at the cellular level, invisibly taking care of every atom and molecule. There’s an emotional and psychological aspect to the healing process as well – the mind/body connection.  As much as I like describing things in terms of cars, yoga doesn’t just give you a mechanical tune-up.  This is soul-stretching we’re doing, mind-restoring and Spirit-building.  The unquantifiable improvements in your quality of life and your attitude toward life make themselves felt in every cell as well.  When you’re well, they’re well.

     

    One of the yoga’s most miraculous effects is the way it actually increases your energy, rather than depletes it.  After practicing 90 minutes of postures, you’re not dragging and exhausted – you’re raring to go.  Your feet barely touch the ground!  How can this be?  First, you are in tune, so you operate and process fuel more efficiently. You can go further on less gas.  We also believe that through the breathing exercises, you are generating vastly greater amounts of prana, life energy, so naturally you feel more energized.  On a medical level, you are taking in more air, oxygenating all your cells and charging them with energy.

     

    My guru quantified this effect; he taught that one complete Hatha Yoga session infuses the body with enough energy for up to 16 days of health and increased longevity.  Practice again the next day and you gain another 16 days, while using only one.  It’s like putting money in the bank for future use. Put that money in the bank every day, and watch it add up, with interest.”     Bikram Choudhury

     

    That sounds rather impressive and it seems about right, for what it requires of us in those 90 minutes.

     

    This is serious yoga with serious quantifiable results; just learning to grasp the beginning of each pose will result in huge payoffs.  Maybe just arriving on the mat each day is a victory against long held past routines.

     

    It seems like it can go either way, until I am standing ready to take my first yoga breath, I then know I am on the next day’s session.

     

    It is not guaranteed that I will arrive each morning, but I don’t worry or stress about it in between. 

     

    I have intentions of continuing, but you just never know.

     

    My lack of self-trust is showing, my past behaviors out number the good ones.  My endurance to continue being kind to myself has not been a steady pattern in my life.

     

    It seems ‘something’ always comes in and knocks me out of my good intentions.

     

    Each day that I do one more yoga, I am building a history of successes.

     

    Dr. Phil says the biggest predictor of future behavior is past.  I am planting seeds for a better tomorrow. (21 days)