Timewarp: Still trying to be mindful

Another blog post from 2009, this one talking about yoga and being mindful. I'm beginning to think I wrote a lot more cohesively back then!

Yoga and the Future

*** Yoga means “unity”, the linking of the mind and the body. It seems to be very aptly titled as after a session I always feel a lot more mindful of what I am doing. I don’t know if it’s the yoga or the meditation that follows, but it always has the same effect. This was written two days ago after one of those sessions.***

It was today that I realised that life isn’t about what’s going to happen or what we are going to do. It’s about right now, me locking my hands together behind my back, stacking my knees on top of each other and folding forward. It’s about me writing this now, gently, still feeling the peace that comes after a yoga and meditation session. You reading this now. It’s so easy, especially now, so close to graduation, to get bogged down with difficult decision making – what will I do next, who will I work for, will it be enjoyable? What about right now, focusing on the rhythm of the pen as it scratches the paper, how soft the bed I’m lying on is and how refreshing the cool parts feel against the soles of my feet. That’s how our feet should feel. They’re always walking somewhere, taking us to something, what’s next, what’s next, what’s next? How about right now? How many things do you do during the day that you don’ concentrate on, you just do them automatically, or out of habit? Maybe climbing out of bed,washing your face, putting clothes on, locking the door, talking to a friend. How consciously do you notice every part of these interactions? Next time i find myself feeling worried about the future, I’ll stop and ask myself, what about now? The future is uncertain, because everything is constantly changing. The only thing that is certain is what has already happened, and since we can’t change that, we might as well focus on what we do have control of – this very moment.