Because the Yogi is one who is self-aware and self-careful
A lot has happened lately.
I can notice that in the past weeks, with the return to the Yoga classes where I live, in Argentina, together with the addition of the Online classes that I already share regularly via Zoom, plus the daily tasks and the writing of the posts, it is sometimes difficult to maintain these spaces where I can share with others those experiences that I am having and those reflections on my practice or that of my students in classes.
And if I keep everything together, without giving myself time to clean my mind, to be well with myself, and to allow myself certain breaks, I would not be taking care of myself properly no matter how much Yoga and Meditation I do.
It happens that sometimes, because we want to do everything, we can stop sleeping, adding stress to our lives and worries. And as my partner says:
We end up plugged into an electrical outlet and never stop spinning.
The good thing is that if we are aware that this is the situation we are going through, we have the wonderful possibility to pause and take care of ourselves.
I think that makes a Yogi more of a Yogi than one who just goes around doing thousands of postures (asanas), without even stopping to realize if the rhythm of life off the mat is the right one or not.
In the end, that's what Yoga is all about, as patanjali explains:
The cessation of the disturbing fluctuations of the mind.
And with the cessation of the disturbing fluctuations of the mind, comes inner peace, tranquility and clear observation of the Self, and of the nature of the Self, which is none other than union with the rest of nature (call it divinity, universe, Tao, God, Allah or whatever you wish).
All this leads me to share the following publication, which is the protagonist of today's Lotus for Yogis post, because although at no time speaks of Yoga, it is valuable for being an opportunity to consider the many forms of self-care that we can have.
And so, in celebration of yogis on HIVE this week! This Yogi get a 5 percent beneficiary this week - @officialuroga For her great post about SELF-CARE.
Really read this whole post with an excellent reflexion about The Self-Care, and why does he thinks that...
"even if you are practicing some of the best stress relief activities the world have to offer and you fail to take care of yourself, it just wouldn't help in anyway".
It's an interesting point of view that I wanted to share with you today.
Thank you for sharing @officialuroga!
In this post, @officialuroga talks about The different types of Self-Care, mentioning for example:
The Physical, Social, Mental, Spiritual and the Emotional self-care.
If you want to read his full post, here you have it.
Photo by @officialuroga
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My name is @karmadorje, I am a practitioner and teacher of Ashtanga Yoga and Meditation from Venezuela, I currently reside in the city of Buenos Aires Argentina, and if you want to know more about my classes you can write me here
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OMG! Thanks so much for this, I really appreciate this, I'm grateful. Thanks for the support and lovely words used in this post. I really appreciate.
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Well deserved.
Thank you so much. I'm honoured.❤️
I really liked your post. And it came to me at the right time. Knowing how to take care of ourselves, in multiple aspects is fundamental.
Thank you so much. I'm glad the post meet you when you actually needed it. Thanks for stopping by.❤️
Thank you for hiving me
Namaste 🙏
You're welcome!
Namaste!
I totally agree - I've been away from the fluctuating plugged in spiining digital mindstuff this week and it's done me a lot of good.
And it is fair and necessary from time to time also a digital detox!!!
It is true that consciousness must be present inside and outside the mat, especially the latter because it is where we spend more time, I invite everyone to reflect on why we fill ourselves with activities? Does it have a purpose or just occupy our time? It has happened to me as to everyone, the important thing is to know why we do things and look for a utilitarian sense without falling into the plug to the socket.
Namaste yogis!
I consider that being always full of activities is a way: in some cases to feel useful and in other cases to avoid what is going on inside, because if we don't have so many activities we end up listening to ourselves more than usual and many people are overwhelmed by that.