LIVING IN PRESENT TIME
What keeps us from being fully present with life is our resistance…resistance in the form of thoughts that our minds dwell on. It’s the resistance that inhibits us from experiencing personal freedom. I’ve had a yoga practice for many years. Quite often what happens in class is a reflection of my whole life.
When I feel like I don’t want to be there, (in class) I feel that way in the rest of my life. No matter what I’m doing, I’m thinking about something else.
This time around and it’s been many years, I have very little resistance. I’m there. There’s nothing else to do. I get more into it. I’m more aware and notice subtle things that I never noticed previously. It feels good. Yet it’s not like there is a dramatic moment…just being in the moment. The mind slows down for a while.
I’ve slowed down. After I leave class, I’m more peaceful and able to live in present time. It takes commitment…it doesn’t happen overnight..but I am focused. This time around it’s been five weeks. I just do it. It’s part of me.
JOURNEY ON
MARK
JOURNEY ON is a blog dedicated to personal and professional development. Mark Susnow,JD, is an Executive and Life Coach, who inspires others to believe in themselves. A former successful trial attorney for 30 years and musician, he integrates what it takes to be successful in the world with the inner wisdom unfolded to him through years of yoga and meditation. He also publishes, Letters on Life, an inspirational ezine. Signup! http://www.inspirepossibility.com