Saturday, June 4, 2011

Balancing Distractions

Life is not happening "to us", life brings us what we invite into it.

The purging began last Thursday with the physical body. It was different than being sick as it felt like something was being released that was no longer needed so that my spirit had bigger space to live.

Hours later, my phone & computer both shut down, I have no landline but I did have an old desktop so I plugged it in. Low and behold, I was unable to get onto any of my email accounts or websites, I already had begun to feel calmer than usual.

I witnessed what I had invited in and went about evening and days to come. Three days later I got a new phone and my computer has a mechanical problem but has turned back on and is very slow.

At this juncture I have opted not to put emails back on my phone. I really did not know the impact of the constant pull to my blackberry. I feel less disturbed, slowed down

and more at ease. I love all the technology we have and appreciate it very much, I have found new ways to add it into my life and not let my life be run by them.

As my Yoga practice on the mat is beginning to parallel my Yoga practice off the mat, like the matching of my inside and outside. I am reminded how great my life is, with all the things that come my way, I choose to continue to see the choices I make and how they affect all beings/things.

There is a quote that I have been hearing for a couple of years now, I can hear something over and over intellectually but until I experience it I will not get it. Here is one I truly Love, Honor & Live:

"Practice, Practice, Practice and all is coming."
-Pattabhi Jois