How do we function in the day to day? Do we take time to create joy within and for others too? Yoga helps to cultivate awareness into how we are feeling, and to continually search for the answers to questions that burn inside. There are many experiences that shape our perception of joy. As a young mother with an infant, joy was simply sleeping in, or seeing her baby smile for the first time. Joy now for me is sitting on my porch and simply listening to the layer of sounds from nature, and being present to the wildlife that continually evolves and adapts to the rising and setting sun. Stormy weather comes, and the birds take shelter from the storm. Like the birds, we too take shelter from the storms in our life. When we practice meditation we go inside ourselves, we cultivate the mindfulness required to deal with the storms in a positive way. Choose your battles wisely (I just said this to my 4 boys including my husband who seem to bicker about breakfast food, shoes, and dog food.) This is a big one, choosing battles wisely. What do we choose to let go of? What is important to bring to the table for dialogue? Meditation and yoga help to create this space for us to collect ourselves, listen inward to our spirit and soul, and then embark on a path, a higher road that leads to joy.
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