My Practice

My practice:

my practice is yoga, meditation, pranayama in set times of day as well as when needed. I have a dedicated health and fitness regime, follow a plant-based diet and consider myself vegan for ethical reasons. As well, I make a point of spending time in nature, daily, walking and running along with simply pausing to allow the wind, trees, and sun to speak to be, to inspire and heal, informing me of my place within the natural world. My day is structured around these practices, one seamless to the next without much thought needed to their performance, not any longer, this is truly how my life flows.

and yet none of this makes a difference.

nor is it supposed to.

I’ve long since surrendered any notion of self improvement let alone enlightenment, what I practice is for the sake of joy and well-being I derive from the performance alone. It’s enough for me to meditate, thinking the mantra, deeper levels of a quiet mind found, and then the creativity that’s sparked by this silence. Yoga and breath work improve my overall health and fitness, I’m limber and strong, breathing easy with a low resting heart rate and blood pressure in the healthy range. My diet too gives me the satisfaction that my health isn’t compromised by the cruelty of factory farming. These are results, benefits, and yet the joy is found within the time of actual practice…