November 12, 2009
Yoga and Meditation: The Seven Day Challenge
Have you finished the 7 day challenge? You were to concentrate and observe your reactions in relationships and various situations in your life for 7 consecutive days and list 5 specific instances where you attempted to control your environment to attain what you wanted, or to avoid something that caused you pain or discomfort. We should be just about at the end of the 7 days now.
How did it go? I bet you were surprised at just how difficult it can be to observe yourself. Rest assured that like anything else, in time and with a little practice it gets much easier.
In the lesson 2 and lesson 4 of the Yoga Awakening Training Collection we spend a lot of time on these topics. We provide numerous exercises designed to help us to gain important insight and understanding about ourselves.
Did you find the exercise interesting? Did it reveal things about yourself that you never fully realized? Most people find this exercise to be very revealing. What’s important is not to judge or condemn your behavior. We are just observing. We are fine tuning our awareness and in the process learning a great deal about our mental conditioning and behavior.
Did you encounter any interesting situations during the 7 days? Were you impressed with how you handled yourself, or were you disappointed? Did you act in a positive way that benefited not only you but the others around you? Could you act without greed, distrust, contradiction, and fear? Where do these negative qualities come from? Is it possible to act without these negative qualities in your life?
“Your current life or your current reality is a result of the thoughts you have been thinking and the images that you have held in your mind.”
We will continue to explore these questions in the weeks ahead. Together we will find the answers, with a goal towards improving your mental conditioning and behavior, to the point were you are truly satisfied with the relationships in your life. This is not easy stuff. But nothing worthwhile ever is.
Review the exercises in Lesson 2 of The Yoga Awakening Training Collection.
There are so many secrets that Yoga and Meditation will reveal to you. There are so many ways that Yoga and Meditation can make your life easier and more fulfilling. Come and explore these secrets with me now by going to: http://www.yogaawakening.com
To a Stree Free and Abundant Life,
Anthony D’Agostino, Founder of YogaAwakening.com
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