I Am Allowed to Choose Joy
Begin Again
What is the hardest thing you did today ?
For some, waking up is hard. Going to work is hard. Not meeting loved ones is hard especially if you don't live in the same country. Not having someone to love is hard.
And let me tell you for me, the hardest thing to do is to begin again, every morning, every day after a setback or bad news, especially during this COVID times.
So I thought it's apt to start the 2nd month of 2021 with a reminder to begin again.
It's okay to feel whatever you feel - resentment, feel like a failure, useless, overwhelmed and...... truth is you are human, a human with a capacity to feel and heal.
The hardest and the bravest you can do is to begin again.
Do that. Be Brave.
On My Mat - A Poem
The Invitation by Oriah
Halo In The Sky
This was a random post inspired by a halo spotted over the Singapore skies. A shorter post is on my instagram so check it out here, and please follow me if you like.
Steadiness
Steadiness - putting in effort without strain. In Yoga, it's balanced action or Sukha Stira. In a way to me, it's a kinder version of discipline, where we can create our own space to forgive and get messy and forgive again.
In my meditation practice a few evenings ago, my teacher Baron Baptiste asked us to set a mantra to anchor our attention on.
What came up for me wasn't sexy nor aww inspiring - it was STEADINESS, which was new to me. I wasn't sure of it initially but it was the first thing that popped into my head. And I kept repeating it in my head, and it got stuck.
We all have our things to do daily so that we don’t go insane, things that we don’t want to do but we need to do, right?I've been struggling with doing too much things, because I was afraid of feeling overwhelmed. Because when I feel overwhelmed, I do nada. Zilch!! Unproductive.
That day I gave myself permission to skip my pills, the herbs, my to-dos and the what-nots - and gave myself a break , to restore myself back to love.
I meditated and I journaled and what came up was a long of poem of sorts.. It is what it is, the chatters of my monkey mind.
Actually, We Are Not In The Same Boat
“I heard that we are in the same boat. But it's not like that. We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat.”
That is a cold hard truth. We all have own stories and struggles and in this difficult time, it’s important that we find it in our hearts to be kinder and compassionate towards to one another.