If you feel blue, sad or angry at the way your life is going, it can be very difficult for you to see the good and beauty in life.
Our emotions influence the way we see life. Have you noticed that when you feel happy and good about yourself, life flows, friends who you have been thinking about phone, you get an unexpected bonus at work, your skin just glows, life is good. Even if you receive "bad news" you respond in a more positive, enlightened way. You can see the long term hidden benefit amongst the sadness.
However, when you feel low, maybe recovering from a bout of flu or going through a personal loss, life looks different. Whereas before you could smile and see the positive, the light in any situation, this time round, you only see the hurt, sorrow, maybe feel frustrated and have a great sense of injustice at the way life treats you.
Like me, I am sure you would prefer to be positive, to see through the trees and smile and see the fun in turbulent situations. If you are like me, I know you will have days where you get real frustrated with the pile of dirty laundry and clothes to iron, dishes in the sink, unpaid bills, maybe you have another baby on the way and wonder how you are going to find the money to pay for extra childcare or ask your boss for more child-friendly working hours.
Benefits of Yoga and Meditation
Learning to meditate or practice yoga provide you with easy tools and techniques you can use to keep your emotions balanced and energy levels high. In this state, you feel better and more able to stay focused, to do the work to achieve your dreams.
Five Ways To Be Happy and Thrive
From personal readings by inspirational authors such as Dr. Joe Vitale, Deepak Chopra and David Simon, James Arthur Ray, M. Scott Peck, Dr John Demartini, plus personal conversations with other women who I teach yoga and meditation, I have put together, a list of five ways regular yoga practice and meditation helps you to be happy and thrive in life.
1. Yoga and meditation keeps you grounded.
When you practice yoga and meditation, especially yoga standing poses, you gain a sense of connection, groundedness and power in your own physical strength and agility. When you feel physically strong, your mind is strengthen.
2. Yoga and meditation encourages you to nurture and care for yourself.
As you stretch your body and open your mind, you feel good. This sense of inner goodness is addictive, you want more. The more you practice, the more you consciously start to look at your life and do things which make you feel better yourself. For example, you may go to bed earlier, get more rest during the day, or spend more time doing creative pursuits which you enjoy.
3. Yoga and meditation feeds your soul.
The spiritual nature of meditation and yoga gives you the opportunity to go deep within yourself. As you practice you reconnect with your divine light and inner spark of joy. This feeds your soul. As you fill up you have energy to stay positive and be in the flow.
4. Yoga and meditation makes you "step up" in life.
With your increased physical strength, desire to care for yourself and feed your soul, your mind expands, what once seem impossible, out of your league, now feels attainable and reachable. You begin to feel able to "fake it till you make it" and "to live your dream life". Writing is my passion. I receive so much joy and clarity when I write, especially when I am able to share this passion with others to inspire them. That encourages me to "step-up" and to create more moments like this one. I am sure you will to.
5. Yoga and meditation empowers you to love yourself more
The words "...learning to love yourself, is the greatest love of all..." ring true the more you practice yoga and meditation. Meditation enables you to go within yourself and see the underlying reasons for your unhappiness and sense of frustration with life. Yoga practices, such as correct breathing exercises, body cleansing techniques, teaches you simple self-help tools to release stress and tension in your body and rebalance your energy. So when you feel blue, low you can quickly solve the situation yourself.
As you can see, regular yoga and meditation practice provides you with a range of easy and practical reasons to help you feel happy and thrive on a daily basis. Each day, as you grow stronger, you are more able to live a happier, more harmonious, and more abundant life.
