- Distractions….I don’t know about you, but I get distracted a lot and way too easily. 🙈 Lately, it is often my phone and social media that keep me engaged. Just checking for a notification, message, new post, like, phone call, or add something to my shopping list, play music, find a recipe, set an alarm… Even when I am cooking, walking, playing with my kids, I spend too much time thinking about these things. 🙄 Does this sound familiar to you, or not?
Yoga off the mat, amongst other things, means being more present to me. I know that every day is a chance to start again, to refresh and renew: growth mindset! 😀 So, I have decided to take a lighthearted and playful approach. 🤸
I have started saying this mantra to myself: 🌟 Today will treat my phone like chocolate 🌟 I mean, I love chocolate, I soooo do! 😋 But that doesn’t mean I eat it all the time. 😂 I might have a few pieces, most days. Some days I don’t eat any, other days I eat heaps. 🍫 I have learned that eating chocolate all the time makes me feel sick. Just like I have learned that my phone and social media are a wonderful way to connect to others ❤ it just makes it hard to connect to myself, to my breath and it makes me feel anxious and stressed at times.
So, I will have to stop listening to the little voice inside my head telling me I am missing out on something if I don’t check my phone Right. Now. Or. Else….😓 I will also have to break with some persistent habits that feel very comfy, like sitting on the couch with my phone. 😌Instead, I can grab a book off the shelves that I still haven’t read, or fully engage in a conversation with my husband or son….or just: sit and be. 😁
Even if I manage to be 10% more present, then that is still so valuable. 💕 I will notice the sun peeking through the curtains and warming my face, I will fully enjoy my daughter’s smile and my son’s jokes and notice how it fills my heart with joy and gratitude, I will feel the texture of the fruit I am peeling and hear the different bird songs in the garden. I will take deeper breaths and notice how the muscles in my face relax a bit more. Let’s do this thing! 💃🏻😀🙋🏻❤
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Distractions
- July 10, 2021
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