Applying Yoga’S Practice of Mindfulness To Everyday Life
Yoga is a practice that teaches many things, including that of: patience, strength and mindfulness. Mindfulness is a broad term, but when relating it to yoga and one's life, it generally comes down to being aware of yourself, and the your actions in the world that surrounds you.
In realizing that how one acts or feels can effect the world around them, one can also understand that the energy within them is very important as well. In the movie, Like Water for Chocolate, it was learned that our energy is directed into everything that we touch, do and create. In the movie, the main character proceeds to cook a meal with a great feeling of sadness. When her guests then ate her meal, the guests too began to feel negative energy and sadness as well.
In the reciprocal effect, the main character in the movie, Like Water for Chocolate, decided to cook another meal with an overwhelming appreciation for life, while also having fun and laughing. Using the exact same ingredients, but this time placing positive energy into what she was creating, this character made a meal that had all of her guests feeling alive and happy. The guests even believed the food (created with the same ingredients as her prior meal) tasted better from the positive energy she had cooked with.
This mindfulness, a common sense strategy to pursing a life more full of laughter and happiness, can begin with the smallest of changes. For instance, making your bed in the morning, with grace and happiness for the day that awaits, can effect an entire house. Treating pets with kindness and love can make them feel better, in turn, making you more induced with positive energy.
So, the next time you are in a yoga class, and it is explained to be aware of yourself and your movements in the world around you, you can now get a better idea of mindfulness within your heart and soul. Life is a masterpiece that we create each day. In inducing that masterpiece with love, life, joy and compassion, we can begin to feel the positive energy effects return to our lives each and every day.
In realizing that how one acts or feels can effect the world around them, one can also understand that the energy within them is very important as well. In the movie, Like Water for Chocolate, it was learned that our energy is directed into everything that we touch, do and create. In the movie, the main character proceeds to cook a meal with a great feeling of sadness. When her guests then ate her meal, the guests too began to feel negative energy and sadness as well.
In the reciprocal effect, the main character in the movie, Like Water for Chocolate, decided to cook another meal with an overwhelming appreciation for life, while also having fun and laughing. Using the exact same ingredients, but this time placing positive energy into what she was creating, this character made a meal that had all of her guests feeling alive and happy. The guests even believed the food (created with the same ingredients as her prior meal) tasted better from the positive energy she had cooked with.
This mindfulness, a common sense strategy to pursing a life more full of laughter and happiness, can begin with the smallest of changes. For instance, making your bed in the morning, with grace and happiness for the day that awaits, can effect an entire house. Treating pets with kindness and love can make them feel better, in turn, making you more induced with positive energy.
So, the next time you are in a yoga class, and it is explained to be aware of yourself and your movements in the world around you, you can now get a better idea of mindfulness within your heart and soul. Life is a masterpiece that we create each day. In inducing that masterpiece with love, life, joy and compassion, we can begin to feel the positive energy effects return to our lives each and every day.
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