A short stretch for after gardening

After working in my yard for the better part of the day yesterday, i needed to stretch out a bit.

On a whim, i decided to record some of my after gardening practice.

Something i did on a "whim" ended up being quite a project, but i have a somewhat better understanding of my computer's audio and video programs - kind of.

Anyway, this is basically just me practicing. There are a lot of silent spaces because.... well, i was practicing. And the whole thing can best be described as "organic." lol.

But, here ya go.

Namaste

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

~Alan Watts

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Yoga and Weight loss

People frequently ask if yoga can help with weight loss.

Well..... yes. Yes it can. But not in the way one might think.

The practice of yoga, like weight loss, is a journey.

This article found at Elephant Journal is an interesting one. 

I especially like her reminder about our words. I rarely get colds. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I also think it has something to do with the fact that I never say that I feel as though I am "catching" a cold or "coming down" with something. The cold is trying to catch me. For some reason, once i changed my  verbage i felt more empowered to be proactive when those little germs started circling and can usually head them off at the pass. (Sometimes they still sneak up on me though).

Also, when I became a non-smoker, i was doing just that ..... becoming. Not quitting, or giving up. Becoming.

Becoming