Have you ever woken up one day and wondered when did life get so chaotic? When did everything start moving so fast? When did it all get to be so much??
That is the sad reality of the 21st century. The laid back, easy pace seems to have disappeared overnight! It has been replaced with emails that need to be answered immediately, social media overload, back to back meetings that must be attended and grocery shopping. What about the housework that keeps piling up? Plus, spousal duties, parental duties, and the list goes on and on and on!!
Holding onto one’s sanity and preventing homicidal tendencies in the face of this tsunami of stress and pressure has become a clear objective for many. What you need is a break, and by break, I don’t just mean a holiday on a beach somewhere imbibing copious tropical drinks served in a coconut shell.
Instead of running away to escape stress and responsibility for a week or two, you need to deal with it head on and learn to manage it. In other words, if you can’t change a situation, change how you react to it.
A lot of people have turned to internal reflection and meditative practices through activities like yoga and tai chi to help them to unplug, step back and breathe. Students come to yoga as a way to relax and reduce stress from living in today’s world. As a yoga practitioner, I can attest to the calming, centering benefits that come from it. Contrary to what many people believe, yoga is not a set of exercises or a meditation technique, but a state of mind. Being able to sit in lotus pose or achieve glorious arm balances and intricate twists is not what yoga is all about. People have said to me that they can’t do yoga because they’re not flexible. If you can breathe, you can do yoga.
Holding onto one’s sanity and preventing homicidal tendencies in the face of this tsunami of stress and pressure has become a clear objective for many.
To continue reading, purchase Vol.8 #4, 2016 Issue.
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Have you ever woken up one day and wondered when did life get so chaotic? When did everything start moving so fast? When did it all get to be so much??
That is the sad reality of the 21st century. The laid back, easy pace seems to have disappeared overnight! It has been replaced with emails that need to be answered immediately, social media overload, back to back meetings that must be attended and grocery shopping. What about the housework that keeps piling up? Plus, spousal duties, parental duties, and the list goes on and on and on!!
Holding onto one’s sanity and preventing homicidal tendencies in the face of this tsunami of stress and pressure has become a clear objective for many. What you need is a break, and by break, I don’t just mean a holiday on a beach somewhere imbibing copious tropical drinks served in a coconut shell.
Instead of running away to escape stress and responsibility for a week or two, you need to deal with it head on and learn to manage it. In other words, if you can’t change a situation, change how you react to it.
A lot of people have turned to internal reflection and meditative practices through activities like yoga and tai chi to help them to unplug, step back and breathe. Students come to yoga as a way to relax and reduce stress from living in today’s world. As a yoga practitioner, I can attest to the calming, centering benefits that come from it. Contrary to what many people believe, yoga is not a set of exercises or a meditation technique, but a state of mind. Being able to sit in lotus pose or achieve glorious arm balances and intricate twists is not what yoga is all about. People have said to me that they can’t do yoga because they’re not flexible. If you can breathe, you can do yoga.
Holding onto one’s sanity and preventing homicidal tendencies in the face of this tsunami of stress and pressure has become a clear objective for many.
To continue reading, purchase Vol.8 #4, 2016 Issue.
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