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why is equanimity so damn elusive?  sometimes it's so easy to be overwhelmed.  you try to make the right decisions, choose the right course for yourself, remind yourself how to stay on track.  with personal relationships, professional goals, short and long-term plans.  but inevitably, things happen that jolt you away from your center and cause you to lose your balance, veer off-course, repeat the same patterns that have kept you stagnant and unhappy.  


in times like this i try to focus on why i have yoga in my life.  yoga is often defined as a sort of union that happens within the core of each of us.  the union of all those forces in the universe that are undoubtedly all inter-connected.  in discovering this union, bit by bit, we create a clearer path for our own travels to this center that lies within us.  the place where grace, wisdom, kindness and compassion reside.  and each time we travel this path, we use the experience of our steps, our footprints in the earth, to make the path wider and more clear and easier to follow next time we need to get to that place.  


so what are you supposed to do on days when everything seems upside down and your own two feet are struggling to stay out of each other's way?  here are some things i did today to help me focus on what's important and help me deal with the craziness of things i can't control:


1.  ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (makes everything better)


2.  cut out coffee from my daily routine (to decrease mental agitation/aggravation)


3.  listened to bon iver on spotify (same reason as above)


4.  practiced my sequence for teaching at POD1 tonight (thank you chelsea)


5.  30-minute yoga nidra with affirmations




what are some of the things that you do to get out of a particularly funk-y day?




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