Everyday Yoga
Recently, fellow healer and yoga teacher Masha posted a video talking about doing Yoga while shopping at the supermarket. No, she wasn't doing asanas in the aisles. She was talking about mindfulness, a key component of Yoga, and how to bring it into everyday life.
It reminded me that I really could practice mindfulness every day, all day long, if I wanted to. I was thinking about it while I was doing morning chores on the farm. I can be aware of how my feet feel in my boots as they are hitting the ground. I can notice how my hands feel on the handle of the manure fork. I can listen to the sound of the horse munching on its hay, hear the raven cawing in the distance.
For trauma survivors, these small moments of grounding presence can help regulate an overwhelmed nervous system. When we're caught in hypervigilance or anxiety, bringing attention to simple sensory experiences - the feel of our feet on the ground, the sounds around us - signals safety to our bodies.
Like probably most of you, my life is too busy to set aside hours every day for self care. Masha reminded me that mindfulness or other self-care practices don't need to be separate from doing what needs to get done. Daily life can be self care.
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