- In many cases abundance is nothing but a state of mind. I have enough money, food, warmth, love and shelter for living my life. By yoga I have learnt that I have two choices - first choice is to make enough use of all of them and feel blessed in my life while second choice is to regret for everything that I don't have. I find the first option to be suitable for me and hope that you too will find it better than the second one. Sure, there may be people who don't have enough of all these necessary things for living a perfect life. There may be people who don't have enough food or who don't have a loving spouse, but are you going to get those things by regretting for them? Nope? So what's the point of regretting?
- Experiences are more enlightening than things. When a yoga teacher asks me to be still for a few moments after a hard chest opener and asks me about how I feel, I love it. I've found that whenever I try to observe my feeling after doing one of my favorite things (I.e. yoga, hiking or watching Mad Man), I feel better than the feeling that comes after completing a shopping trip - no matter how big of a purchase I made at that trip. That happiness also lasts for much longer time in comparison to the happiness of purchasing something favorite. Even better, it doesn't give my ego a high while purchasing something bigger can do that sometimes.
- Some things are worthy of each cent in the life. In my opinion living a healthy lifestyle for longtime is an achievement in itself and doing or spending something for achieving it seems to be an investment to me. Undoubtedly I like to spend more money on yoga class, healthy food, health care, and other things that help me in staying healthy. Because ultimately I know that these investments will make my life happier in long run.
- Flexibility and stability both are equally important for balance. I'm lucky to have a pretty flexible body naturally, so for avoiding injuries I try to achieve the stability in my muscle strength by the help of yoga poses. And for money too I've learn a similar thing - Willingness is required for spending money on the things that matter and a structure is required for checking everything at which money is being spent.
- Recycling. Many if you may not be agree with me at this point. But for me Ahimsa means avoiding unnecessary expenses, reusing or recycling the things that I already own and purchasing secondhand things whenever it's possible. And I never regret my choice - I feel happy when I come to know that how much money I saved by doing these things and how many things I have.
This article was written by John Drewry for increasing awareness in people about the importance of Yoga.
It is advised to look out for yoga wellness retreat as well as Guru Mahi for the purpose to plan your yoga holidays.
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