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Day 281: My loooooong year of yoga

21 Sunday Oct 2012

Posted by juliabreese in Hatha Yoga, Householder Yoga, Yoga, yoga discipline

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So I started this blog in July 2011 with the intent of doing yoga everyday and writing about. It is now October 2012. As you might have noticed that math doesn’t really add up. Part of this is because I have been doing yoga but haven’t found time to write about it. Part of it is because I done yoga and had nothing to say about it. But part of it is because I haven’t done yoga everyday. I tried. In the end though I realized I just didn’t want to do yoga every day nor do I think it would have been healthy to do so.

I do it most days.. at least a little bit. But I would say on average, about twice a month I just don’t even want to think about yoga. Which is interesting because in the Ashtanga tradition there are two moon days a month in which rest is encouraged. Also interesting is that those days are often when I don’t want to practice.

Yoga is about balance and sometimes maintaining balance means not doing anything. As I learn more about more about quieter styles of yoga I realize that bailing, not doing, giving up.. all of these things are thought to be negative in our society. But sometimes giving up is the best thing in the world. My last relationship is a great example.  Sometimes hiding in your bed, reading a book and eating a package of marshmallows instead of doing yoga IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. It all comes down to balance. No I cannot live off of marshmallows… Yes I have to go to work when I don’t feel like it sometimes. I like doing a LOT OF YOGA but I am not a renunciate. I don’t live in a cave. My life is full and honestly most things in my life are good and nothing I would want to give up. Yoga fits in nicely most of my days but not all.

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Day 155: The value of a daily practice

27 Friday Jan 2012

Posted by juliabreese in business of yoga, Householder Yoga, Yoga, Yoga with children

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My yoga practice has been sliding again lately. I do little snips and bits here and there but things always seem to get in the way. Letters, emails, promotional stuff, toddler dramas… these all fill up those little moments of spare time. I was doing a regular practice at night but then this battle started with my toddler about bed time. I realized that after fighting to get her into bed for two hours I am just too tired to do yoga. My night practice ended up being kind of blah. All I could think about was getting it over with so I could go to sleep. Not really the approach I want to have in regards to my yoga practice.

I have decided to stop trying to practice yoga at night. It is too frustrating at this time in my life.  I have been looking at my daily schedule and have made a promise to myself to find an hour a day that I commit to yoga while it is light out. A SOLID hour. It will involve some discipline (less Facebook) and maybe a bit of a pay cut but it is important to me. I am just calmer, healthier and happier when I have a regular yoga practice. Emails can wait.. promoting my yoga business can wait, phone calls can wait. I am afraid I have been getting a little caught up in the “frantically accomplishing very little” the past few weeks.

I truly believe it is important to set aside some time for ourselves everyday. Ensuring we give ourselves moments of self care make us more productive anyway.

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Day 129: Remember my promise?

14 Wednesday Dec 2011

Posted by juliabreese in Uncategorized, Yoga, Yoga with children

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About booking time to practice? About making it a priority? Ya, well I kind of bailed. Sort of. I did do some meditation but it was short and unfocused. I am really having a hard time getting back into my own home practice. I am just so damn tired by the end of the day finding the motivation is near impossible. I really need to sort out how I can do yoga when the baby is awake. This night time yoga is incredibly challenging for me. Sleep seems so much more appealing.

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