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There are times when I find myself torn between a situation, where I completely lose track of my breath. During times of emotional stress our sympathetic nervous system is stimulated and effects a number of physical responses. Our heart rate rises, we perspire, our muscles tense and our breathing becomes rapid and shallow. If you find yourself here, stop. Exhale everything out that doesn't serve you and create space in your lungs to receive.
A few weeks back I stepped into the hot room with a desire to slow down my heart rate. Confused and frustrated with the things that were happening that week, I melted into my mat with a huge desire for direction, for a new perspective, for inspiration and guidance.
My teacher said: "Inhale opportunity, exhale regret."
Was she talking to me? How could she tell? Was I being that obvious?
I felt like I was partially in a yoga class but the rest of me was discovering something much, much more. This was different and I wanted to explore.
Inhaling opportunity is about not looking back at our lives and thinking of ways that it could have been. It's about getting out there and creating what can be now. It's a work in progress, dance between two worlds. Internal insight and analysis, external expression and creation. It's about remembering that there is always going to be something more to do, see, and be. More to try, to taste, to touch. There will be more magic to “explore, dream, and discover” if you create that space.
Our lives are full of wide open possibilities and the limits we come across are self-imposed shackles that we’ve created for ourselves. The famous writer George Bernard Shaw said that, “The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”
We have the power but it’s only activated once we act upon it’s urges. When we put the action into the law of attraction. When we start to see opportunities where others see limitations. And most importantly when we begin to maneuver our life toward a vision or our own making. Although it may be tough right now, it'll pass. Give yourself that time to let it pass, and with that exhale regret.
In life, regrets are inevitable. No matter how much you plan out your decisions, you will still have regrets. What could have been and what you can’t know for sure will always be in the back of your mind, especially if you are disappointed with the outcome of your final choices. But for those of us who let regrets paralyze our present, it’s time to accept what is instead of what could have been, and start constructively dealing with where we are.
When we’re full of this toxic feeling, it simply means we haven’t adequately worked through the emotions associated with our past experiences. Having regrets, especially ones we never voice, is a way of refusing to let go of something.
So why are we holding onto something that doesn't serve us?
It’s time to start creating opportunities for ourselves. It’s time to explore, dream and discover the wonder and magic that is our life.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations - Charles R. Swindoll
Namasté,
A few weeks back I stepped into the hot room with a desire to slow down my heart rate. Confused and frustrated with the things that were happening that week, I melted into my mat with a huge desire for direction, for a new perspective, for inspiration and guidance.
My teacher said: "Inhale opportunity, exhale regret."
Was she talking to me? How could she tell? Was I being that obvious?
I felt like I was partially in a yoga class but the rest of me was discovering something much, much more. This was different and I wanted to explore.
Inhaling opportunity is about not looking back at our lives and thinking of ways that it could have been. It's about getting out there and creating what can be now. It's a work in progress, dance between two worlds. Internal insight and analysis, external expression and creation. It's about remembering that there is always going to be something more to do, see, and be. More to try, to taste, to touch. There will be more magic to “explore, dream, and discover” if you create that space.
Our lives are full of wide open possibilities and the limits we come across are self-imposed shackles that we’ve created for ourselves. The famous writer George Bernard Shaw said that, “The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”
We have the power but it’s only activated once we act upon it’s urges. When we put the action into the law of attraction. When we start to see opportunities where others see limitations. And most importantly when we begin to maneuver our life toward a vision or our own making. Although it may be tough right now, it'll pass. Give yourself that time to let it pass, and with that exhale regret.
In life, regrets are inevitable. No matter how much you plan out your decisions, you will still have regrets. What could have been and what you can’t know for sure will always be in the back of your mind, especially if you are disappointed with the outcome of your final choices. But for those of us who let regrets paralyze our present, it’s time to accept what is instead of what could have been, and start constructively dealing with where we are.
When we’re full of this toxic feeling, it simply means we haven’t adequately worked through the emotions associated with our past experiences. Having regrets, especially ones we never voice, is a way of refusing to let go of something.
So why are we holding onto something that doesn't serve us?
It’s time to start creating opportunities for ourselves. It’s time to explore, dream and discover the wonder and magic that is our life.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations - Charles R. Swindoll
Namasté,
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